The LGBT Domestic Abuse Project and the Scottish Transgender Alliance are currently jointly carrying out a piece of research around transgender people's experience of domestic abuse.

Research conducted in Britain and abroad has demonstrated that transgender people are particularly at risk of violence and harassment, in both public spaces and the home.  In 2007, a Scottish Transgender Alliance survey found that 46 per cent of 71 transgender respondents had previously experienced transphobic abuse in their relationships.  Despite this, very little is currently known about transgender people's experiences of domestic abuse.

Domestic abuse is unacceptable in any context.  Your story of domestic abuse remains untold.

The LGBT Domestic Abuse Project and the Scottish Transgender Alliance are working in partnership to conduct a high-profile and in-depth research project investigating transgender people's experiences of domestic abuse.  We want to get the views of as many transgender people as possible.

By participating in this research, you will help us to look at:

• Transgender people's experiences of domestic abuse and other forms of gender based violence
• What barriers are faced by transgender people when they seek help for domestic abuse

We want to find this out so that there is a greater understanding and awareness of transgender people's experiences and understandings of domestic abuse and so that all domestic abuse service providers can offer appropriate services to trans people experiencing domestic abuse.

We want to hear from ALL trans and gender variant people - from across a diverse spectrum of gender identity, including men and women with trans backgrounds and all kinds of non-binary and gender-fluid people.

We want to you to complete the survey even if you think you've never experienced domestic abuse. It will take about 15 minutes to complete the survey if you've never experienced domestic abuse and about 30 minutes to complete if you have experienced domestic abuse.

Please help us improve domestic abuse services for trans people by filling out our online survey.

You can complete the survey here.