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NCAVP mourns the death of Ashanti Carmon, a 27-year-old black trans woman in Fairmount Heights, MD

NCAVP mourns the death of Ashanti Carmon, a 27-year-old black trans woman in Fairmount Heights, MD. According to media reports, Ashanti was died of gun shot wounds last Saturday on the eve of Transgender Day of Visibility. Carmon’s fiancé, Phillip Williams, told NBC News that they had been on a movie date

Diverse Group of NYC Community Organizations Rally For Hate Violence Prevention

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Eliel Cruz, Director of Communications, NYC Anti-Violence Project ecruz@avp.org 212-714-1184 FOLLOWING RISE IN HATE VIOLENCE, DIVERSE GROUP OF NYC COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, ELECTED LEADERS DEMAND A NEW STRATEGY Jewish, Arab-American, LGBTQ, immigrant, Black and Brown communities held a press conference today to announce new initiative that

NCAVP mourns the death of Jazzaline Ware, a Black trans woman in Memphis, Tennessee

NCAVP mourns the death of Jazzaline Ware, a Black trans woman, who was found dead in her Memphis apartment in March. According to the Transgender Law Center and local activists, Southerners on New Ground, Jazzaline’s death is being investigated as a homicide, but more information is not known. Kayla Gore,

NCAVP Statement in Support of the Re-Authorization of VAWA

The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP), a coalition of more than 50 LGBTQ anti-violence organizations across the country, urges Congress to pass the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019, H.R. 1585. The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) remains the only piece of federal legislation that includes explicit civil

NCAVP mourns the death of Camila Díaz Córdova, a transgender woman from El Salvador.

NCAVP mourns the death of Camila Díaz Córdova, a transgender woman from El Salvador who died earlier this month after being deported from the U.S. According to the Washington Blade, one of the few outlets to report on Camila’s death, she was found in a hospital on January 31 with

Open Letter by LGBTQ, Women & Survivor Advocacy Organizations in Support of Bail Reform

We believe in survivors. And we believe in real bail reform. Dear New York State Legislators and Governor Cuomo, As organizations committed to supporting survivors of intimate partner violence, we want to add our voice to the growing call for true, progressive bail reform in New York State. As anti-violence

LGBTQ, Women, & Survivor Advocacy Organizations Support The Discovery For Justice Reform Act

STATEMENT BY LGBTQ, WOMEN, AND SURVIVOR ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE DISCOVERY FOR JUSTICE REFORM ACT (S.1716-Bailey/A.1431-Lentol) New York, NY (Feb. 6, 2019) – Today, five leading LGBTQ, women, and survivor advocacy organizations released the following statement in support of enacting early, open, and automatic discovery reform in New

ncavp condemns trump’s transgender military ban

On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court voted to temporarily allow the Trump administration’s ban on most transgender individuals serving in the military to go into effect while the lawsuits challenging the ban move forward. The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) strongly condemns the transgender military ban and such

NCAVP mourns the death of John Likeness, a 54 year-old white gay man from Menomonie, WI

NCAVP mourns the death of John Likeness, a 54 year-old white gay man from Menomonie, WI, who died from a domestic violence related homicide on December 30, 2018. According to media reports, Likeness died as a result to an injury from a crossbow allegedly by his “common law husband” Richard W. Seehaver. Richard

TGNC Civil Rights Protections Passed in New York State

New York, NY, January 16, 2019 — Today at AVP we are celebrating the historic passage of GENDA – the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act in New York, which adds protections based on gender identity and expression to the state’s human rights laws and the state ban of abusive conversion therapy.