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NYC AVP reports increase in severity of anti LGBT violence in latest Hate Violence Report—July 1, 2009
Annual Report on Anti-LGBT Hate Violence Released—June 16, 2009
Anti-Violence Project condemns brutal assault in New York’s Greenwich Village—May 14 , 2009
AVP calls on legislators to pass the Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act—April 29, 2009
Colorado jury makes landmark hate crime conviction in Zapata murder —April 22 ,2009
AVP Mourns the Death of George Weber; Calls for Increased Awareness around Internet Dating Safety—March 27,2009
Bushwick Hate Crime Suspects Arrested; AVP Warns of Increase in Hate Violence—February 27,2009
NCAVP calls attention to brutal, hate-motivated murder in Pennsylvania—February 26,2009
AVP to Participate in Vigil on Sunday for Hate Crime Victim Jose Sucuzhanay And To Call For Long-Term Solutions to Hate Violence — December 11, 2008
The New York City Anti-Violence Project Condemns Bias Crime in Bushwick, Brooklyn— December 8, 2008
AVP launches new Ad Campaign: "I'm anti violence"— October 22, 2008
NCAVP releases Annual Report on LGBT Domestic Violence— October 20, 2008
AVP announces the 12th annual Courage Awards— October 20, 2008
NCAVP Calls Attention to Recent Incidents of Violence—August 4, 2008
AVP Condemns Two Recent Hate Violence Incidents —July 9, 2008
AVP Applauds NYS Senate Passage of the "Access to Family Court" Bill—June 25, 2008
AVP Announces New Executive Director— June 1, 2008
Annual Report on Anti-LGBT Hate Violence Released — May 20, 2008
FBI Releases Data Showing 18% Increase in Anti-LGB Hate Crimes — November 19, 2007
Anti-Violence Project Announces Advance Notice of Departure of Executive Director — October 15, 2007
Verdict Reached For Second Defendant in Murder of Michael Sandy — October 12, 2007
Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project Releases Data On 2006 Hate Incidents — May 7, 2007
Kevin Aviance's Attackers Plead Guilty — March 22, 2007
NCAVP Voices Support for Reintroduction of Federal Hate Crime Bill — March 22, 2007
Bail Denied For Defendant in Michael Sandy Murder Case — February 7, 2007
$375,000 in Assembly Funding Secured for Statewide LGBTQ Domestic Violence Programming — January 24, 2007
Statement on the Attack on and Death of Michael Sandy and Hate Violence in New York City — October 16, 2006
Anti-Violence Project Expresses Deep Sorrow for Victim of Sheepshead Bay Hate Attack — October 11, 2006
Anti-Violence Project Applauds Cancellation of Concert Trading AIDS for Violence — July 13, 2006
Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project Releases Data on 2005 Hate Incidents — May 22, 2006
Steven Pomie Receives 25 Years in Anti-Gay Attack — April 24, 2006
Guilty Verdict in Trial of Dwan Prince's Attacker — March 28, 2006
Anti-Violence Project to Participate in Princeton Panel on Intersections of Race, Class, Sexuality and Violence — February 22, 2006
Clarence Patton, 9-Year Agency Veteran and Long-Time Community Activist Officially Takes Helm of Anti-Violence Project — November 11, 2005
Ninth Annual Awards Gala, Kicks Off 25th Anniversary for Anti-Violence Project — November 9, 2005
Chelsea, Flatlands and Crown Heights Incidents Point to Ongoing Problem of Hate Violence in the City — August 9, 2005
NCAVP Asks FBI to Investigate String of Arsons Against Gay and Gay-Friendly Homes, Churches and Businesses — August 2, 2005
Anti-Violence Project Releases Report on Lesbian, Gay, Transgender and Bisexual Domestic Violence — July 18, 2005
Arrest Made in Brutal Brooklyn Bias Assault — June 16, 2005
In Hopes of More Info on Brutal Bias Assault, Community to Flyer In Brownsville — June 15, 2005
Anti-Violence Project: "The Community Can Solve This Case" — June 13, 2005
NCAVP Praises Planned Transgender Inclusion in Federal Hate Crimes Measure — May 26, 2005
Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project Releases Data On 2004 Hate Incidents — April 26, 2005
Annual Report on Anti-LGBT Hate Violence Released — April 26, 2005
NCAVP Announces Start of Groundbreaking 'Training Academy' to Create LGBT Anti-Violence Programs Across the Country — April 19, 2005
NCAVP and BRAVO Raise Questions About Domestic Violence Policy in Wake of New Ohio Anti-Gay Marriage Law — March 24, 2005
AVP Joins Bronx Community in Responding to Brutal Weekend Attack — March 21, 2005
NCAVP Expresses Sympathy to LGBT Community and Colleagues in DC After Murder of Wanda Alston — March 17, 2005
In Wake of Dismemberment Murder of 19 Year-Old Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project Calls for Meeting with NYPD Official — March 15, 2005
Gay Anti-Violence Programs Decry ABC News Segment on Shepard Murder — November 26, 2004
FBI Releases Annual Statistics on Hate Crimes — November 23, 2004
Eighth Annual Courage Awards Raises $300,000 for Anti-Violence Project — November 10, 2004
Georgia Hate Crimes Law Falls Victim to Legislative Homophobia — October 26, 2004
National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs Releases Annual Report on Domestic Violence — October 15, 2004
Anti-Violence Programs Decry Threat of Violence Against Gays by Scandalized Televangelist — September 22, 2004
New Yorkers Target Jamaican Singers Who Advocate Killing Gays — August 19, 2004
