TEXAS CASE SPOTLIGHTS `GAY-ON-GAY´ DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
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Autor: Terry Philips
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Fuente: Family News In Focus
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What
is
the
greatest
danger
to
gays:
being
the
victim
of
a
so-called
hate
crime
or
the
victim
of
violence
from
a
partner?
The
recent
murder
of
a
Texas
woman
by
her
lesbian
lover
has
again
raised
the
issue
of
gay-on-gay
domestic
violence.
It's
the
secret
homosexuals
don't
like
to
confront.
It's
not
that
homosexuals
don't
know
that
violence
against
one
another
is
a
major
problem;
they
just
don't
want
it
to
become
common
knowledge,
according
to
Robert
Knight,
director
of
the
Culture
and
Family
Institute
in
Washington,
D.C.
"Homosexual
activists
are
worried
people
who
don't
agree
with
their
political
agenda
may
seize
upon
this
and
say,
'See,
this
is
another
reason
to
dissuade
people
from
getting
involved
in
homosexuality,'
"
Knight
said.
The
statistics
prove
it
to
be
a
very
compelling
reason.
"
'We
believe
as
many
as
650,000
gay
men
may
be
victims
of
domestic
violence
each
year
in
the
United
States,'
according
to
two
homosexual
activists
who
wrote
a
book
several
inches
thick
on
the
subject,"
reports
Gary
Glenn,
president
of
the
American
Family
Association
in
Michigan.
Other
data
suggests
lesbian
domestic
violence
is
at
least
equal
in
extent.
"There
is
a
book
called
'Violent
Betrayal,'
by
Claire
Renzetti,
in
which
she
documents
women
are
four
times
more
likely
to
be
victims
of
domestic
violence
in
a
lesbian
household
than
in
a
married
household,"
Knight
said.
But
the
huge
disparity
is
in
the
reality
of
a
gay
being
victimized
by
a
partner,
rather
than
by
a
gay-basher.
Glenn
concluded
that
if
mainstream
media
want
to
be
effective
rather
than
politically
correct,
they
would
shine
the
light
on
the
semi-secret
of
homosexual
violence
against
one
another.
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