Beyond the Gender Binary

Abstract

Programming centered on the primary prevention of intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence (SV) typically revolves around discussion of healthy relationship building, community empowerment, and bystander intervention training. Predominately, these programs are focused on relationships between cisgender, heterosexual individuals, with more recent expansions to include same-gender couples. Despite the evolution of prevention programming, transgender IPV and SV remain largely at the margins of research. Using a public health framework, this chapter examines new techniques and research in prevention education that are transgender-inclusive, with the overarching goal to end interpersonal violence in our communities.