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LGBTQ Statistics

Relationship violence occurs within same-sex relationships with the same statistical frequency as in heterosexual relationships (25-33%) (AARDVARC).
Each year between 50,000 and 100,000 Lesbian women and as many as 500,000 Gay men are battered (AARDVARC).
In 2002, 5,092 incidents of domestic violence affected lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender victims in the United States. 4 of these incidents resulted in murder (Baum 2003).
52% of the LGBT domestic violence victims were male, 42% were female, and 2% were transgender, while gender identity was not known for 4% of the victims (Baum 2003).
More than half of all LGBT victims of domestic violence in 2002 were in the age range 30-44 (52%), 1 in 5 were between 23 and 29 (19%), 13% were 45-64, while 18 to 22 year olds comprised 10% of the victims (Baum 2003).

References

AARDVARC, www.aardvarc.org
Baum R. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Domestic Violence in 2002: A Report of the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs. New York, NY: National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs; 2003.