Intimate partner violence in queer relationships is rarely addressed or discussed When the annual crime statistics and ensuing analysis are published, we always see the same thing: most instances of abuse and violence are perpetrated by people that are known to the victims.
All too often, people who experience physical and sexual abuse share a household with their abuser. In the first quarter of 2021/2022 alone (the period between 1 April and 30 June this year) more than 15 000 cases of domestic abuse were reported to the police.
Cishetero women are almost always at the forefront of messaging about domestic violence, sexual assault and abuse, and theirs being the face of the issue is a tragic truth that is echoed every time a South African