‘Nearly normalised’: Almost 1/4 of men reporting domestic abuse are in same-sex couple, study finds

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A domestic abuse charity in Northern Ireland has said that 12% of the men accessing its services are in same-sex relationships.

A spokesperson for the Men’s Advisory Project Northern Ireland, a charity that provides support for male experiencing domestic abuse, shared the figures with the Belfast Telegraph.

“Between 8-12% of the people we see every year are gay or bisexual men, or people who don’t identify as gay or bi, but who have sex with men,” said Rhonda Lusty, chief executive of the Men’s Advisory Project Northern Ireland.

“We see the largest number of gay men come to us for abuse.”

One in three people experiencing domestic abuse are men, with Lusty, saying that in July this year, the organisation

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