| Description |
233 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
"What did he hit you with?" the doctor said / Chrystos -- The second closet : battered lesbians / D.J. Cecere -- Love is not enough / S. Crall -- Once hitting starts / Lisa -- Will it never end? / C. Gentlewind -- For better or worse / Breeze -- Love as addiction / K. Hurley -- "The perfect couple" / C. Dziggel -- Battered women's shelters and work with battered lesbians / L. Walker -- Making shelters safe for lesbians / L. Geraci -- Support groups for battered lesbians / N. Porat -- Lesbian abuse : the process of the lesbian abuse issues network (LAIN) / A. Strach, N. Jervey, S.J. Hornstein and N. Porat -- Safe space for battered lesbians / B. Hart and the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence -- Community organizing : one community's approach / S. Knollenberg, B. Douville and N. Hammond -- Organizing safe space for battered lesbians : a community based program / Linda and Avreayl -- Letting out the secret : journal entries, 1982-1984 / Sarah -- Coming full circle / J. Cormier -- It couldn't happen to me / Kim -- Lesbian abuse : the story lies under our wounds / S. Kresge |
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She never really hit me / B. Northwood -- Nothing is the same anymore / M.L. Dietrich -- The healing comes slowly / A. Istar -- Lesbian battering : an examination / B. Hart -- Lesbian victims and the reluctance to identify abuse / N. Hammond -- How homophobia affects lesbians' response to violence in lesbian relationships / M. Benowitz -- Two workshops on homophobia / S. Pharr |
| Subject |
Abused lesbians -- United States.
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Lesbian partner abuse -- United States.
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Lesbians -- United States -- Psychology.
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Domestic Violence.
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Homosexuality, Female.
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| Author |
Lobel, Kerry.
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National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (U.S.). Lesbian Task Force.
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| LC no. |
86015561 |
| ISBN |
0931188423 (paperback) |
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