Madeleine Dean actually said...

VAWA provides vital resources to support victims, hold offenders accountable, and keep communities safer.

VAWA needs to grow. VAWA needs to be inclusive. And VAWA needs to include all, if the violence is going to stop.

The most critical factor enabling a victim of domestic violence to escape further abuse is the ability to obtain physical separation.

In many of our Tribal communities, we have what we call two-spirit people, who are LGBTQ people.