Cultural Competence Content Topic Results
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October 2016
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and HIV-Affected Intimate Partner Violence Annual Report
Publisher(s): This annual report contains detailed demographic data on survivors and victims of violence, information on abusive partners, and data on police, medical, and other direct service responses to LGBTQ and HIV-affected survivors. Reports dating back to 1998 can be found in the archives.
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- Training Tools
October 2016
Building LGBTQ Responses Within the Austin, Texas Police Department
Publisher(s):Law enforcement’s response to intimate partner violence and sexual assault within LGBTQ communities is often unsatisfactory. This webinar from the Battered Women's Justice Project highlights a few cities' effort to build change from within the police, and how trusting relationships can create positive outcomes for LGBTQ communities.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
September 2016
Trauma-Informed Approaches to Working with Immigrant Children
Publisher(s):This webinar is designed for anyone working with children who have experienced trauma who wish to understand the experience, needs and options of immigrant children who have recently entered the United States fleeing violence in their homelands.
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- General Material
September 2016
Questionable Questions About Transgender Identity
Publisher(s): This resource offers guidance on how to decide whether or not a particular question is appropriate to ask a transgender person. It also has answers to specific questions that many people have, as well as reasons why transgender people may be uncomfortable being asked these questions directly.
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- General Material
September 2016
LGBTQ DV Targeted Recommendation: Ensure Family-Provider Wages and Benefits in order to Recruit and Retain Qualified Staff Members from Diverse LGBTQ Communities
Publisher(s): This targeted recommendation advocates for domestic violence and anti-violence non-profits to address the lack of LGBTQ staff by ensuring family-provider wages for all employees.
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- General Material
September 2016
Refugee Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence: Barriers to Access
Publisher(s):This fact sheet identifies the barriers refugee survivors of domestic and sexual violence face and approaches that can mitigate their impact.
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- General Material
September 2016
LGBTQ DV Targeted Recommendation: Integrate Economic and Educational Access and Empowerment into DV Advocacy, Particularly for Transgender Survivors
Publisher(s): This targeted recommendation pushes for domestic violence organizations to expand their analysis of advocacy and violence prevention to include both economic and educational advocacy.
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- General Material
September 2016
LGBTQ DV Targeted Recommendation: Building Evidence Base for Effective LGBTQ Community Domestic Interventions, Programs, and Approaches
Publisher(s): This targeted recommendation from the National LGBTQ Institute on IPV outlines the rationale for researchers, funders, and LGBTQ-specific programs to conduct research and build evidence of the effectiveness of their work.
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September 2016
LGBTQ DV Targeted Recommendation: Improve Privacy as a Strategy to Increase LGBTQ Access to Existing DV Shelter Programs
Publisher(s): This targeted recommendation offers practical ways that domestic violence shelter programs can improve the privacy of survivors from policy changes to building remodeling to increase access to shelter for LGBTQ survivors.
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- General Material
September 2016
LGBTQ DV Targeted Recommendation: Involve, Learn From, and Build the Leadership of LGBTQ Youth
Publisher(s): Young people ages 12-24 experience violent crime at higher rates than the rest of the population. This targeted recommendation provides considerations and strategies for creating youth programming that lifts up the self-determination of LGBTQ youth experiencing violence.
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- General Material
September 2016
LGBTQ DV Targeted Recommendation: Rethink Pro-Arrest Policies and Criminal Justice Reform Using Historic, Current and Emerging Knowledge from Diverse Sources in the DV Field
Publisher(s): This targeted recommendation urges both mainstream and LGBTQ specific service providers to actively consider the negative systemic impacts of law enforcement and the criminal legal system on communities at the margins.
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- General Material
September 2016
LGBTQ DV Targeted Recommendation: Compensate LGBTQ Organizations for Their Expertise
Publisher(s): This targeted recommendation advocates for LGBTQ organizations to be fairly compensated (either monetarily or materially) for formal and informal training and TA support given to mainstream domestic violence organizations.