June 12, 2017
I remember that night like it was just yesterday. Looking at my phone and seeing the pictures of two people l consider family, one being like a son to me and one being like a sister to me. I remember saying – “Oh my god, I wish I was there with you. Have fun for me and be safe.” And then I fell asleep. I woke up several hours later to many frantic text messages from my sister telling me she cannot find my son and that there was a fata[...]
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Last year, our country suffered the loss of 77 LGBTQ individuals to senseless hate violence. Most of these hate violence victims were people of color and many were transgender and gender nonconforming. One year ago today, on June 12, 2016, the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando took the lives of 49 mostly Latinx LGBTQ young adults, wounded over 50 others and deeply traumatized hundreds. This massacre shook the LGBTQ community and our entire coun[...]
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Today the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) released its 20th annual report Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and HIV-Affected Hate Violence in 2016. For this report - the most comprehensive of its kind - NCAVP collected data on 1,036 incidents of hate violence against LGBTQ and HIV-affected people from 12 local NCAVP member organizations in 11 states. Key findings include: 2016 was the deadliest year on record fo[...]
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June 8, 2017
By Emily Waters, Senior Manager of National Research and Policy @Emiwaters So far in 2017, The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) has received reports of 21 LGBTQ lives taken by non intimate partner related fatal violence, a nearly 70% increase in the number of reported homicides this time last year. By this time last year, NCAVP had received 12 reports of non intimate partner violence related homicides of LGBTQ people. Of[...]
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June 5, 2017
AVP has learned of an anti-LGBTQ incident which occurred which took place on May 26th, 2017 on Miller Avenue and Fulton Street in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn at around 4:10 a.m. in the morning. According to media reports, a 38-year-old woman was attacked by two men shouting anti-LGBTQ slurs. One person has been charged with assault as a hate crime in connection with the attack. AVP has reached out to Make the Road New York, the office of City Co[...]
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May 26, 2017
AVP has learned of an anti-LGBTQ incident which occurred on a Q train in Brooklyn on Saturday, May 20th at about 7:30pm. According to media reports, a man attacked a woman and her girlfriend while shouting homophobic slurs as the train pulled into the DeKalb Station. Antoine Thomas, 27, was apprehended in connection with the attack. One of the survivors required medical attention at Brooklyn Methodist Hospital for the severity of their injuries.
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May 22, 2017
NCAVP has learned of the possible hate violence homicide of Imer Alvarado, in Fresno, California
The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) has learned of the possible hate-violence homicide of Imer Alvarado on the night of May 16th in Fresno, California. According to media reports, Imer was fatally shot multiple times, following a dispute with a suspect whom police are currently seeking. Though Imer was dressed in feminine-present[...]
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May 15, 2017
AVP has learned of an anti-gay incident which occurred in Crown Heights, Brooklyn on Eastern Parkway by Buffalo Avenue at around 10 a.m. April 29, 2017. According to media reports, a 28-year-old man was assaulted by another man who made anti-gay and anti-Asian remarks and kicked and punched the survivor. The incident is just coming to light now due to a police sketch being released. AVP has reached out to Make the Road New York, the office of [...]
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May 11, 2017
The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) has learned of the homicide of LGBTQ rights activist Bruce Garnett, age 67, in Chesterfield, Virginia. According to local NCAVP member organization, the Virginia Anti-Violence Project, Bruce was found stabbed to death in his home on April 21st, 2017, and had been dead for several weeks before he was found. Bruce identified as gay, and had been an early LGBTQ rights advocate and activist in [...]
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May 4, 2017
By Emily Waters, Senior Manager of National Research and Policy at the New York City Anti-Violence Project Today President Trump signed an Executive Order that creates dangerous avenues for agencies, organizations, and individuals to discriminate against LGBTQ people, people accessing reproductive health care, and other marginalized communities under the guise of religious liberty. While many religious institutions and organizations support [...]
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May 3, 2017
The AVP Action Brief tracks actions of the Trump administration that impact our communities’ safety and rights and offers concrete steps that we can take to stand up for safety and justice. We are here for you and we are in this together.
#LicenseToDiscriminate
Tomorrow, President Trump is expected to sign a Religious Exemption Executive Order. This Executive Order will seek to allow discrimination based on religious or moral objections to[...]
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May 2, 2017
The AVP Action Brief tracks actions of the Trump administration that impact our communities’ safety and rights and offers concrete steps that we can take to stand up for safety and justice. We are here for you and we are in this together.
#EqualityForward
Today, U.S. Representative David N. Cicilline and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley jointly introduced the Equality Act of 2017 into both chambers of Congress. The Equality Act is a bipartisan pr[...]
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