Transphobia
Psychological & Emotional Abuse
Using fear and hatred of anyone Threats who challenges traditional Criticizing constantly. Homo/Biphobia gender expression, and/or Using verbal abuse, insults Making physical, emotional, who is transsexual, to and ridicule. part of heterosexism. Using economic or sexual threats. A convince partner of danger Undermining selfawareness of fear and hatred of Threatening to harm family or in reaching out to others. esteem. Trying to lesbians, gay men and bisexuals friends. Threatening to make Controlling expression humiliate or degrade to convince partner of danger in a report to city, state or of gender identity and in private or public. reaching out to others. Controlling federal authorities that would connections to Manipulating Physical Abuse expression of sexual identity and jeopardize custody, community. Outing with lies and connections to community. gender identity. false promises. economic situation, Heterosexism Slapping, hitting, shoving, biting, Outing sexual identity. immigration or legal Shaming. Denying choking, pushing, punching, beating, Shaming. Questioning status. Threatening Questioning partner’s Perpetuating and utilizing invisibility of kicking, stabbing, shooting or killing. Using status as a "real" suicide. validity of reality. LGB relationships to define relationship norms. weapons. lesbian or gay one’s gender. Using heterosexual roles to normalize abuse and man, or shame partner for same sex and bisexual desires. Using bisexual. cultural invisibility to isolate partner and reinforce control. Entitlement Limiting connection to community. Power & Control
Isolation: Restricting Freedom
in Lesbian, Gay, Transgender & Bisexual Relationships
Controlling personal social contacts, access to information and participation in groups or organizations. Limiting the who, what, where and when of daily life. Restraining movement, locking partner in or out. Intimidation
Treating partner as inferior; race, education, wealth, politics, class privilege or lack of, physical ability, and anti-Semitism. Demanding that needs always come first. Interfering with partner’s job, personal needs and family obligations.
Using Children
Threats or actions to take children away or have them removed. Using children to relay messages. Sexual Creating fear by using looks, actions, Threats to or actual harm to children. Threats to gestures and destroying personal items, Abuse or revealing of sexual or gender orientation mementos or photos. Breaking windows to children or others to jeopardize Threatening to reveal Controlling economic or furniture. Throwing or smashing Forcing sex. HIV status to others. resources and how they are parent-child relationship, custody objects. Trashing clothes, hurting or Forcing specific sex Blaming partner for having used. Stealing money, credit or relationships with killing pets. acts or sex with family, friends, HIV. Withholding medical or cards or checks. Running up others. Physical school or social services. Telling debt. Fostering total economic assaults to "sexual" others. partner she or he is "dirty". Using dependency. Using economic body areas. Refusing to illness to justify abuse. status to determine relationship practice safer sex. roles/norms, including In S&M refusing to controlling purchase of negotiate or not respecting clothes, food, etc. contract/scene limits or safe words.
HIV-Related Abuse
EconomicAbuse
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