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ATLANTA, Georgia ,- The Centers for Disease Control 's "National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey" (NISVS) has found that homosexuals disproportionately suffer violence, and inflict violence on one another. The CDC   survey   is the first of its kind to present comparisons of victimization by sexual orientation for men and women. Its data indicate that homosexuals experience sexual violence at much higher rates than heterosexual men and women. Twenty-six percent of homosexual men and 37% of bisexual men experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner. Forty-four percent of lesbians and 61% of bisexual women experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime. Half (48%) of bisexual women who have been raped experienced their first completed rape between the ages of 11 and 17 years. Significantly, the CDC report found that sexual violence began in childhood for many homosexu