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Disclosure Experiences for Transgender and Nonbinary Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

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ID3663541
AuthorsVictoria Kurdyla (0000-0002-8470-6021, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume70
Issue3
Pages473-496
Publication date2023-02-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2021.1990687
PMID34727015
OpenAlexW3209390294
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited24

While transgender individuals experience high rates of intimate partner violence (IPV), current gendered and heteronormative depictions of IPV in society may create unique barriers for transgender survivors who attempt to disclose their abuse, thus leaving survivors without access to support resources. This study sought to understand the barriers to disclosure transgender survivors face and how they overcome these barriers. Through in-depth interviews with transgender IPV survivors (n = 9), the researcher found that experiences of IPV were often inseparable from survivors' experiences of their gender identity. Both external and internalized transphobia served as barriers which framed how participants viewed their abuse and who they disclosed their abuse to. Conversely, transgender-affirming support helped participants overcome these barriers. These barriers and aids also took different forms and meanings based upon other intersecting identities, such as gender and ability status. Implications for researchers and service providers, as well as directions for future research are reviewed

Domestic violence · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Medical emergency · Men who have sex with men · Poison control · Suicide prevention · Transgender · Transgender women · Transphobia · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology

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