Broken Rainbow (organization)
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Broken Rainbow is also a LGBT
(lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) charity organisation created to help raise awareness and combat same-sex domestic violence
and abuse.
The UK charity Broken Rainbow was formed in 2004 after seeing the lack of service provision dealing with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people who experience domestic violence and abuse. Domestic violence
is “any incident of threatening behavior, violence, or abuse (psychological, physical, sexual, financial or emotional) between adults who are or have been intimate partners, or family members, regardless of gender or sexuality”"
With funding from The Nationwide Foundation and the Home Office
, they run the only UK LGBT
domestic violence helpline. They also raise awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans issues surrounding domestic violence in the UK and lobby MPs (UK members of parliament).
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
(lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) charity organisation created to help raise awareness and combat same-sex domestic violence
Domestic violence
Domestic violence, also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence, and intimate partner violence , is broadly defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, or cohabitation...
and abuse.
The UK charity Broken Rainbow was formed in 2004 after seeing the lack of service provision dealing with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people who experience domestic violence and abuse. Domestic violence
Domestic violence
Domestic violence, also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence, and intimate partner violence , is broadly defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, or cohabitation...
is “any incident of threatening behavior, violence, or abuse (psychological, physical, sexual, financial or emotional) between adults who are or have been intimate partners, or family members, regardless of gender or sexuality”"
With funding from The Nationwide Foundation and the Home Office
Home Office
The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for immigration control, security, and order. As such it is responsible for the police, UK Border Agency, and the Security Service . It is also in charge of government policy on security-related issues such as drugs,...
, they run the only UK LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
domestic violence helpline. They also raise awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans issues surrounding domestic violence in the UK and lobby MPs (UK members of parliament).