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Despite the notable interventions made in protection of LGBTQ+ people, family violence toward LGBTQ+ people is a still widespread phenomenon. In this qualitative study, we performed a thematic analysis of data from semi-structured interviews conducted in 2023 with 16 activists belonging to 14 LGBTQ+ Italian associations and municipalities. Three overarching themes were reported: (1) characteristics of family violence; (2) barriers to seek help and report violence; and (3) interventions and outcomes. The results showed a scarcity of cases of intimate partner violence (IPV) openly reported to the associations but a significant proportion of cases of family of origin violence (FOV). Family violence was described as strongly interrelated to structural stigma. A particular strong perception of risk of violence and discrimination was found for transgender or gender non-conforming people, especially if gender identity was intersected with age and other factors of vulnerability. Almost all activists reported the high occurrence of psychological abuse. Barriers to seek help were identified in some victims’ internal factors (e.g., lack of awareness about violence) and external barriers (e.g., lack of adequate legislations dealing with violence). Future directions were identified, such as the importance of team-based interprofessional care and educating people to LGBTQ+ studies.
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