Partner Violence in Transgender Communities: What Helping Professionals Need to Know. Issue 2 (15th March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Barrett, Betty Jo; Sheridan, Daphne Vanessa
• Is Part Of: Journal of GLBT family studies. Volume 13:Issue 2(2017)
• Page Start: 137
• Page End: 162
• Publication Date: 2017-03-15
• Subjects: Intimate partner violence -- domestic violence -- transgender -- gender nonconforming -- rainbow communities; Gays -- Family relationships -- Research -- Periodicals; Lesbians -- Family relationships -- Research -- Periodicals; Bisexuals -- Family relationships -- Research -- Periodicals; Transgender people -- Family relationships -- Research -- Periodicals; 306.87408664
• DOI: 10.1080/1550428X.2016.1187104
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1550-428X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In recent decades, there has been an increase in scholarly attention devoted to the study of intimate partner violence (IPV) within rainbow communities. While a growing body of scholarship now informs our understanding of the experiences of gay, lesbian, and bisexual men and women with IPV, comparatively less is known about IPV within transgender communities. Drawing on the published literature on transgender intimate relationships, this article seeks to provide practitioners with a foundational understanding of IPV in the lives of transgender people. Specifically, we will examine (a) methodological, political, and social barriers to the creation of knowledge about transgender IPV; (b) the familial and relationship contexts of IPV within transgender communities; (c) the prevalence of IPV experienced by transgender survivors; (d) the dynamics of IPV perpetrated against and/or by transgender persons; (e) the problematic use of the "trans panic" defense by perpetrators of IPV in legal contexts; and (f) recommendations for supporting transgender survivors of IPV in ways that are trans-inclusive and trans-positive.