Battered women, lots of help, battered tgirls...

[Bionca]

Originally Posted by johndowe

Hi there.

I was thinking, is there any centers for battered gay men, or a center for gay bashing victims that could also help tgirls?


JohnDowe.

Not very many centers for gay men, and that's a problem on its own.

From my perspective, I would not have been comfortable after my assault being with gay men. A men's shelter could have let in my attacker had he decided to claim abuse. There was a case in the UK where a lesbian went to a DV shelter and her abusive partner followed and gained entry for 2 hours before being escorted out. That would have devastated me. Also, gay men are not exactly welcoming to trans women. In fact many of them are pretty hostile