No, it's not a chain email story. It is the factual truth. We knew these girls. The lesbian couple raised these twins, another younger girl and then the mother [fem] one split from the butch one and hooked up with another man since and has had, I believe if memory serves, a boy who is much younger still.
A footnote is that that mother remains with her new husband, works with my daughter [under her actually, my daughter is her boss] and still openly lusts after women. She has hit on my daughter who grew up with her kids, is 20 years her JR. and openly lusts after very young, just barely "legal" women. I get to hear about her antics almost daily. Her perversion is causing issues at the workplace and my daughter vents about what was done to her twin friends by this woman and the "man-woman" [her name for the butch this woman was seduced by in the first place]. These girls were her friends after all. She used to spend the night over there once [yes, I allowed my daughter to stay over at a lesbian couple's house!]. Oh what a fun conversation it was explaining to an 8-year old why two women slept in the same bed, had [apparently from her accounts of a great racket at night coming from their bedroom] noisy sex with visiting children around, and why, when the two women professed to not be interested in men, one of them looked, dressed, walked, talked and acted more like a man than many my daughter had seen...
I had no answers then for her, nor do I today that would suffice for her "yes, but.." retorts and further questioning. The only conclusion I could offer her is that they were insane. That sanity had escaped them in the form of some unusual sexual fetish. What else could I tell her?
The account of the identical twins, I swear on my Grandmother's grave is totally and utterly true. One twin [the mother gleefully reports to my daughter] is a lesbian, butch and the other is straight and living with her boyfriend.
[as to domestic violence]
"Domestic violence in the GLBT community is a serious issue. The rates of domestic violence in same-gender relationships is roughly the same as domestic violence against heterosexual women. As in opposite-gendered couples, the problem is likely underreported. Facing a system which is often oppressive and hostile towards those who identify as anything other than "straight", those involved in same-gender battering frequently report being afraid of revealing their sexual orientation or the nature of their relationship.
Additionally, even those who attempt to report violence in their alterative relationship run into obsticles. Police officers, prosecutors, judges and others to whom a GLBT victim may turn to for help may have difficulty in providing the same level of service as to a heterosexual victim. Not only might personal attitudes towards the GLBT community come into play, but these providers may have inadequate levels of experience and training to work with GLBT victims and flimsy or non-existant laws to enforce on behalf of the victim.
Although much advancement has been made in the provision of services, the enforcement of the law, and the equality of protections available to those in GLBT relationships over the last decade, it is important for you to be aware of your rights and options as they relate to your attempt to escape an abusive relationship."
Source:
http://www.aardvarc.org/dv/gay.shtml
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Given that the statistics bear reported cases of domestic violence as equal to hetero, and the expectation that homosexuals underreport due to fears of "outing", one can conclude the incidents of battery in homosexual relationships exceeds that of hetero. On top of the normal fears and shame of reporting you can add fear of outing.
And speaking of that, one of the forms of psychological battery amongst gays is the threat of forcible outing of the partner being battered against their will...
Hmmm....That reminds me of the film "Do Ask, Do Tell".
