The title of my study is ‘Attitudes and Perceptions of Coercive Control in Queer Intimate Relationships’. This study is a comprehensive exploration of coercive control within the LGBTQIA+ community. It examines the community's attitudes, perspectives, and awareness of this form of abuse, as well as insights from practitioners. The research aims to potentially include the voices of harm users, providing a 360-degree view of how coercive control affects LGBTQIA+ individuals and how it manifests in intimate relationships.
I chose this PhD topic because it is deeply personal to me. Having experienced a coercively controlling relationship myself, I feel it's crucial to better understand these dynamics within the Queer community, a topic that has not been widely explored.
Before I started my PhD I was undertaking a multidisciplinary Masters in Social Inequalities at the University of Sunderland.