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AVP learns of an anti-LGBTQ incident in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

September 7, 2017

AVP has learned of an anti-LGBTQ incident which occurred in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn on Tuesday, September 5th, 2017. According to media reports, the 43-year-old survivor was walking on Hancock Street near Marcy Avenue at around 9 a.m., when he was approached and punched in the face by a man he didn't know who was shouting anti-gay slurs. NYPD are looking into this incident as a hate crime. AVP has reached out to Make the Road New York, th[...]

AVP learns of an anti-LGBTQ incident in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

August 28, 2017

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. The survivor suffered a fractured jaw and was transported to the hospital. In March of 2017, there was another incident at the same restaurant[...]

AVP learns of an anti-LGBTQ incident on the subway in Brooklyn

August 25, 2017

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 the Beverly Road station in East Flatbush. The individual who pulled the knife fled the scene and has not been apprehended. While no bias motive has been reported in[...]

AVP has learned of an anti-transgender attack on Staten Island

August 4, 2017

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 attack. AVP has reached out to the office of City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, the office of New York City Councilme[...]

AVP has learned of a possible anti-gay motivated homicide in Manhattan

August 3, 2017

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 “made advances” and “hit on” Glover. Glover has been arrested and charged in connection with Jolly’s homicide. AVP has reached out to The Lesb[...]

AVP learns of an anti-gay attack in Chelsea, Manhattan

June 28, 2017

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 yelling anti-gay slurs. The survivor was treated for his injuries at Bellevue Hospital. The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is currently investigating. AVP has reach[...]

AVP learns of an anti-transgender attack in Morris Heights, Bronx

June 22, 2017

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 midnight on Nelson Avenue. The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is currently investigating the incident. AVP has reached out to the Audre Lorde Project, the o[...]

AVP learns of an anti-transgender attack in Bushwick, Brooklyn

June 13, 2017

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. The two women were treated at Bellevue Hospital for serious injuries. A You Caring Fund was set up in the wake of the attac[...]

AVP learns of an anti-LGBTQ incident in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn

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[...]

AVP learns of an anti-LGBTQ incident on the subway in Brooklyn

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. [...]

AVP learns of an anti-gay incident in Crown Heights, Brooklyn

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 [...]

AVP learns of anti-gay vandalism incidents in Astoria, Queens

April 26, 2017

AVP has learned of several incidents of anti-gay vandalism which occurred this past week in Astoria, Queens. According to media reports, a series of garages and a connecting wall on 23rd Street between 28th and 29th avenues were spray-painted with slurs. The graffiti was anti-Obama and used anti-gay slurs, similar to an incident of vandalism that occurred last month, targeting the offices of New York State Senator Michael Gianaris and New York St[...]