56 percent of lesbians and 69 percent of bisexual women experience sexual violence, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner, compared to 46 percent of heterosexual women.
48 percent of gay men and 46 percent of bisexual men experience sexual violence, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner, compared to 44 percent of heterosexual men.
45 percent of bisexual women have been raped, compared to 26 percent of heterosexual women and 28 percent of lesbians.
60 percent of gay men and 56 percent of bisexual men have experienced sexual violence, compared to 29 percent of heterosexual men.
Bisexual victims are more likely to experience sexual violence, compared to people who do not identify as bisexual.

47 percent of those who identify as transgender experience sexual violence in their lifetimes and the transgender population is 4 times more likely to be the victim of a violent crime than those who identify as cisgender.
Transgender people and bisexual women face the highest rates of sexual violence. Among both of these populations, sexual violence begins early, often during childhood.
Anti-LGBTQ ‘jokes’ were a part of media culture as recently as the 1980s, the Anti-Gay movement has continually pushed similar rhetoric from churches and legislatures.
Between 1995 and 2005, the LGBTQ population was targeted at a much higher rate than almost any other group.