The Bi+ community has struggled to be seen both as part of the LGBTQ+ spectrum and a community of its own kind, particular to itself. As a result, Bi+ specific resources are less common than resources for other LGBTQ+ communities. Despite this, there has been a growing awareness of the unique needs of the Bi+...

*This blog covers issues of sexual violence, self harm, and discrimination and may be triggering for some readers.  Sexual Violence Statistics While sexual violence is disproportionately perpetrated against the queer community across the board, the Bi+ and trans communities are found to have the highest rates as subcommunities. Studies indicate that 61 percent of bisexual women...

The Bi+ community has faced and continues to face adversity and difficulty in being recognized and respected. Many queer scholars have theorized that much of the social pushback is due to society’s reliance on binaries (two set ways of being, like male/female, gay/straight, etc.). Social movements of the past century have increasingly rallied for the...

Offering services that provide healing for our clients is one of the core functions of a sexual assault center. Maybe you’re seeking to provide services that are more relevant to the needs and experiences of male survivors, or maybe you’re noticing that not a lot of men are using the services your center provides. As...

Offering services that provide healing for our clients is one of the core functions of a sexual assault center. Maybe you’re seeking to provide services that are more relevant to the needs and experiences of male survivors, or maybe you’re noticing that not a lot of men are using the services your center provides. As...

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Little is known about the national prevalence of sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence among gay, lesbian, and bisexual women and men in the United States. Information at a national level focusing on these types of interpersonal violence based on the sexual orientation of U.S. adults has not been previously available. The National Intimate...

Little is known about the national prevalence of sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence among gay, lesbian, and bisexual women and men in the United States. Information at a national level focusing on these types of interpersonal violence based on the sexual orientation of U.S. adults has not been previously available. The National Intimate...