📅15 October 2024 from 12 pm to 1 pm
📍Université Laval | DKN 5108 or on Zoom
Between two closets: The complexity of the pathways taken by queer men in Quebec in situations of intimate partner violence in terms of access to formal support and secondary victimisation in services
Conjugality and the violence that can be experienced within it are often conceptualized through a hetero-cisnormative prism, which leaves little room for the realities of LGBTQ+ populations. This lack of recognition helps to shape the contours of secondary victimization in services. Initially conceptualized as second injury (Symonds 1980), secondary victimization refers to the inappropriate reactions, lack of sensitivity or judgments that can add to victims' distress (Wemmers 2017). Drawing on a secondary analysis of data collected from gay and bisexual men (Roy et al., 2017-2021; 2019-2024), carried out as part of a research internship funded by an FRQ grant, this webinar will present queer men's experiences of secondary victimization with formal support services and discuss avenues for avoiding these experiences among less visible audiences in situations of intimate partner violence.
Emeric Friedmann, doctoral student in sociology at Université de Strasbourg
Emeric Friedmann is a doctoral student in sociology specializing in gender and queer studies at the University of Strasbourg, within the Interdisciplinary Laboratory in Cultural Studies (LinCS). His thesis is in the form of an action-research project on violence in male relationships. As an employee of the Flag! association, he is helping to raise awareness among those involved in dealing with violence within couples of the particularities encountered by LGBT+ people. His commitment to both the academic world and associations bears witness to his desire to change things and promote a more inclusive society.
