Resources
Intimate Partner Violence in LGBTQ+ Relationships
Intimate partner violence affects people of all gender identities, gender expressions and sexual orientations.
Does Your Partner...
- threaten to out you to family, friends, employer or faith leader?
- control your access to hormones or gender affirming clothes?
- control or question your gender identity and / or sexuality to impact custody of children?
- threaten to use gender identity and / or sexuality to impact custody of children?
Free and confidential support is available by calling Outer Banks Houtline 24 hours a day crisis line.
Call Outer Banks Hotline at (252)-473-3366
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Other Resources
Equality NC
Equality North Carolina is the oldest statewide organization in the country dedicated to securing the rights and protections for the LGBTQ community. We're invested in ensuring that every North Carolinian can see themselves in this movement and helping create a safer, more equitable world for all marginalized folks. Together we can build a better North Carolina.
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Raleigh LGBTQ Center
To strengthen individual and community development through social and educational activities; to facilitate the incubation of supportive services and groups; and to identify needs and advocate for resources benefiting the diverse population of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, their friends and supporters within and beyond central North Carolina.
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The Recovery Village - Ridgefield
The 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health reports that 18.7 million people age 18 or older had a substance use disorder in the United States. Furthermore, people who identify as gay or lesbian are more than twice as likely than those who identify as heterosexual to have a sever alcohol or tobacco use disorder (Healthline.com). These alarming numbers stress a need for more substance use resources readily available to the community. Read more about the issue in our educational guide.
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