These regions include San Francisco, Chicago and Boston. Though from a smaller sample, this data is included in this document, because it is significant and speaks to additional aspects of the experience of survivors of domestic violence. Further attempts to include this type of data collected from all sites in all regions will be made in future years. Massachusetts Information Two programs in Massachusetts collected data on GLBT domestic violence for this report. Both Fenway and The Network increased outreach efforts in 1999, thereby increasing the visibility of services to GLBT survivors of domestic violence.
All services are free and confidential.
VRP is a member organization of the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs. The Network for Battered Lesbians and Bisexual Women provides information, support, safety planning and emergency shelter for lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women experiencing domestic violence. Fenway Community Health, a non-profit organization, has been providing medical care, mental health and addiction services, community education and research to New England's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community and to the residents of Boston's Fenway neighborhood since 1971.