Like gender, sexuality does not always exist in discrete terms. Intimate partnerships are romantic relationships, and to brush off the fact that there are different kinds of romantic relationships is negligent. Queer relationships have unique experiences with IPV. As Susan Turell et al. shows in their study “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Communities’ Readiness for Intimate Partner Violence Prevention,” LGBTQ victims experiences’ have four unique elements (2012). These include the homophobia/heterosexism in research (that assumes LGBTQ victims are the same as heterosexual victims) the belief of service providers that abuse is generally mutual, victims’ perceived discrimination against them if they seek help, and internalized homophobia within the LGBTQ community (290). Unfortunately, LGBTQ+ individuals’ concerns about discrimination are real: the NCVAP study found that only 33% of survivors made an official report to law enforcement, and of those who did, 31% were also arrested (10). Misarrest of survivors reflects societal heterosexism, in that police are not trained to recognize who the aggressor is in absence of a heterosexual relationship. In short, though sexuality and relationships are complicated in general, the unique experiences of being part of a socially marginalized group add additional layers to the study of IPV. Researchers may shy away from including questions about sexual orientation because LGBQ folks are a numerical minority. But being part of a numerical minority does not mean that one’s life is less valuable, or that inclusion of one’s experience in research would not provide unique insights.