Several were offering support and services to young people escaping abuse or alcohol dependency.
Cult show I Heart Catherine Pistachio, about a girl escaping abuse, is at the Lowry Studio in Salford tonight.
"There is a terrible lack of options for people with learning disabilities who are escaping abuse and forced marriages," says Asha Jama, manager of Beverley Lewis House refuge, east London.
It defuses and eases the real discomfort the play occasions, settling on the comfortable assertion that escaping abuse is as easy as hurling away a bouquet and throwing yourself into a spunky, delirious version of Bad Reputation.
In 2012, research showed that 40% of homeless youth in the US were LGBTQ (even though LGBTQ youth only made up 7% of the population) mostly as a result of being evicted from family homes or escaping abuse.
About a quarter of the money would be used to offset half of the legal aid cuts in 2012, with the other £600m helping to fund shelters for women and children who are escaping abuse, as well as providing them with counselling.
And on the snapshot date of April 16, 2014, there were 3,491 women and 2,724 children in Canada sleeping in shelters while escaping abuse.
As a women-only organisation that is trans-inclusive, Latin American Women's Aid Service already provides support to trans women escaping abuse – and it works.
It should come as no surprise that the artist is an avid reader of stories about women escaping abuse, fighting the patriarchy with martial arts, and taking back control over their lives.
They often flee their countries to join relatives in the United States or to escape abuse and neglect at home.
