This joint research by the Scottish Transgender Alliance and the LGBT Domestic Abuse Project lifts the lid on transgender people’s experiences of domestic abuse in Scotland.

The limited research available suggests that prevalence rates of domestic abuse may be higher for transgender people than any other section of the population. That statement is what led the LGBT Domestic Abuse Project (managed by LGBT Youth Scotland), in partnership with the Scottish Transgender Alliance (managed by the Equality Network), to examine transgender people’s experience of domestic abuse in Scotland.

The picture painted is one of high levels of prejudice and abuse in transgender people’s relationships and home life, coupled with unacceptable negative experiences of accessing services and support when they are so fundamental.