Last week the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) released its report Hate Violence Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and HIV-Affected Communities in the United States in 2010. NCAVP collected data concerning hate violence against LGBTQ and HIV-affected people from 17 anti-violence programs in 15 states across the country including data from the New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) which coordinates the coalition. NCAVP’s report shows an 11% increase in reports of hate violence in New York City from 2009 to 2010. AVP recorded 400 incidents of hate violence in New York City in 2010.

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