@article{ref1,
title=""I wasn't a priority, I wasn't a victim": challenges in help seeking for transgender survivors of intimate partner violence",
journal="Violence against women",
year="2017",
author="Guadalupe-Diaz, Xavier L. and Jasinski, Jana",
volume="23",
number="6",
pages="772-792",
abstract="Among the crucial advancements in the study of intimate partner violence (IPV) is an understanding of the distinct help-seeking barriers that gay and lesbian victims face. Despite these additions to the literature, transgender IPV victimization remains under-researched. The current study utilized semi-structured interviews and open-ended questionnaires of 18 trans-identified survivors of IPV. Working through a modified grounded analytic approach, two major themes emerged in the help-seeking process: &quot;walking the gender tightrope&quot; in which participants first struggled with gendered notions of victimization that made it difficult to identify abuse, and second, the challenges of &quot;navigating genderist resources.&quot;<br><br>© The Author(s) 2016.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-8012",
doi="10.1177/1077801216650288",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801216650288"
}