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What's New

• NCAVP releases National Report on LGBTQH Intimate Partner Violence in 2011 (full report: large file, please allow a minute to download)

• NCAVP releases National Report on LGBTQH Intimate Partner Violence in 2011 (media release)

• Audio Press Conference Recording for NCAVP's Report on Intimate Partner Violence in LGBTQ and HIV-Affected Communities in 2011

• avp is action - watch the video!

• AVP a Part of Historic Anti-Violence Meeting at the White House

• National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) Receives $25,000 HopeLine Grant from Verizon Wireless

• AVP recognized as a “Champion of Change” by the White House

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AVP Responds To Recent Incidents

• NCAVP Endorses Intimate Partner Violence Awareness Month; Calls for End to LGBTQH Intimate Partner Violence

• NCAVP Monthly Update: Reports of violence affecting LGBTQH communities in September 2012

• AVP learns of Homophobic and Anti-Semitic Graffiti in Midwood, Brooklyn

• AVP learns of anti-gay bias attack at a West Village McDonalds

• NCAVP Monthly Update: Reports of violence affecting LGBTQH communities in August 2012

• NCAVP learns of the murder of a gender non-conforming person in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• NCAVP learns of the death of Jessie McCaskill and Dallas Augustine in an apparent Intimate Partner Violence Murder-Suicide

• NCAVP learns of the murder of Kendall L. Hampton in Cincinnati, Ohio; Nine known transgender/gender non-conforming people murdered in the United States so far this year

• AVP's Executive Director, Sharon Stapel, speaks out about the shooting of Leo Johnson at the Family Research Council offices last week

• NCAVP Monthly Update: Reports of violence affecting LGBTQH communities in July 2012

AVP Speaks Out In The Media

• The Washington Post: AVP's Executive Director, Sharon Stapel, speaks out about recent anti-LGBTQ violence in Atlanta

• The Huffington Post: Why Have a Safety for All Communities Day?

• The Hill: AVP’s Executive Director, Sharon Stapel, speaks out on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services new recommendations affecting LGBTQ people

• The Huffington Post: The Question Is Not Simply Where Does Hate Violence End, But Where Does It Start?

• The Bilerico Project: Celebrating Love for All LGBTQ People

• The Huffington Post: Silence + Intimate Partner Violence = A Price Too High to Pay

• The Huffington Post: Shoulder to Shoulder, Ending Violence

• New York Times Letter to the Editor: Violence Against Gays: An Issue for Everyone

• The Advocate: Ending the Culture of Hate

Useful Information and Recent Reports

• AVP Nightlife Safety Tips

• Read AVP's Annual Report for fiscal year 2010

• Tips for seeking an Order of Protection from Family Court for LGBTQ Communities

• Know Your Rights: LGBTQ People and Orders of Protection in New York

• AVP Safety Tips: Pick Up Violence and LGBTQ Communities

• SAFE is Not Just About SEX: Download NCAVP's Safe Dating Handout

• Tips for Safe Online Dating

• General Safety Tips - NCAVP