Carrick GazetteDefinition 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".
