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ERIC Number: EJ723539
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 16
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0886-2605
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Intimate Partner Violence and HIV/STD Risk among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals
Heintz, Adam Jackson; Melendez, Rita M.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, v21 n2 p193-208 2006
To date, there has been little research examining HIV/STD risk among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals who are in abusive relationships. This article uses data collected from a community-based organization that provides counseling for LGBT victims of intimate partner violence (IPV). A total of 58 clients completed the survey, which inquired as to sexual violence and difficulties negotiating safer sex with their abusive partners. A large percentage of participants reported being forced by their partners to have sex (41%). Many stated that they felt unsafe to ask their abusive partners to use safer sex protection or that they feared their partners' response to safer sex (28%). In addition, many participants experienced sexual (19%), physical (21%), and/or verbal abuse (32%) as a direct consequence of asking their partner to use safer sex protection. Training counselors on issues of sexuality and safer sex will benefit victims of IPV.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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