The invisibility of domestic abuse among trans people is in large part due to the invisibility of trans people’s romantic and sexual lives in the wider culture as a whole. The most commonly referenced figures in the media, whether Caitlyn Jenner in the US or the former boxing manager Kellie Maloney in the UK, are late-transitioning trans women who, prior to transition, had heterosexual marriages with women. Yet trans people’s romantic lives are much more diverse than this, especially as the visible community has grown and people are coming out younger.
