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 Violence – queeringsexualviolence.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 Abuse – www.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 Violence – lgbtqipv.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
