Facts: 

LGBTQ Domestic Violence is drastically underreported, but statistics have

shown lifetime domestic violence experienced at a high rate.

 

For women:

- Lesbian – 43.8%

- Bisexual – 61.1%

For men:

- Gay – 26.0%

- Bisexual – 37.3%

 

Sexual Violence Rates are

also high among the LGBTQ

Community:

 

- 13.1% of Lesbians have

experienced a completed rape

during their lifetimes, and 46%

have experienced some other form

of sexual violence. 

- 46.1% of Bisexual women have experienced a completed rape, and 3 in 4 have experienced some other form of sexual violence during their lifetimes. 

- 40% of Gay men have experienced sexual violence of some kind during their lifetime. 

-47.4% of Bisexual men have experienced some form of sexual violence during their lifetime. 

- Both Gay and Bisexual men experience sexual violence at double the rate of heterosexual men.