@article{ref1,
title="Intimate partner violence among sexual minorities in Japan: Exploring perceptions and experiences",
journal="Journal of homosexuality",
year="2009",
author="Distefano, Anthony S.",
volume="56",
number="2",
pages="121-146",
abstract="Using qualitative interviews (n = 39) and participant observation (n = 54), this study documents perceptions and experiences of violence between lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex intimate partners in Japan, thereby providing exploratory, formative data on a previously unexamined issue. Results indicate that intimate partner violence (IPV) is experienced physically, sexually, and psychologically in all sexual minority groups. Participants perceived the violence to be: a) very similar to heterosexual IPV against women; b) more likely perpetrated and experienced by lesbians, bisexual women, and transgender persons compared to gay and bisexual men and intersex persons; c) the cause of several negative physical and mental health outcomes; and d) largely unrecognized in both sexual minority communities and broader Japanese society.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0091-8369",
doi="10.1080/00918360802623123",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00918360802623123"
}