Same Sex Domestic Violence
The Los Angeles City Attorney's Office announced today it will train prosecutors to deal with issues related to domestic violence in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. The training is part of a partnership with the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center, and will focus on "the legal issues and support aspects associated with properly identifying and prosecuting incidents of same-sex domestic violence in the LGBT community," according to a news release.
A report in 2006 by the National Coalition of Anti Violence Programs found more than 3,500 incidents of same-sex partner abuse in 12 cities, including Los Angeles - which reported 2,243 such cases. Many of those cases were handled by the Center's STOP Partner Abuse Program and Domestic Violence Legal Advocacy Project.
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