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Family and intimate partner violence in LGBTQI relationships

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Gay male perpetrators of domestic violence may justify their behaviour by telling their partner that all men are violent by nature, experts say.(Rocco Fazzari)
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The Royal Commission into family violence identified a big problem: that people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer or intersex (LGBTQI) experience intimate partner violence at similar rates as those who identify as heterosexual.

However some people are concerned that there is a lack of support services for victims, friends and family in regional Victoria.

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Melbourne, Community and Society, Regional Communities, Counselling, LGBT, Domestic Violence, Family
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