LGBTQ Rights Content Topic Results
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September 2016
LGBTQ DV Targeted Recommendation: Building Evidence Base for Effective LGBTQ Community Domestic Interventions, Programs, and Approaches
Publisher(s): This targeted recommendation from the National LGBTQ Institute on IPV outlines the rationale for researchers, funders, and LGBTQ-specific programs to conduct research and build evidence of the effectiveness of their work.
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September 2016
LGBTQ DV Targeted Recommendation: Improve Privacy as a Strategy to Increase LGBTQ Access to Existing DV Shelter Programs
Publisher(s): This targeted recommendation offers practical ways that domestic violence shelter programs can improve the privacy of survivors from policy changes to building remodeling to increase access to shelter for LGBTQ survivors.
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- General Material
September 2016
LGBTQ DV Targeted Recommendation: Rethink Pro-Arrest Policies and Criminal Justice Reform Using Historic, Current and Emerging Knowledge from Diverse Sources in the DV Field
Publisher(s): This targeted recommendation urges both mainstream and LGBTQ specific service providers to actively consider the negative systemic impacts of law enforcement and the criminal legal system on communities at the margins.
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- Training Tools
July 2016
Supporting the Transgender People in Your Life: A Guide to Being a Good Ally
Publisher(s): This resource offers guidance on supporting a transgender individuals as well as tools to help change the world to be better for transgender communities.
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- General Material
July 2016
Understanding Non-Binary People: How to Be Respectful and Supportive
Publisher(s): This fact sheet includes basic information about gender identities beyond the male/female binary.
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- General Material
July 2016
Understanding Transgender People: The Basics
Publisher(s): This fact sheet from that National Center for Transgender Equality provides basic information and defines key terms such as transgender, gender identity, and gender expression.
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- General Material
July 2016
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, & Queer Communites
Publisher(s):This document provides information specific to LGBTQ community members in an effort to provide culturally competent services. It includes information on specific tactics used by perpetrators in same-sex relationships and additional resources available to those who have experienced violence.
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- Training Tools
July 2016
Schools in Transition: A Guide for Supporting Transgender Students in K-12 Schools
Publisher(s):This guide provides resource and a blueprint for safe, supportive, and inclusive schools for transgender youth.
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- Training Tools
June 2016
Transgender Youth Sexual Assault Survivors: Skills for Advocates
Publisher(s):This webinar addresses unique issues and strategies of working with both trans youth from supportive family structures and youth who do not have a stable home or school environment. Topics include barriers to accessing services, youth-specific confidentiality concerns, polyvictimization and intersectionality, and more.
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- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
June 2016
How can my organization support transgender sexual assault survivors?
Publisher(s): In NRCDV's June 2016 TA Question of the month, Jennifer Benner provides guidance for supporting trans survivors of sexual assault, as well as links to additional resources for service providers.
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March 2016
Gender-Integrated Shelters: Experience and Advice
Publisher(s):This report focuses on the agencies who have integrated or are in the process of integrating transgender and gender nonconforming individuals, as well as men, into their domestic violence shelters.
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March 2016
Do You See How Much I'm Suffering Here? Abuse Against Transgender Women in U.S. Immigration Detention
Publisher(s): This report documents 28 cases of transgender women who were held in US immigration detention between 2011 and 2015, more than half of whom were held in men’s facilities at some point.