AVP Media Releases



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