The LGBTIQA+ community remains underserviced and sometimes invisible to the family violence support sector. Engender Equality, in collaboration with Working It Out, have developed the LGBTIQA+ Family Violence Guidelines for family violence workers and responders.
These guidelines are designed to assist those who work with people experiencing family violence, and are the first of their kind to be written specifically for the Tasmanian context.
In addition to providing information on LGBTIQA+ fundamentals of knowledge, how family violence can present differently in LGBTIQA+ relationships, and the importance of retaining a gendered lens in this work, the guidelines also include an exciting first for the sector in the Primary Aggressor Indicators Tool. This tool gives workers a structured space to reflect on indicators of unequal power and control which can aid in identifying victim and perpetrator in non-heterosexual relationships.
Training and Support
Engender Equality delivers training to workplaces on the Guidelines to strengthen service’s response to family violence in LGBTIQA+ relationships. Please contact carolyn@engenderequality.org.au for more information.