News from Scotland-Definition of abuse 'should change'

[SandraJane]

Carrick Gazette

Definition of abuse 'should change'

Published on Tuesday 6 September 2011 08:00

http://www.carricktoday.co.uk/news/scottish-headlines/definition_of_abuse_should_change_1_1828941

The Scottish Government's definition of domestic abuse as an offence perpetrated by men against women does "serious damage" to gay and transgendered people suffering violence in the home, an academic has said.

Law lecturer Brian Dempsey said the "peculiar" way Scotland defines domestic abuse renders sufferers who are in same-sex relationships "invisible".