Australia’s First LGBTQI Domestic Violence Awareness Day
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starobserver.com.auAs a first responder with the Queensland Police, senior constable Ben Bjarnesen was used to dealing with cases of domestic violence.
Ben, however, endured domestic violence for two years at the hands of his partner, before he decided to take action.
A survivor, Ben is now the brain behind Australia’s first LGBTQI Domestic Violence Awareness Day on Thursday May 28, 2020. The #IAmHereForYou campaign hopes to remove stigma around domestic violence while also getting survivors to speak up. “Many people in LGBTQI communities may not identify themselves as being in a domestic violence relationship as it is most often seen as a problem of heterosexual relationships with men abusing women,” Ben told Star Observer.
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