Violence against Global LGBTQ+ Communities
Description
A close look at the nature of violence against sexual and gender minorities (LGBT+ people) with a global framework that examines the features of violence, while also exploring the ways it manifests various cultural ideas about sexuality and gender, family structures, and intersectional identities.
Here we examine closely the prevalence of global violence against LGBTQ+ individuals and how it is experienced differently among various groups, considering intersecting identities (e.g., race, gender, economic status), and the types of harms that this violence creates and sustains. Focusing on who is perpetrating violence, from states/nations, to known others such as family and friends, to complete strangers, we examine how these experiences impact the individuals and shape community perceptions of safety and well-being. First-hand accounts are woven throughout that personalize those experiences of violence, but that also illustrate resistance and response to violence in ways that are personal, political, and cultural.
Coverage will range from nations with more advanced attention on LGBTQ+ human rights (e.g., the US, South Africa, Sweden, Argentina, and Australia), as well as those that are still emerging in their implementation of rights and protections (e.g., Georgia, Bulgaria, Namibia) to those that still actively resist human rights efforts on behalf of LGBTQ+ people (e.g., Iran, Mauritania, Somalia, Indonesia). Readers will be able to understand violence against LGBTQ+ people as something with shared characteristics across the world, but also that is specific and grounded in local contexts, and that are unique individual experiences.
Table of Contents
Chronology
1.Anti-LGBTQ+ Violence in a Global Context
Who Are LGBTQ+ People?
What is Violence?
How Do We Know about Violence against LGBTQ People?
What Do We Know About Violence against LGBTQ+ People?
When Does Violence Occur?
Where Does Violence Occur?
Who Commits Acts of Violence?
2. History of Violence Against LGBTQ+ People
Ancient Times: Sexual and Gender Diversity
Global Colonialism and Persecution of Sexual and Gender Diversity
Modernity and the Medicalization of Sexual and Gender Diversity
The Global LGBT Rights Movement Emerges
Lessons from History
IN THEIR WORDS
3. Why Does Violence Occur? Theoretical Explanations
Attitudes/Beliefs and Their Sources
Conceptualizing Homophobia
Homophobia Beyond Psychological Differences
Links Between Gender, Gender Roles, and Sexualities
Anti-LGBTQ+ Violence as System Maintenance
IN THEIR WORDS
4. Diverse Communities, Different Violence Experiences
Men/Boys with Diverse Sexualities
Women/GIrls with Diverse Sexualities
Gender Diverse People with Diverse Sexualities
People with Intersex Conditions, Disorders or Sexual Development, or Sexual Variation
Indigenous Peoples with Diverse Sexual and Gender Identities
Intersectional Identities and Other Risk Factors
Fatal Violence
IN THEIR WORDS
5. Violence in Private Life
Violence in Families of Origin
Foster Care, Custodial Care, and Child Welfare Systems
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
Elder Abuse
Violence in Private Life
IN THEIR WORDS
6. Violence in Public Life
Schools, Bullying, and Youth Violence
Workplaces: Customers, Coworkers, and Bosses
Violence in Sports/Athletics
Violence in Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Settings
Health/Mental Healthcare Providers and Social Service Personnel
Religious Violence
Online Harassment, Abuse, and Violence
Stranger Danger and Unknown Others in the Community
IN THEIR WORDS
7. Consequences of Violence
Physical Health Consequences of Violence
Mental Health Consequences
Other Violence Outcomes
Impacts to Communities
Impacts to Society
Summary
IN THEIR WORDS
8. Profiles of Resistance, Resilience, and Joy
Creating Community
a. Movement Profile: Pride
b. Organizational Profile: Rainbow Railroad
Sense of Belonging in the Community At-Large
a. Organizational Profile: Gender Dynamix
b. Organizational Profile: GLSEN
Families as Protection and Support
a. Organizational Profile: PFLAG
b. Organizational Profile: Rainbow Families
Changes to Care and Services
a. Organizational Profile: World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
Fighting Violence through Activism
a. Organizational Profile: Feminita
b. Organizational Profile: Sexual Minorities Uganda
Tracking Data about Violence against LGBTQ+ People
a. Organizational Profile: International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Association (ILGA)
b. Organizational Profile: Grupo Gay da Bahia
Directory of Resources
Glossary
About the Author
Product details
| Published | 15 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 256 |
| ISBN | 9798765130810 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Series | LGBTQ+ Lives in Context |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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