The Coral Project: Exploring Abusive Behaviours in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and/or Transgender Relationships: Interim Report

摘要

This is a report on the interim findings from the first UK study exploring the abusive\udbehaviours of lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or trans (LGB and/or T) people in their intimate\udrelationships. Whether domestic violence and abuse (DVA) occurs in LGB and/or T\udrelationships is no longer in question. In response to the research and activism about this\udissue, the UK government’s Home Office definition recognises that DVA can occur in\udintimate relationships ‘regardless of gender or sexuality’.1\udIn 1994, the Criminal Justice and\udPublic Order Act was amended to recognise that men can be raped (by men), while the\udDomestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 specifically includes victims/survivors of\uddomestic violence and abuse in same-sex relationships in measures to protect them such as\udrestraining orders and non-molestation orders.