The Silent Epidemic: Helping GBT Men Speak Out About Domestic Violence
Written by Joseph • April 12, 2017
Original story from Huffingtonpost. As a professional editor who has spent a lifetime as a passionate reader, I know that we yearn to see our stories reflected in the books we read. We turn to literature to find out how others love and overcome loss – we hunger to read narratives that illuminate what we […]
Original story from Huffingtonpost.
As a professional editor who has spent a lifetime as a passionate reader,
I know that we yearn to see our stories reflected in the books we read.
We turn to literature to find out how others love and overcome loss – we
hunger to read narratives that illuminate what we face and feel in our
own lives. When I experience painful events in my own life, I often look
to books for comfort. If, as Louise DeSalvo says, “writing is a way of
healing,” then perhaps this is even more true for reading.
For those gay, bi, and trans men who experience same-sex domestic violence,
there are not many places to see their experiences mirrored back to them,
especially when it comes to breaking free of the abuse and building a new
life. It’s not that the numbers are too small in the LGBTQ community to
warrant such a literature; in fact, the statistics are staggering:
according to the Centers for Disease Control, 26% of gay men and 37%
of bi men are victims of domestic violence.
Behind this dramatic data are millions of gay and bi men. If same-sex
domestic violence is reaching epidemic proportions, it’s also true that
the response to it is wholly inadequate. The silence is deafening, both
in terms of our literature, and the lack of funding and resources needed
to protect men who suffer at the hands of their partners.
Read more at: Huffingtonpost
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