Consent is freely given, specific to each time and act, and requires the ability to express your own likes and dislikes. Consent is when your choices are heard and respected. And consent is essential, even in a relationship. Coercion ≠ Consent If your partner is That’s a red flag of abuse and coercion. Because if
Obsession isn’t about love, it’s about control. We’re often told that in relationships behaviours like constant monitoring or showing up to your location unannounced is a sign of affection and love. But that’s not love, it’s stalking, and that’s a form of abuse. Stalking can look like someone being obsessed with you, but it’s not
Do they use incorrect pronouns for you? Are they keeping you from queer spaces? Or tell you no one else will ‘accept you’? These are red flags. Intimate relationship abuse, or intimate partner violence, can happen to anyone and it can happen in LGBTQ+ relationships. “With the term, intimate partner violence, the mind goes straight