Families Are Major Source Of Abuse For Lesbians, Bisexual Women And Trans People, New Report Reveals
According to a major global report published earlier this month, more often than not family members are the main perpetrators of abuse against lesbians, bisexual women and trans people.
The study investigated 24 countries and was conducted by LGBT+ rights organisation Stonewall. More than half of the people in Zimbabwe who took part in the project revealed that they are more likely to suffer violence from relatives than from strangers.
In Venezuela, all of the women who were surveyed reported attacks by relatives. Mothers in Venezuelan families were cited as the main aggressors by 71% of bisexuals and 48% of lesbians.
The project “Out of the Margins”, which also conducted reports on nations including Trinidad and Tobago, Montenegro, Burundi and Peru, found “striking levels of discrimination and violence against trans children and young people in schools”.
The report noted that in Burundi often lesbian, bisexual or trans women were unable to complete their education after being thrown out of their homes because of their sexuality or gender identity.
As ‘Reuters’ reports, one respondent from the African country told researchers she was forced “to quit school because I couldn’t find money to pay my school fees” after her mother found out she was involved in a same-sex relationship and kicked her out.
“Out of the Margins” examined the global situation across Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and Central Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean from the perspective of five of the 17 United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
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