Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious social problem. There is limited research on gay men's accounts of abuse. Due to IPV being socially constructed as predominantly occurring within heterosexual relationships, abuse in sexual minority relationships remains concealed within society, rendering gay men, as victims, an invisible minority. This thesis utilised Biographical Narrative Interpretive Method (BNIM) to interview six gay men and examined how they account for abuse in their life stories. Three cases (Will, George and Sam) were analysed using all ten stages of the BNIM analytic process. The remaining three cases (Tom, James, and Cole) were incorporated using a streamlined narrative analysis methodology. This study revealed that gay men accounted for abuse individually, experiencing IPV that closely resembled abuse found in heterosexual relationships. This included sexual, physical, financial abuse, controlling behaviours and technology-related abuse. Sexual minority abuse, distinct from traditional abuse, was also identified. This included outing, encountering heterosexist and hostile attitudes from family members, and restrictions from the LGBTQ community. This study identified that gay mens' perception of their masculinity shaped the framing of IPV victimisation within their life narratives. Drawing from Connell’s masculinity theory, it was found that discourses of masculinity, femininity and heteronormativity informed how gay men articulated their public and private accounts of abuse. Participants drew upon desirable attributes and values associated with heteronormative masculinity, mobilising narrative techniques such as minimization, generalisation, and avoidance. Three narrative strategies were identified which characterised how gay men accounted for their IPV experiences. This included the ‘Fixer Narrative’, ‘Invisibility Narrative’ and ‘Vulnerability Narrative’. These narrative strategies were underpinned by men’s desire to affirm masculinity whilst also concealing vulnerability. The study findings challenge the assumption that IPV is primarily a phenomenon perpetrated by heterosexual males against female victims. This original study makes visible the hidden issue of IPV within gay men’s relationships. It is hoped that the findings of this study prompt further investigation into this understudied area.