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Australia Set To Have Inaugural LGBTI Domestic Violence Awareness Day

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starobserver.com.au

Australia’s first LGBTI Domestic Violence Awareness Day will have its inaugural launch on Thursday, May 28 to raise awareness for high levels of unreported domestic violence being experienced within LGBTQI relationships. Recent studies have shown that up to 62 per cent of LGBTQI people in Australia have experienced some form of domestic violence in their relationships.

However, only six per cent of these cases are ever reported to Police. The LGBTI Domestic Violence Awareness Day aims to raise awareness and remove the stigma surrounding LGBTQI domestic violence, provide opportunities for discussions to occur and honour those who have lost their lives.

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