Lesbian and Gay Anti Violence Project (AVP) provides victim services, advocacy, and outreach for crimes, discrimination, and abuse based on prejudice of sexual orientation, AIDS, gender orientation, race, and similar factors. Anti-Violence Project is a division of LAMBDA, a non-profit organization.

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Article describing same-sex domestic violence, reluctance of the gay and lesbian community to acknowledge violence, and issues specific to GLBT domestic violence.

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Scholarly article describing the stages of a gay, lesbian, and bisexual relationship and how domestic violence develops. Domestic violence is a serious issue in society, but perhaps more so for mental health workers. Williamson (2000) reports that two-thirds of couples seeking couple therapy did not report domestic violence until asked, and that 40% to 75% of the children of abusers, in addition to witnessing parental abuse, suffer child abuse themselves.

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This site provides law, criminal justice, advocacy, and social service professionals with up-to-date information on interventions to stop violence against women.

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Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre provides web information on services related to domestic violence, child sexual abuse, information for survivors, mothers and children who witness.

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