When: 1.00 – 2.00pm, Tuesday 6 October, 2009
Where: Room 515, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street
Presented by William Leonard, Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, and Associate Professor Anne Mitchell, Director, Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria
Coming Forward reports on the responses of 390 gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual and transgender (GLBT) Victorians to an online survey asking them about their experiences of heterosexist violence and same sex partner abuse. The survey asked respondents about: service access and quality when reporting and pursuing cases through the criminal justice system; their knowledge and use of Victoria Police’s Gay and Lesbian Liaison Officers; and what would increase the likelihood of their reporting incidents of heterosexist violence and partner abuse. The report concludes with recommendations directed at government, police and other relevant agencies. The recommendations are aimed at challenging heterosexism and its effects and increasing GLBT people’s reporting of heterosexist violence and same sex partner abuse.
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