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Supporting LGBTI+ family abuse survivors

Human rights advocate Aych McArdle talks about the complex layers and issues around getting help within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, takatāpui, intersex and related Rainbow communities. Aych also talks about how to support survivors of family and intimate partner violence in these communities. 

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Nancy Swarbrick, Family violence – Family violence – 21st century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/46901/supporting-lgbti-family-abuse-survivors (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 24 July 2018.