Increase in number of male domestic abuse victims seeking support

An increasing number of male victims of domestic abuse from LGBTQ, migrant, and minority backgrounds have reported to support services since the beginning of the year.

This is according to Men’s Aid, which said it has seen an increase in contacts from the LGBTQ community over the past three months, while there has been a simultaneous rise in the number of men from migrant or minority backgrounds reaching out for help since the beginning of the year, irishexaminer.com reports.

The organisation said to irishexaminer.com that, in 2020, they received roughly 5,500 contacts to the service. However, Kathrina Bentley, CEO of Men’s Aid, said this figure is rising, with the group on course to support about 8,000 contacts this year.