NYC Panel on DV Against Men

	posted by Scott on Saturday August 31, @03:43PM from the domestic-violence dept.
	Peter Allemano from the NYC chapter of NCFM informed me that a panel on domestic violence against men is being held by the Queens Women's Network, to listen to the needs of male victims of domestic violence. The QWM sponsors a service center for DV victims and does a lot of outreach programs in the borough of Queens. This is a rare opportunity for both sides to come together on an important dialogue, and they are currently looking for speakers that can participate on the panel. They already are including Stanley Green, also a member of NCFM and a co-founder of Stop Abuse for Everyone. This is possibly the first public discussion on DV against men (straight, bi, or gay) being held in NYC. The forum will be held on October 17, and if you can make it to be a panelist or simply want to see the event in person, please contact Peter at PAllemano@cravath.com. I have to say, the fact that events like this are happening at all is a very encouraging sign.

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panel on DV against men (Score:1) by collins on Saturday August 31, @11:49PM EST (#1) (User #311 Info) The Queens Women's Network panel on DV against men is good news. And I'm also encouraged by the fact that it's happening in NYC. I read in the paper where I live about DV task forces. There are special DV projects and a DV division in the police dept, etc, etc. But it's all geared to *female* victims of DV.

Re:panel on DV against men (Score:0) by Anonymous User on Sunday September 01, @02:02AM EST (#2) We still have a ways to go. But by gum, It's a start. I am encouraged by this news.         Thundercloud.

QWN Website (Score:1) by AFG (afg2112@yahoo.ca) on Sunday September 01, @10:31AM EST (#3) (User #355 Info) Their website is here: http://www.queenswomensnetwork.org/qwn_index.htm I program my home computer; beam myself into the future.

Homosexual Violence (Score:1) by Ray on Sunday September 08, @09:12AM EST (#4) (User #873 Info) Someone ask for this information in a previous posting, and I just stumbled across it at the U.S. Dept. of Justice http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ipva99.htm After you get to this page click on the Acrobat file 140k and go to page 9, there you will find statistics on "Intimate Partner Violence between persons of the same gender, 1993-1999 16,900 women were the victims of domestic violence by their lesbian female partners. 13,740 men were victims of domestic violence by their gay male partners. I would like to see better numbers as to the total population of homosexual men and women. It would seem to me that these percentages are saying that women are far more violent in these homosexual settings than in heterosexual settings, or does this merely prove what we've been saying all along? Here the women can't hide their violence like they do in heterosexual relations where any lie is sufficient to cast blame on a man. Ray

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