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New York City Anti-Violence Project Responds to Horrific Murder of Sam Nordquist
February 16, 2025
NEW YORK, NY February 16, 2025 CONTACT: Audacia Ray, Interim Executive Director | aray@avp.org | 917-334-8618 “The conditions leading to Sam Nordquist’s murder are a horrible combination of factors – […]
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Closure in Gay Bar Drugging Homicides: Three Men Convicted
February 14, 2025
Starting in 2021 and through 2023, thanks to community reports to AVP’s hotline, news coverage, and whisper networks in the nightlife communities, AVP documented a series of hook up violence […]
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The New York City Anti-Violence Project supports LGBTQ+ criminalized survivors.
January 24, 2025
Following a fatal incident in a Harlem Deli on January 2nd, Jaia Cruz, a 24-year –old transgender woman, pled not guilty to the indictment of second-degree murder on Thursday, January […]
Read MoreLearn more about the harm LGBTQ+ Safe Spaces faced in 2022.
LGBTQ Safe Spaces Protection Project
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AVP’s 40 Change Makers
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Your legal counsel was exactly what I needed to stop shaking in the middle of the storm. Your care and compassion is communicated to people immediately, and I’m so glad I waited the extra day in order to meet with a LGBT-friendly counselor. My sincerest thanks for everything you have done for me and continue to do for our community.
M
Client
An amazing organization that does great work, and their staff is amazing and professional. Truly a safe space for all the community.
Kevin
Board Member
AVP counseled me and empowered me. What was done to me – what is done to any survivor – it takes power away from them. What AVP does is give you that power back. AVP is my family. They made a change in me and in countless others.
Victoria Cruz
Client, volunteer, staff