Domestic violence in the heterosexual community has received a steady stream of media coverage of late.

And the white ribbon day ‘no violence against women’ campaign later this month is also generating press coverage.

But in the gay and lesbian community domestic violence is rarely talked about.

Those who do seek help from health services or the criminal justice system, find there is little or no service provision to deal with same sex domestic violence.

A conference in Sydney yesterday brought together social workers, academics, and police in an effort to address the problem.

2SER's Biwa Kwan reports.