This year, AVP has lost critical funding that impacts the scope of free services we can provide to LGBTQ+ survivors – the resources are going down, but the need is going up. And we’re still here, still queer, and still showing up for our people.

Our goal from now through Pride is to:

1,000 new monthly donors so we have a steady $30,000 in recurring monthly donations. Monthly donations in any amount ensure AVP’s ability to provide reliable and responsive free services to LGBTQ+ survivors.
An additional $150,000 in individual donations to support AVP’s emergency strategy fund, which will ensure that we can respond to new challenges without interruption.

An AVP Win: Keeping ICE out of Rikers

In Mid-May, AVP filed an amicus brief in support of the New York City Council’s lawsuit challenging Executive Order 50, which permits U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be present on Rikers Island despite NYC’s longstanding sanctuary laws.

Read more about the work on AVP’s blog.

AVP’s Director of Legal Services, Leslie Allen, gave a statement celebrating the City Council for upholding our Sanctuary City Policy and keeping ICE out of Rikers.

AVP’s legal team works to support LGBTQ+ immigrant survivors in the face of immense odds. Any time we are able to prevent increased harms in the systems that are actively hurting people everyday – it's worth celebrating the win.”
- Audacia Ray, Executive Director

Two Ways to
Support AVP

Become a Sustainer with a monthly recurring donation

$10/ month

brings materials about community safety to LGBTQ+ bars and clubs

$25/ month

supports our 24/7 live hotline

$50/ MONTH

supports free legal support for immigrant survivors

$100/ Month

helps develop a customized community safety protocol for a volunteer-led LGBTQ+ group

Become a Booster with a one-time contribution

$25

contributes to upstander intervention training

$100

supports a member of our community to be backup support during crisis calls on our hotline

$250

supports a LGBTQ+ person in crisis in getting a comprehensive intake and being matched with a counselor or legal professional

$1,00o

helps recruit and train 20 new hotline volunteers

By September of this year, AVP’s 24/7 hotline had already received more calls than we received in all of 2024. Please consider making a contribution today to support the hard work we do to serve the LGBTQ+ community.

"Our volunteers keep our hotline alive. Not as free labor, but as community in action. Their commitment embodies the transformative power of mutual aid, showing that we can and will uplift each other through pain and trauma. In a moment when queer and trans communities are under attack, their dedication is radical, healing, constant, and reminds us that we will not be erased."

“I became an AVP volunteer because I want to give back as a volunteer to help provide trauma-informed care to LGBTQ+ survivors of violence. I have experienced intimate partner violence, and contacting a hotline, as well as the support of a close friend, helped me to leave an abusive relationship."