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LGBTQI domestic violence: An invisible issue?

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Historically, domestic violence research and awareness has focused on heterosexual relationships. However, recent findings show that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI*) individuals experience domestic violence at equal or higher rates than their heterosexual counterparts.   A 2015 study on intimate partner violence (IPV) concluded that ‘there has been an invisibility of LGBTQI […]

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Health, Society

Environmental racism: What is it and why does it still exist?

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By definition by Green Action, environmental racism is referred as: “The institutional rules, regulations, policies, government, and/or corporate decisions that deliberately target certain communities for locally undesirable land uses and lax enforcement of zoning and environmental laws, resulting in communities being disproportionately exposed to toxic and hazardous waste based upon race.” In 1982, Benjamin Chavis,

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