Purpose <p>There is a dearth of research on the cumulative consequences of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization over the life course. This brief report compares differences in IPV consequences by gender and sexual orientation using nationally representative data.</p> Methods <p>Data from the U.S. National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey are used to analyze the consequences of IPV victimization. We use OLS regression and survival analysis to investigate differences by gender and sexual orientation in four types of consequences: experiences of fear, post-traumatic stress, injury, and missed work and school. By analyzing data for all lifetime IPV victimization experiences, we are able to calculate the age of respondents the first time they experienced IPV that was associated with any of the four types of consequences. We use survival analyses of the timing of first IPV consequences to gain novel insights into the process through which the harms associated with IPV occur by gender and sexual orientation. In addition, multivariate regression analyses are conducted to predict cumulative IPV victimization consequences over the life course.</p> Results <p>Results show that women and sexual minorities experience relationships with IPV victimization consequences at younger ages than straight men. Further, women experience more IPV-related fear, post-traumatic stress, and injuries than men. Sexual minority women and men report more cumulative IPV-related consequences than their straight counterparts.</p> Conclusions <p>Accounting for life course differences in exposure to IPV consequences highlights the extent to which women must cope with substantially more negative consequences than men. The burdens of IPV consequences are particularly high for sexual minority women.</p>