LGBTQ Rights Content Topic Results

This white paper explains how and why LGBTQ children and youth experience disproportionate rates of violence and trauma, and how those experiences tend to lead to even more violence and trauma down the road. Most importantly, it explains how this trajectory can be disrupted, even by neighbors and other bystanders. 

Holding a Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) event is a strong show of support for the trans and genderqueer communities. If you are thinking about organizing one in your area, there are a number of important considerations before finalizing your plans. In NRCDV's November 2019 TA Question of the Month, guest author Miller Hoffman offers key considerations for allies.

LGBTQ culturally specific programs have a long history of supporting bisexual men, transgender men, and gay men who have survived domestic violence. This webinar shares the North West Network’s approach to meaningfully supporting male survivors by centering the experiences of bi+, trans, and gay men, and shares tips and best practices in providing advocacy.

This report is for advocates in and outside of law enforcement who are dedicated to improving the treatment and safety of transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming individuals by updating police department policies. The model policies are meant as a starting point to improve trust and police-community relations.

"The webinar will look at strategies for helping one of the most vulnerable groups in detention: people who identify as LGBTI. Featuring an LGBTI survivor of sexual abuse in detention, the webinar will cover high incidence of prior trauma among LGBTI prisoners and barriers they face in accessing LGBTI-sensitive support services. The presenters will highlight the ways that advocates can use the Prison Rape Elimination Act standards as a tool to ensure the safety and dignity of LGBTI prisoners."

This guidance document supports FVPSA grantees in determining the best ways to collect sexual orientation and gender identity data of survivors given the agency’s unique strengths, needs, and community context.

Features transgender men discussing masculinity, gender identity, and healing from trauma, broadening the understanding of male-identified survivor experiences.

Anti-violence advocates should be prepared to provide trauma-informed care to those who have experienced trauma surrounding Intersex Genital Mutilation (IGM). In NRCDV's June 2018 TA Question of the Month, Louie Marven of NSVRC offers strategies for meeting the needs of intersex survivors.

This page from the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center discusses domestic and sexual violence within Two-Spirit/Native LGBTQ communities and highlights the gaps in existing research on these communities' experiences of violence.

HRC Foundation and the University of Connecticut released the largest-of-its-kind survey ever of more than 12,000 LGBTQ teenagers across the nation, the persistent challenges so many of them face going about their daily lives at home, at school and in their communities.

National, state, and local anti-sexual assault  and domestic violence organizations oppose anti-transgender initiatives. As organizations that care about reducing assault and violence, these organizations favor laws and policies that protect transgender people from discrimination, including in accessing facilities that match the gender they live every day.

This webinar offers an introduction to the Northwest Network’s tool and analysis on assessing patterns of power and control in abusive relationships.