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# Government act to reduce same sex domestic abuse
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/government-act-to-reduce-same-sex-domestic-abuse/
- Published: 2019-01-25T01:29:50.000Z
- Updated: 2019-01-25T01:30:14.000Z
- Description: The Government must get inclusive relationship and sex education right to reduce domestic abuse in the LGBT+ communities, say Sarah Champion MP.
- Author: Besi

## The Government must get inclusive relationship and sex education right to reduce domestic abuse in the LGBT+ communities, say Sarah Champion MP.

![Sarah Champion, MP for Rotherham](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/web-600-64.jpg)

Sarah Champion, MP for Rotherham

**THE government** has released its [Transforming the Response to Domestic Abuse Consultation](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/files/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment%5Fdata/file/772247/transforming%5Fthe%5Fresponse%5Fto%5Fdomestic%5Fabuse%5F-%5Fconsultation%5Fresponse%5Fand%5Fdraft%5Fbill%5F-print.pdf) Response and Draft Bill.

The bill includes £500,000 to build capacity in the charitable sector, raise awareness and improve monitoring and recording practice for LGBT+ victims of Domestic Abuse.

**Stonewall research suggests:**

♦ That 11% of the LGBT+ population have experienced domestic abuse in the last year; twice as high as the population as a whole (4.5% as recorded by the Crime Survey England and Wales). (ii)

♦ For bisexual women this increases to 13%, and for trans or non-binary people to 19%.(ii)

**In [*SaferLives Spotlight* ](http://safelives.org.uk/sites/default/files/resources/Free%20to%20be%20safe%20web.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk)report on LGBT+ people and domestic abuse they found that:**

♦ LGBT+ domestic abuse victims are almost twice as likely to have attempted to commit suicide. (iii)

♦ LGBT+ Domestic violence victims are more than twice as likely to have self-harmed. (iii)

**In [Stonewalls School Report](https://www.stonewall.org.uk/sites/default/files/the%5Fschool%5Freport%5F2017.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk), The experiences of lesbian, gay, bi and trans young people in Britain’s schools in 2017, it was found:**

♦ That there was a lack of consistency in LGBT+ representation within RSE.(iv)

♦ That only 13% have learnt about how to have healthy relationships in relation to same-sex relationships. (iv)

**Sarah Champion MP said:** *“I welcome the recognition of the importance of relationship and sex education in the governments’ consultation response today.”*

*“To reduce domestic abuse in the LGBT+ community, we must ensure that relationship and sex education is inclusive.”*

*“Sadly, rather than listening to teachers, experts and children, the government appears to have curtailed the level of detail in the draft relationship and sex education guidance to placate a few lobbyists with loud voices. All young LGBT people need to be taught what a healthy relationship is, how to identify when a relationship is abusive and where to get support in an inclusive way. I would be disappointed if the government didn’t address this in the final version of the guidance.”*