Silence Is Not Protection: The Hidden Crisis of Sexual Violence Against LGBTQI+ Children and Youth

FVSV, LGBTQIA+
2026

This paper by SVRI argues that sexual violence against LGBTQI+ children is both disproportionately prevalent and systematically obscured by stigma, discriminatory laws, institutional failures, and silence. That silence is not neutral. It actively places children at risk.

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