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    For a male sexual assault survivor, justice won in court does not equal healing

    by Jeff McMillan Dec 01, 2023 5 minutes
    Source: Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

    When Sam Schultz was sexually assaulted, it felt like a part of them died.

    It took eight years and the burgeoning #MeToo movement to spur them to go public and make a police report, and an additional five years for their attackers to plead guilty.

    Now, as much as Schultz hopes there’s a reckoning coming in gay and queer communities, too, it feels like they are the one shouldering the blame, not the attackers: for coming forward, for harming the men’s reputations.

    Instead of being able to focus on recovery, Schultz has been saddled with worries from other gay men that talking about sexual abuse in their community will hurt the fight for LBGTQ+ rights.

    The pain of the assault and ensuing public attention and court proceedings have taken a huge toll.

    “It is an exhausting and horrifying journey that I

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