Your Life, Your Rights: Relationships

Everyone has the right to have relationships. Relationships can be with family, friends, dating partners, and more. Relationship rights include: 

1. Have different types of relationships
2. Start new relationships
3. End relationships at any time
4. Be treated with dignity and respect
5. Not be abused or hurt in relationships
6. Have privacy when you want it
7. Say “no” to things you don’t want to do
8. Do things you want to do
9. Share your thoughts and interests
10. Have romantic relationships and date
11. Marry the person you love 
12. Become a parent to a child or pet

Resources 

To help people learn about their rights to relationships, BHDDH created two resources. The first is a one-page flyer, and the second is a guidebook. 

Relationships Flyer

The relationships flyer is a one-page document. It can be used as a factsheet on your relationship rights. 

1. Your Life, Your Rights Relationships Flyer (PDF) 

Relationships Easy Read Guidebook

The relationships easy read guidebook is a longer document. This document explains information on the one-page flyer in more detail. 

1. Your Life, Your Rights Relationships Easy Read Guidebook (PDF)