LGBT and HIV-positive victims of domestic violence frequently face barriers and discrimination when they try to report their abuse, a new report by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP), found.
The report, “National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs LGBTQ and HIVAffected Intimate Partner Violence in 2015,” analyzed 1,967 incident reports from 2015 that NVACP’s member organizations received regarding intimate partner violence (IVP). The organization concluded that survivors of abuse were subjected to criminal treatment and even denied services when they reported their experiences.
A little more than a quarter of survivors sought refuge at a shelter. Of these people, 44 percent were denied, with the most common reason being “barriers related to gender identity (71 percent).”