Justice for Gwen Delayed, Not Denied — June 22, 2004
2003 Edition of Report on National Anti-LGBT Hate Violence Released — April 28, 2004
NYC Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project Releases Report On Hate Incidents In 2003 — April 28, 2004
Nationally: Anti-LGBT Hate Violence Rises 24% — March 11, 2004
NYC: Post-Lawrence Rise in Anti-Gay Hate Never Abated — March 11, 2004
Senate Confirms General Who Presided Over Ft. Campbell During Winchell Murder — November 19, 2003
AVP Holds Seventh Annual Courage Awards — November 4, 2003
Unwanted Advance Offered As Motive in Brutal Queens Murder — October 30, 2003
FBI Releases Annual Statistics on Hate Crimes. Report’s Deficiencies Underscore Continuing Need for Improved Federal Hate Crimes Tracking — October 28, 2003
AVP to Hold Seventh Annual Courage Awards — October 20, 2003
CUAV and NCAVP Express Anger and Grief In Wake of San Pablo Murder — October 13, 2003
AVP Says Rash of Hate Incidents Over Weekend Exemplifies Recent Trend — September 22, 2003
National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs Releases Annual Report on Domestic Violence — July 23, 2003
Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project Applauds Release of NY State's 2001 Hate Crime Report — July 22, 2003
NCAVP Hails Supreme Court Decision in Texas Sodomy Case — June 26, 2003
Ex-Morehouse College Student Convicted in Anti-Gay Hate Crime — June 11, 2003
Nationally: Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Programs Release Report on 2002 Hate Incidents — April 25, 2003
NYC Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project Releases Report on Hate Incidents in 2002 — April 25, 2003
Bias Classification Needed for Weekend Transit Incident — April 7, 2003
Early Morning PATH Incident Exemplifies Continued Spike in Anti-Gay Hate — March 30, 2003
AVP Praises Quick Witness and Police Response to Upper East Side Attack — March 3, 2003
NCAVP Raises Questions About Male Battering Study — January 29, 2003
Anti-Violence Activists Call on Community to Counter Planned Phelps Protest at Funeral of Slain Transgender Teen — October 25, 2002
AVP To Hold Sixth Annual Courage Awards. Annual Gala Honors Community Leaders And Media Allies — October 22, 2002
AVP Lauds NY State Crime Victims Board Extension of Surviving Partners Policy — October 18, 2002
National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs Releases Annual Report on Domestic Violence — September 24, 2002
Activists Demonstrate Against Chelsea Minstrel Show — September 16, 2002
Anti-Violence Project Decries Mugabe City Hall Visit — September 13, 2002
Gay Man Found Brutally Murdered in the Bronx — August 6, 2002
Lawsuit Against Anti-Violence Project Dismissed — July 11, 2002
National Anti-violence Coalition Announces Plan for Growth; Appoints Executive Director — May 28, 2002
Anti-Violence Project Applauds Mayor Bloomberg's Signing of Transgender Bill into Law — May 2, 2002
AVP Slams Priest for Scapegoating Gays in Pedophile Flap — April 22, 2002
Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project Releases Report on Hate Incidents in 2001 — April 18, 2002
AVP to Monitor Phelps' Targeted Sites; Questions Whether Hate Reverend's NYC Round-Robin Will Occur — March 6, 2002
AVP Lauds Settlement in NYPD Denial of Meds Suit Agreement Forces Change in NYPD Policy; Plaintiffs to Be Compensated — February 28, 2002
Gay Organizations, Merchants, Elected Officials and Community Organizations Announce Anti-Hate Initiative In Wake of Harlem Shooting — January 24, 2002
Lesbian and Gay Anti-violence Organizations Question Handling of Investigation Related to Brutal West Virginia Beating — January 17, 2002
New Leadership Added at Anti-Violence Project — January 9, 2002
September 11 Gay & Lesbian Family Fund Set to Distribute Relief Assistance to Survivors Gifts in Recognition of Discrimination Faced by Same-Sex Life Partners — December 13, 2001
Red Cross Issues Guidelines on Relief Assistance to Gay/Lesbian Survivors of September 11 NYC Advocacy Groups Praise Decision — December 3, 2001
Sentencing Expected in First Queens County Anti-gay Hate Crimes Prosecution under New Law — November 19, 2001
Anti-violence Project Hails Governor's Action in Wake of World Trade Center Disaster Remedying Inequity in Survivor Benefits — October 12, 2001
National Coalition of Anti-violence Programs (NCAVP) Responds to Evidence of Homophobia in Afghan Bombing Mission — October 12, 2001
National Coalition of Anti-violence Programs Urges Resistance to Anti-arab Sentiment — September 13, 2001
Lesbian & Gay Anti-violence Projects Release Annual Report on Domestic Violence — July 31, 2001
National Coalition of Anti-violence Programs Releases Annual Report on Domestic Violence — July 31, 2001
Anti-violence Project Warns Community Against Complacency as Murder Trial Begins And Calls NYPD to Task For Lack of Bias Classification — June 19, 2001
Gay & Lesbian Groups, Elected Officials to Issue Challenge to Community — June 18, 2001
Gay & Lesbian Groups Plan Rally, March And Vigil as Trial For Slain Transgender Woman Begins — June 14, 2001
Gay & Lesbian Anti-violence Project Queries Community For Additional Information on Killings — June 1, 2001
Gay & Lesbian Anti-violence Project Announces Arrest of Possible Serial Killer in Dismemberment Murders — May 29, 2001