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AVP Action Brief: Civil Rights, Not Sessions’ Rights; We Need Police Reform!; #HERETOSTAY
February 10, 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. Civil rights, not Sessions' rights Yesterday, Senator Jeff Sessions was sworn in as Attorney General. Sessions has a disturbing record of opposition to laws protecting the civil rights of LGBTQ people, peopl[...]
AVP Action Brief: We’re Watching You, Devos
February 7, 2017
Our 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. We're watching you, DeVos This afternoon, Betsy DeVos was confirmed for Secretary of Education after a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Mike Pence. DeVos, whose family foundation has donated millions [...]
AVP Action Brief: We’re Watching You, Devos
Our 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. We're watching you, DeVos This afternoon, Betsy DeVos was confirmed for Secretary of Education after a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Mike Pence. DeVos, whose family foundation has donated millions [...]
AVP Learns of an Anti-Gay Incident in Jamaica, Queens
February 2, 2017
AVP has learned of an anti-gay incident which occurred in Jamaica Queens at the Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer subway station on Saturday, January 14, 2017. According to media reports, a 27-year-old man was called an anti-gay slur and then assaulted by a stranger while he was exiting the station. The survivor was treated for his injuries at Jamaica hospital and then released. AVP has reached out to Make the Road New York, the office of City C[...]
AVP Action Brief: We Will Not Be Divided; Stop Religious Exemptions, Stop Sessions
January 30, 2017
President Trump has begun to carry out many of his troubling campaign promises that threaten the safety, security, and rights of LGBTQ people and many others in this country. Now, more than ever, we need to stay informed and take action. Our AVP Action Brief, tracks actions of this 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 [...]
AVP Action Brief: No Ban No Wall; Stop Sessions
January 26, 2017
President Trump has begun to carry out many of his troubling campaign promises that threaten the safety, security, and rights of LGBTQ people and many others in this country. Now, more than ever, we need to stay informed and take action. AVP is launching the AVP Action Brief, which will track actions of this administration that impact our communities’ safety and rights and offer concrete steps that we can take to stand up for safety and justice[...]
NCAVP Learns of the Hate Violence and Intimate Partner Violence Related Homicides of Felicia and Miguel Barahona in New York City
January 17, 2017
The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) has learned of the hate violence and intimate partner violence related homicides of Felicia Barahona, age 36, and Miguel Barahona, age 4. According to media reports, Felicia and Miguel were found dead in their apartment on Monday, December 26th, 2016, and the child’s father, Isaac Duran Infante, age 23, has been arrested in connection with the homicide. Infante allegedly told police that [...]
AVP Has Learned of a Hate Violence and Intimate Partner Violence Related Double Homicide in Hamilton Heights
January 3, 2017
AVP has learned of a hate violence and intimate partner violence related double homicide that occurred in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. According media reports (trigger warning for extreme violence), Felicia Barahona, age 36, and her child Miguel Barahona, age 4, were found dead in their apartment on Monday, December 26th, 2016. The child's father, Isaac Duran Infante, age 23, has been arrested in connection with the homicide. [...]
AVP Learns of an Attack on a Transgender Man in Harlem, Manhattan
AVP has learned of an attack on a Black transgender man which occurred on an uptown 4 train at 125th Street in Manhattan on December 24th, 2016. According to media reports, Ijan Jarrett, age 44, offered his seat to a woman on the train, who then used racial slurs and stabbed him under the eye. AVP has reached out to the office of City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, the office of New York City Councilmember Inez Dickens, the office of P[...]
AVP Has Learned of an Anti-LGBTQ Hate Violence Incident in Tribeca
December 19, 2016
AVP has learned of an anti-LGBTQ hate violence incident that occurred outside the organizing space Decolonize This Place on the night of December 17th, 2016. According to media reports, a group of anti-racist activists leaving an event at the space were physically assaulted by four men, who chanted "Trump, Trump, Trump" during the attack. According to witnesses, the motive for the attacks was clearly racist, transphobic, and homophobic in nature:[...]
AVP Has Learned of a Hook-Up-Related Homicide of a Gay Man in the Bronx
December 9, 2016
AVP has learned of the hook-up homicide of a 68-year-old gay identified man in the Bronx. According media reports (trigger warning for extreme violence), the victim was found dead and mutilated in his bathtub inside an apartment on Sheridan Avenue in Claremont on Friday, December 2nd, 2016. Jerry Pagan, age 32, who is homeless, was arrested and charged in connection with the homicide. Media is reporting that the homicide may have been motivated b[...]