How LGBTQ+-friendly are the IPV resources recommended by the city of San Antonio?
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Publication Date
Summer 2024
Digital Publisher
Digital Commons at St. Mary's University
Collection
McNair Scholars Symposium
Keywords
LGBTQ+; Domestic Violence; Intimate Partner Violence; Same-Sex Couples; San Antonio
Description
After noticing the lack of information on domestic violence within the LGBTQ+ community, I wanted to turn to a local community, the city of San Antonio, and their recommended resources. With the lack of domestic violence resources that specialize in the LGBTQ+ community, it is important to recognize how experiences may differ whether or not a person identifies as a part of the LGBTQ+ community. Based in San Antonio, Texas, I conducted a content analysis on the friendliness of each website towards the LGBTQ+ community, using the websites linked to the Metropolitan Health District Domestic Violence page on the City of San Antonio website. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, five themes emerged: community, safety, simplicity, inclusiveness, and education. Given these themes, I analyzed each organization's website for its explicit acknowledgment and consideration of a person who identifies as part of the LGBTQ+ community and their well-being. Looking at each website at the surface level, I wanted to simulate a person in dire need who may be needing help quickly while also ensuring the safety of their identity. Each organization had its own unique approach to supporting survivors, some catering more to marginalized groups than others. Considering the lack of representation of the LGBTQ+ community within these resources, it is important to acknowledge how easy it is for them to get overlooked.
Disciplines
Other Mental and Social Health
Format
MOV
Medium
video
Size or Duration
16 minutes, 50 seconds
City
San Antonio, Texas
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
