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AVP’s ‘Taming Your Taxes’ Gives Income Tax Filing Tips for LGBTQ+ workers
March 17, 2023
Filing taxes can be complex, even more so for us in LGBTQ+ community. Since many of us stand at one or more intersections, often with one or more jobs or […]
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Survey: “We need help!” Three in five LGBTQ+ organizations nationwide experienced anti-LGBTQ hate incidents in 2022.
February 22, 2023
Nearly 300 American businesses, organizations and groups led by or serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people completed the inaugural LGBTQ Safe Spaces Protection Project National Needs Assessment […]
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AVP will be holding a vigil in memory of Deandre Matthews
February 16, 2023
“The way he left this world was personal,” she said. “It was intentional.” – Danielle Matthews, mother of Deandre Matthews said to reporters. AVP will be holding a vigil in […]
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New York City Anti-Violence Project to attend Creating Change
February 14, 2023
This February, the New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) will attend Creating Change 2023 in San Francisco, CA with hundreds of LGBTQ organizations from around the country. AVP will release […]
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