Support LGBTQ+ Survivors as a Courage Awards 2023 Partner

AVP is working to create a world where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, and folks living with HIV, can live freely from violence and harm.

You can help support our mission as a Courage 2023 Partner.

Partner with AVP to support changemakers advocating for LGBTQ+ safety and healing.

The Courage Awards are an annual gala created to honor outstanding individuals whose work uplifts LGBTQ and HIV-affected community members and has made a profound impact on all our lives. Each year the evening welcomes over 250 guests to celebrate AVP & our honorees.

In 2023, our event will take place in Manhattan at Tribeca Rooftop, with a VIP reception from 6-7PM and formal event from 7-10PM.

Supporting LGBTQ+ New Yorkers

21,000+ reached through public advocacy and community engagement efforts across the 5 boroughs.

24/7 Hotline Support for Survivors

3,100 hotline inquries received last year in English and Spanish

Building Safety Nationwide

We’ve connected with more than 400 LGBTQ+ organizations and groups nationwide through our LGBTQ+ Safe Spaces campaign

AVP envisions a world in which all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and HIV-affected people are safe, respected, and live free from violence. AVP works towards a safer future by:

Providing crisis intervention and lifesaving client services via 24-hour call/text crisis intervention hotline.
Responding to the immigration crisis and the civil legal needs of the community by providing free civil legal services to over 400 clients annually.
Building power within the LGBTQ+ and HIV-affected communities through organizing and advocacy.

Your support of AVP will have amazing reach, amplifying your visible support of LGBTQ+ people during a critical time.

80,000+ Annual Website Visitors

12k+ Instagram & Facebook followers

10K+ E-Marketing Subscribers

820,000 Individual Donor Base

12,000 Active Constitutents

Recently seen in NBC News, Gay City News, Insider, USA Today and more

AVP both works directly with survivors and raises visibility and awareness of violence within and against LGBTQ and HIV-affected communities by collecting data, reporting on violence to build public awareness and influence local and national policy platforms. By supporting AVP you are broadcasting your commitment to the LGBTQ community by making a difference for survivors of violence.

Our past honorees represent changemakers across all industries and sectors, and are champions of LGBTQ+ people and the needs of our survivors.

Lea DeLaria

NY1 News

Judy Sheppard

Showtime Networks, Inc.

Emil Wilbelkin

HBO

MTV

Cristina Saralegui

In The Life

BRAVO TV

NYS Senator Thomas K. Duane

Sam Champion

The Ali Forney Center

Time Warner Inc.

Sundance Channel

Phil Donohue

VICE Media

LGBTQ Web Blogs: The Bilerico Project, Pam’s House Blend, Towleroad and Joe. My. God

BD Wong

Laverne Cox

Janet Mock

GLEE

Selenis Leyva

Victoria Cruz

Cast and Crew of FX’s Pose

Families of Layleen Polanco and Islan Nettles

Please fill out this form to connect with AVP on ways to support LGBTQ+ survivors with a Courage 2023 Partnership.