ICYMI - “If we don’t have that judge from the state, we can’t do that many more cases. So those victims end up not getting the justice that is so necessary, only because it sat there for too long, because we’ve got too many cases.”

https://buff.ly/chG4IJ5

Making it possible for women who are trapped in relationships with abusive men to access information about previous charges or convictions against him for similar offences, along with support to help them leave the relationship safely when they wish to do so, seems like such an obvious thing to do.

That we don’t do this as a matter of course is another example of the ways our legal system acts to protect perpetrators of violence at the expense of the women & kids they target. #DomesticViolence

‘Best that exists globally’: South Australia’s domestic violence disclosure scheme provides relief and freedom https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/30/best-that-exists-globally-how-south-australias-domestic-disclosure-scheme-provides-relief-and-freedom-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Arapahoe County says it's unable to take on Aurora's 1,600 domestic violence cases

“If we don’t have that judge from the state, we can’t do that many more cases. So those victims end up not getting the justice that is so necessary, only because it sat there for too long, because we’ve got too many cases.”

https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/arapahoe-county-says-its-unable-to-take-on-auroras-1600-domestic-violence-cases/

Arapahoe County says it's unable to take on Aurora's 1,600 domestic violence cases

“If we don’t have that judge from the state, we can’t do that many more cases. So those victims end up not getting the justice that is so necessary, only because it sat there for too long, because we’ve got too many cases.”

https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/arapahoe-county-says-its-unable-to-take-on-auroras-1600-domestic-violence-cases/

A Political Power Grab Redirected Funds for North Carolina’s Sexual Abuse Survivors. Women in Crisis Paid the Price.
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The move, which led to disruptions in services for sexual assault and domestic violence survivors, provides a glimpse of the consequences when a branch of government assumes unprecedented control.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-legislature-power-grab-sexual-abuse-survivors?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

12:00 AM, Midnight (actually, 11:50), and I can hear my neighbor yelling at someone, and it sounded like someone threw something (sounded like a bottle), and occasionally, you hear running around, then silence, and then more yelling.

But every time I make it to the window to confirm where it is coming from, it stops. I suspect it is coming from the same place it always comes from (the young lady who lives on the corner, so across from me, but the next house to the right).

Currently, have the outside lights on (front and side). I'm not even trying to hide the fact, that we will call the cops if things get crazy.

Every so often, which seems to be every season (about 3–5 months), she breaks up with another person in a dramatic fashion. In the past, it was the result of partner 1 learning about partner 2. Or it turns out someone she is with is a loser, with an anger issue.

At the moment, we're not exactly sure what is going on. I would like to go to bed (I was about to do so), but I'm not going to be able to sleep with the idea of someone running around, possibly fighting outside my house (wish there was some more distance between their driveway and ours).

#DomesticViolence #DomesticDisturbance

#DOGE Gains Access to #Confidential Records on #Housing #Discrimination, #Medical Details — Even #DomesticViolence

While some #FederalAgencies have resisted efforts by #ElonMusk’s team to access confidential records, #HUD has opened the door. The potential #harm to #privacy could be significant.

#law #InfoSec #USpol #Trump #Musk
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/doge-gains-access-to-confidential-records-on-housing-discrimination-medical-details-even-domestic-violence

DOGE can now access a HUD system that includes addresses domestic violence survivors have relocated to for safety, medical records in disability cases and credit reports in lending discrimination cases.

Few of the records are redacted or anonymized.

https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-elon-musk-hud-housing-discrimination-privacy-domestic-violence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Amid Increasing Domestic Violence, Illinois Struggles to Review Fatalities
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Four years after the state called for a network of domestic violence review panels, only seven counties have joined committees. Glaringly absent from the program: Cook County, home to Chicago and about 40% of the state’s population.
https://www.propublica.org/article/deaths-are-rising-but-illinois-domestic-violence-review-boards-have-yet-to-offer-solutions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

I'll be kicked out of the place I live, March 1st.

I'm a disabled LGBT+ woman who's underpaid & unable to do most manual labor

I have been trying everything I can to prevent this situation... But the place I am in is extremely unsafe & most of my housemates are ablest af.

And they won't give me enough time to get out quickly with the resources I currently have; no matter how much I plea.

Don't know what to do & need help to get a place

If anyone can help :

Venmo: mfernby
PayPal: morelfernby

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Goal amount is $3500…

Also, If anyone can give me information on housing resources, ways to find roommates/cheap apartments quickly I'd really appreciate it!

#Homeless #Portland #Oregon #Poverty #MutualAid #LGBTQ #TransMutualAid #MutualAidRequest #MutualAidMonday #domesticviolence #AuDHD #Trans

@mutualaid

One fact about #Mastodon. You all are so generous!

Every year I raise money for my local shelter for people fleeing gender based violence.

In 2022 and 2023 you helped raise $1000. Twitter folks never donated like this!

Many of you have already helped! Thank you

I am only $125 away from my $1500 goal!

Please help me reach my goal before the deadline on the 22nd!: https://walk.w-ith.me/chris

If you can’t donate, please boost this post.

#pleaseBoost #genderviolence #domesticviolence

The bill’s introduction follows WPLN and ProPublica reporting that found the state’s lax gun laws and enforcement allow firearms to remain in the hands of abusers, some of whom have gone on to shoot and harm or kill their victims.

https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-guns-dispossession-domestic-violence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post