Resources for Support

  • The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs curates a list of LGBTQ-centered anti-violence programs across the US and Canada here: ncavp.org/AVPs/default.aspx
  • The National Sexual Assault Hotline can connect anyone in the US with their local rape crisis center via 1-800-656-HOPE, 24/7/365. The National Domestic Violence Hotline provides similar 24/7/365 support for anyone facing abuse in a relationship and has interpreter services available in 170 languages.
  • The Hot Peach Pages provides an international directory of sexual and intimate partner violence agencies around the world: www.hotpeachpages.net

Resources to Learn More

  • Queering Sexual Violencequeeringsexualviolence.com is an anthology of radical queer voices from within the antiviolence movement.
  • The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) – www.ncavp.org addresses the pervasive problem of violence committed against and within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and HIV-affected communities. Further, NCAVP supports existing anti-violence organizations and emerging local programs in their efforts to document and prevent such violence. Click on publications to download their annual reports on anti-LGBT hate violence and domestic violence.
  • FORGE www.forge-forward.org is a national transgender anti-violence organization federally funded to provide direct services to transgender, gender non-conforming, and gender non-binary survivors of sexual assault. Since 2011, they have been the only transgender-focused organization federally funded to provide training and technical assistance to providers around the country.
  • The Northwest Network of Trans, Bisexual, Lesbian, & Gay Survivors of Abusewww.nwnetwork.org increases our communities’ ability to support the self-determination and safety of bisexual, transgender, lesbian, and gay survivors of abuse through education, organizing, and advocacy, working within a broad liberation movement dedicated to social and economic justice, equality, and respect for all people, and the creation of loving, inclusive, and accountable communities.
  • The National LGBTQ Institute on Intimate Partner Violencelgbtqipv.org/participate offers monthly webinars to provide education about how IPV affects LGBTQ people. One of their tenets is to improve access to services for bisexual survivors.

Compiled by LB Klein

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