Building the Table: Discussing Tensions of 2SLGBTQIA+ Structural Inclusion Within the GBV Sector

VAW Learning Network I Marlene Ham, Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah & Jade Byard Peek

This report discusses how the dominance of a structural gender binary within the gender based violence (GBV) sector still impacts how 2SLGBTQIA+ or gender and sexual diverse people are included, treated, and recognized within the sector. Research, funding, legislation, and service delivery have also been impacted, and are reinforced by an archetype created to understand violence as a victim-perpetrator cisgender heteronormative experience.