abstract The past couple of years have seen a groundswell of women’s voices speaking out about gender-based violence (GBV). However, even in the current climate of raising issues about GBV, including in the global #MeToo movement, and more recently #TheTotalShutdown, the issue of violence in lesbian relationships remains largely unspoken. As activists we are aware that it happens - through our own personal experiences and those of comrades and friends, yet it continues to be a taboo topic in certain lesbian circles, communities and organisations. Individuals who have experiences of intimate partner or domestic violence remain silent: as a community we are outraged (and rightly so) about the hate crimes of rapes and murders of lesbian women and yet we do not acknowledge, even to ourselves, the extent of violence in our relationships.

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当个人仍然是个人的。女同性恋关系中的亲密伴侣暴力。

摘要 在过去的几年里，女性大声疾呼基于性别的暴力 (GBV)。然而，即使在当前提出有关 GBV 问题的环境中，包括在全球 #MeToo 运动中，以及最近的 #TheTotalShutdown，女同性恋关系中的暴力问题在很大程度上仍未被提及。作为活动家，我们知道它会发生——通过我们自己的个人经历以及同志和朋友的经历，但它仍然是某些女同性恋圈子、社区和组织的禁忌话题。经历过亲密伴侣或家庭暴力的人保持沉默：作为一个社区，我们对强奸和谋杀女同性恋的仇恨犯罪感到愤怒（并且理所当然），但我们甚至不承认暴力的程度在我们的关系中。