(Photo by Loredana Sangiuliano/Anadolu via Getty Images)] ‘We recently had a gay male from the travelling community who was exposed to really high levels of violence – some 40 abusive perpetrators involved,’ Tiffany Sky, the charity’s LGBTQ+ Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence service, told Metro.
‘We had one bisexual woman that presented to us who was the victim of a very serious domestic abuse and sexual violence perpetrated by male members of her family,’ said Tiffany.
‘Abusive partners give the idea that the violence is mutual, or that the survivor consents to the abuse using gaslighting techniques,’ she said, manipulation that involves making people doubt their perception of reality.
But such cruelty might present differently among queer people, Tiffany, who has worked in domestic violence services since she was 24, said.
The LGBT Foundation’s domestic abuse services are for LGBTQ+ people in Greater Manchester (Manchester, Salford, Trafford, Stockport, Tameside, Bury, Bolton, Oldham, Rochdale, and Wigan) and Liverpool who are aged 16 and above.
