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12 - Challenges and Opportunities to Health and Well-Being

from Part IV - Health and Marginalisation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2024

Sonja J. Ellis ,
Damien W. Riggs  and
Elizabeth Peel
Sonja J. Ellis
Affiliation:
University of Waikato, New Zealand
Damien W. Riggs
Affiliation:
Flinders University of South Australia
Elizabeth Peel
Affiliation:
Loughborough University
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Summary

With a specific focus on violence and abuse, this chapter explores some the challenges that LGBTIQ people often experience, but also the strengths that LGBTIQ people display. The chapter reviews research on intimate partner violence experienced by LGBTIQ people (including identity-related abuse) and the violence perpetrated against animals in these contexts. Situating challenges alongside strengths is an important counter to the often negative messages and stereotypes that circulate about LGBTIQ people, as it encourages a focus on identifying sites of resistance and opportunities for change. The chapter therefore also explores the resiliencies that LGBTIQ people display in the face of adversity, including through relationships with animal companions.

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violenceabuseintimate partner violencedomestic violenceanimal companionsresilience
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, and Queer Psychology
An Introduction
 , pp. 246 - 268
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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Further Reading

Donovan, C., & Hester, M. (2015). Domestic violence and sexuality: What’s love got to do with it? Bristol: Policy Press.Google Scholar
Myles, E. (2018). Afterglow (a dog memoir). London: Grove Press.Google Scholar
Riggs, D.W., Rosenberg, S., Fraser, H., & Taylor, N. (2021). Queer entanglements: Intersections of gender, sexuality, and animal companionship. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ristock, J. L. (Ed.). (2011). Intimate partner violence in LGBTQ lives. New York: Routledge.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Salazar Parreńas, J. (Ed.). (2017). Gender: Animals. Chicago, IL: Macmillan.Google Scholar

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