Recognizing May 28, 2025, as LGBTQ+ Domestic Violence Awareness Day in the City of Philadelphia to shed light on domestic, family, and intimate partner violence in LGBTQ+ communities.

Recognizing May 28, 2025, as LGBTQ+ Domestic Violence Awareness Day in the City of Philadelphia to shed light on domestic, family, and intimate partner violence in LGBTQ+ communities. WHEREAS, LGBTQ+ Domestic Violence Awareness Day was first established in Australia by the LGBTQ+ Domestic Violence Awareness Foundation in 2020 to highlight the domestic, family, and intimate partner violence occurring within the LGBTQ+ community. In 2024, the theme #SeenAndBelieved was used to support LGBTQ+ survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence; and WHEREAS, Nationally, LGBTQ+ adults and teens are more likely to experience intimate partner violence than their heterosexual, cisgender peers, and are less likely to find resources to support them; and WHEREAS, The 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey found that about 44% of lesbians, 61% of bisexual women, 26% of gay men, and 37% of bisexual men have reported experiencing rape, physical violence, and/or stalking within an intimate relationship. Additionally, The US Transgender Survey in 2015 found that transgender individuals experience some of the highest levels of intimate partner violence with 54% of individuals reporting experiencing violence within their relationships; and WHEREAS, In Philadelphia, 32% of LGBTQ+ individuals who received support from the District Attorney’s Office are victims in cases with violent acts; and WHEREAS, According to the DAO’s automated tool, which searches arrest writeups for key…