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This ad for The National Domestic Violence Hotline is incredible. Talk about 60 seriously powerful seconds. Advertising (if that’s even what you want to call this) at its best, truly.

This one is great, too.

Wow. I’m in awe.

I’d don’t usually reblog these, or watch them, because well we’ve all had shit happen in our own lives that we don’t want to talk about. But this.. I just needed this on my blog. The moment at the end when you know he’s coming and she looks away afraid… I can’t.

I don’t even have words.

The chills that I got actually hurt my skin, it was so intense. So haunting.

This is definitely triggering and emotional…it’s a very well done PSA that everyone should try to watch. But it is haunting and horrifying, and I know that I teared up watching it.

This is disturbing but very important for everyone here to see. Sadly it is often overlooked but domestic violence does also occur in the LGBT community.

International Human Rights Foundations for Gender and Sexuality Rights

Intimate partner battering occurs within same-sex relationships with the same statistical frequency as in heterosexual relationships, approximately 25 - 33% of relationships. (ABA Journal, February 1998).

Like in heterosexual partnerships, battering among LBGT intimate partners crosses age, race, class and socio-economic lines.

Each year, between 50,000 and 100,000 lesbian women and as many as 500,000 gay men are battered. (30 Val. U. L. Rev. 335, 1995).

While same-sex battering mirrors heterosexual battering both in nature and prevalence, its victims receive fewer protections. Many LBGT victims of intimate partner violence are denied services such as emergency shelter, medical treatment, financial assistance, counseling, job training, legal services, and many others that are routinely prescribed for battered heterosexual women. (NCAVP LBGT DV report for 2002).

Six U.S. states have laws making domestic violence protective orders unavailable for victims of same-sex abuse (ibid).

I also want to remind everyone that domestic violence comes in many forms, not just physical abuse. Emotional, verbal, financial, sexual and other forms are all very real and very dangerous. You don’t need bruises to be welcome into a shelter or to just speak to someone who will help guide you to safety.

Also, on average, women and men take about 7 attempts at leaving before they can stay away for good. Don’t judge someone too harshly if they can’t do what is best for themselves as quickly as you feel they should.

Sorry about the length, as an ex-shelter intern and a current volunteer this is something close to my heart.

Stay safe and happy everyone, much love.

~ Coley

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