Bar Safety means LGBTQ community members taking care of themselves and each other in big and small ways that can make a major difference. From protecting your drinks and securing your phone from interpersonal and financial violence to learning community safety and crisis response practices for your event or venue, #AVPBarSafety supports LGBTQ community members in preventing, responding to, and healing from violence.
These courses are designed to provide folks in the nightlife space tools to help promote a safer experience for their LGBTQ patrons and our community overall, with community-focused, LGBTQ-inclusive safety planning education.
This ninety-minute session is designed for individuals who want to learn tactics to safely intervene when they see someone being harassed in public, but aren’t sure what to say – or how to make sure they don’t make things worse. This workshop supports participants in assessing public situations where harassment or hate violence appears to be a threat, and creates space for folks to practice techniques to de-escalate situations while also considering their own and others’ context and social dynamics.
Time: 90 minutes
Training Type: Online or in person
This session for managing safety at group events is for event producers, groups, and organizations that host public, visibly LGBTQ events and parties and have concerns about the safety of their performers and attendees or have received threats to their events from individuals or organized anti-LGBTQ groups. Participants learn about safety planning best practices and how to identify and organize their unique safety needs.
Time: 90 minutes
Training Type: Online or in person
This premise-based training is a training for a venue and their staff, volunteers, and event producers who want to think through some of the opportunities and challenges of creating safety and accessibility in their space and at the types of events they typically host. Attendees share their concerns with AVP staff and do a walk-through of the space to discuss the unique challenges of the space.
Time: 2 hours
Training Type: On site, NYC only.
Documenting Reports of Violence
AVP tracks and documents incidents of anti-LGBTQ violence in New York and nationally
Connecting Survivors with Resources
AVP operates a 24/7 English/Spanish bilingual hotline and offers free legal and counseling services for LGBTQ and HIV-affected survivors
Bar Safety Campaign Collaterals
Help inform your guests and patrons of AVP and the services we offer with free stickers, coasters, posters and other promotional materials.
