AVP has learned of an anti-LGBTQ incident which occurred in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn around 4 a.m. on Saturday, August 26th, 2017. According to media reports, a man was ordering food at the Crown Fried Chicken on Fulton Street near Franklin Avenue, when he was attacked by a man shouting anti-gay slurs.
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AVP learns of an anti-LGBTQ incident on the subway in Brooklyn
AVP has learned of an anti-LGBTQ incident which occurred on a 5 train in Brooklyn on August 15th at about 6:30pm. According to media reports, a man with “Boston” tattooed along his right forearm pulled a knife on a man who was travelling with his partner as the train traveled toward
AVP has learned of an anti-transgender attack on Staten Island
AVP has learned of an anti-transgender attack which occurred in Stapleton on Staten Island on Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017. According to media reports, two men attacked a 29-year-old transgender woman at the intersection of Prospect and Bay Streets. The men were apprehended hours later and charged in connection with the
AVP has learned of a possible anti-gay motivated homicide in Manhattan
AVP has learned of the homicide of John Jolly, who was stabbed to death on the corner of 44th Street and Third Avenue in Manhattan on Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017. According to media reports, Nathaniel Glover, also known as rap legend Kidd Creole, allegedly killed Jolly because Jolly may have
AVP learns of an anti-gay attack in Chelsea, Manhattan
AVP has learned of an anti-gay attack which occurred on Monday afternoon, June 26th, 2017 at Sixth Avenue and West 26th Street in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. According to media reports, a man using a walker that had a pro-LGBTQ sticker on it was physically attacked by a man
AVP learns of an anti-transgender attack in Morris Heights, Bronx
AVP has learned of an anti-transgender hate violence incident which took place on Sunday, June 18th in Morris Heights, Bronx. According to media reports, two transgender women who are in a relationship were harassed and threatened by a man with a bat while they were walking to get food around
AVP learns of an anti-transgender attack in Bushwick, Brooklyn
AVP has learned of an anti-transgender hate violence incident which took place on Saturday, June 10th in Bushwick, Brooklyn. According to media reports, two transgender women and artists, Jasmine Infiniti and London Jade, were attacked, slashed and beaten by a group of men and women shouting transphobic and homophobic slurs.
AVP learns of an anti-LGBTQ incident in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn
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
AVP learns of an anti-LGBTQ incident on the subway in Brooklyn
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
AVP learns of an anti-gay incident in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
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.