Network La Red

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The Network/La Red: Ending abuse in lesbian, bisexual women’s and transgender communities NEW Hotline 617-742-4911 voice 617-227-4911 TTY Office 617-695-0877 v/tty Fax 617-423-5651 PO Box 6011, Boston, MA 02114 info@tnlr.org www.tnlr.org Find us on Twitter, too: http://twitter.com/thenetworklared Free, confidential, and bilingual services for lesbians, bisexual women, transgender folks, MTF & FTM transexuals, gender queers, intersex folks, S/M folks, and women involved with women who are concerned about their relationship, are being abused, or have been abused by a partner. Services include: Hotline Talk to a trained staff person anonymously for information, safety planning, and support. Safe Home Confidential emergency shelter for 1-14 nights. Advocacy Support group, and advocates who can help with safety planning, court accompaniment, information, referral, and assistance accessing other social/legal/medical/housing services. Organizing/Outreach Community education through workshops, trainings, and events. Newsletter, website, and educational brochures. Partner abuse is a recurring and chronic pattern of behaviors where one person tries to control the thoughts, beliefs, or actions of their partner, someone they are dating or someone they had an intimate relationship with. Partner abuse is also called domestic violence, battering, and/or intimate partner abuse. Those who abuse may use a number of behaviors to control their partner including: Emotional Abuse: verbal abuse, lying, undermining self esteem, humiliation, monitoring whereabouts, threats, and/or intimidation. Physical Abuse: pushing, hitting, punching, choking, withholding medications or hormones, sleep deprivation. Sexual Abuse: rape, forcing sex and/or sex with others, exposure to HIV or sexually transmitted infections. Economic Abuse: controlling money & resources, forcing to live above means, stealing, identity theft. Cultural/Identity Abuse: threat of outing partner