News and Events
This section will be regularly updated with news and information related to the work of the project.
News
The LGBT Domestic Abuse Project is researching the impact of commercial sexual exploitation on trans people.
What is the research about?
The research wants to find out about trans people’s lives and experiences and how things like transphobia, porn and the sex industry impact on them.
You don’t need to have any involvement in the sex industry or have experienced gender based violence. We would like to make sure that trans people’s voices and experiences are included in discussion of these issues in Scotland.
What do I need to do?
If you would like to take part in the research, first you need to contact me using the details below. We will then arrange a time and place for the interview. This could be at an LGBT organisation or other organisation that you know, or at Edinburgh University. On the day of the interview we will meet either at the agreed place or at a nearby coffee shop where we can go through the details of the interview. The interview will take 1 – 1 ½ hours. You can choose to stop the interview at any time and once the interview has finished you can decide if you are happy with all, part or none of the information you have given to be used.
Confidentiality
All of the information that you give will be completely confidential, unless you tell me something that makes me believe that a child is in danger. In this case I will have to pass the information on. The information will be stored in password protected folders and I will be the only person who has access to it (except a transcriber, who will sign a confidentiality agreement).
What will happen to the information that I provide?
If you decide to take part, the information will be used to write a research report on the experiences of trans people in Scotland. Any information that may lead to people being able to identify you will not be included within the report.
If you would like more information or would like to take part in the research you can contact me by emailing amy.roch@lgbtyouth.org.uk or by phoning me on 07510 136 223.
The UK Government Equality Office (GEO) has launched a new transgender E-Bulletin.
Within
the E-Bulletin, the GEO have announced their UK-wide transgender equality survey asking trans people to
tell the GEO the areas they would like them to concentrate on, how they would
like them to communicate with them and to contribute views and ideas.
The
deadline for completing the survey is 6th May 2011.
European Violence Against Women Convention Adopted
The
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has adopted the Convention on preventing and combating violence
against women and domestic violence. This is a big step forward
in protecting all women in Europe who
experience domestic abuse and other forms of gender based violence.
The Convention is also the first legally binding international agreement ever
to cover the ground of sexual orientation and gender identity. The
explanatory notes of the Convention acknowledge that transgender people
experience gender based violence because of their gender identity.
The Convention will come into force once ratified by ten member states.
To find out more about how LGBT people will be included within the Convention
visit to the ILGA-Europe website.
Young LGBT People Make Their Voices Heard!
In March the Voices Unheard Project launched the national findings of their research that looked at young LGBT people’s experiences of domestic abuse, both in their families and their relationships. They found that:
- 61% of respondents had witnessed some form of abuse in their families.
- 79% of respondents believed that someone who has winessed domestic abuse in their family or home would feel less confident to ‘come out’ as a result.
- 52% of respondents said that they had experienced some form of abusive behaviour from a partner or ex-partner.
- 20% of respondents who had experienced abuse had tried to kill themselves since experiencing domestic abuse.
To download the report, or to find out more click here.
Events
Spelling An End To Gender Based Violence
LGBT Domestic Abuse Project's National gender based violence conference
Teviot Building, University of Edinburgh
In association with LGBT
History Month the LGBT Domestic Abuse Project is holding a national gender based violence conference.
This 1 day conference will explore LGBT people’s experiences of a variety of forms of gender based violence, including domestic abuse, prostitution, hate crime and homophobic bullying. The conference will give delegates the opportunity to discuss these issues in more detail and take away useful tools to improve our service responses to LGBT people.
Lunch
Afternoon The impact of sexism and commercial sexual exploitation on transsexual women (Amy Roch, LGBT Domestic Abuse Project) Workshops
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The conference will be useful for anyone working with people who may be experiencing gender based violence, including violence against women organisations, the Police and LGBT organisations.
the conference is free to attend, but a £60 fee will be charged if you fail to cancel your place 5 working days before the conference.
Book online here or to find out more email the project
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