Last updated by charlotte.lang@essex.gov.uk on Wednesday, March 13, 2024

As we know LGBTQ+ people experience and share similar types of domestic abuse as their heterosexual cisgender peers, however LGBTQ+ survivors are by and large invisible in the mainstream support system. Research suggests that LGBTQ+ victims and survivors of domestic abuse need an appropriate response to their needs as well as LGBTQ+ perpetrators of abuse.

This year SETDAB will be attending a number of LGBTQ+ events . They will be at Essex Pride on Saturday 24 June with partners, offering support and information regarding domestic abuse and substance misuse.

For more information on LGBTQ+ victims of Domestic abuse as well as research papers and toolkits please visit the SETDAB website and check out the resource library.

For further learning about domestic abuse and the LGBTQ+ community please access the LGBTQ+ Community & Domestic Abuse Basic Awareness E-learning package.