LGBTQ Issues in Teen Dating Violence

Legal Momentum’s National Judicial Education Program has created a set of educational materials for judges, courts, court-related professionals, schools, parents, teens, and the community to learn about the dangers and consequences of Teen Dating Violence. These Information and Resources sheets were developed by the National Judicial Education Program (NJEP) with funding from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. “Teen Dating Violence” (TDV) is a scourge that is as epidemic, harmful, and potentially lethal as adult domestic violence. Unchecked TDV can entrench a lifetime pattern of perpetration by abusers and acceptance of abuse by victims. LGBTQ Issues in Teen Dating Violence is an information sheet explaining the problems faced by LGBTQ victims of TDV that are specific to their LGBTQ identities. The information sheet also makes clear that LGBTQ teens face TDV/intimate partner violence at the same rates as heterosexual teens, and it discusses the complexities in LGBTQ teens’ lives which may lead them to not report instances of TDV.

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