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This report is part of a series exploring LGBT+ sexual violence survivors’ experiences. Other reports in this series focus on sexual violence as a conversion practice, sexual abuse experiences as children or young people, and the criminal justice system and support services.
Key findings:
– The vast majority (76%) of LGBT+ survivors surveyed indicated that their most significant experience of sexual violence was perpetrated by a man/men.
– Most (54%) of the LGBT+ survivors surveyed reported that the orientation of the perpetrator of their most impactful sexual violence experience was heterosexual.
– There was some evidence of LGBT+ people experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by another LGB+ person/people (21%).
– Around 1 in 6 (15%) LGBT+ survivors surveyed reported that their most impactful experience of sexual violence was perpetrated by a woman/women.
– Many interview participants, as well as many survey respondents, described being subjected to sexual violence perpetrated by a man/ men in the context of intimate relationships but also sexual assault and harassment in public or workplace settings.
– Interview participants, as well as some survey respondents, described being subjected to sexual violence perpetrated by a woman/women, often in the context of intimate relationships.
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