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AVP extends our condolences to Staten Island resident Robert Jenkins’ family, friends, and community. Jenkins’ son discovered his body early Saturday morning. He had been badly beaten and a medical examiner’s report also revealed that he had been choked.

AVP has learned that the boyfriend of Francisco R. Gonzalez Fuentes, 46, whose dismembered body was discovered yesterday in Cliffside Park, New Jersey has been arrested for his murder. Francisco had been reported missing when he failed to show up to work on Sunday at his job of 15 years. Francisco’s boyfriend, Pedro Garcia, and a friend, Wilfredo Sanchez have been charged with murder and the police are treating this as a domestic dispute. AVP is working with Garden State Equality and will continue to provide support to organizations in New Jersey as needed.

AVP has learned that Renato Seabra, a 21 year-old from Cantanhede, Portugal, has been arrested on the charge of second-degree murder in the death of 65-year-old Carlos Castro, a prominent Portuguese journalist and LGBTQ activist. Castro was discovered on Friday, January 7, in his hotel room in the InterContinental Hotel in Times Square which he had been sharing with Seabra. Castro had been beaten to death and castrated. The NYPD and Manhattan District Attorney’s Office say that initial reports indicate this was a domestic dispute but are also investigating possible hate and bias motivations. AVP will continue to work with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, the NYPD, as well as the office of New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, to follow up on this incident.

NCAVP's 2009 report on intimate partner violence against LGBTQ and HIV-affected people in the United States was released October 2010.

On Monday, October 11, two people were attacked at Julius Bar, New York’s oldest gay bar, on West 10th Street in the West Village. The suspect, who has a known history of luring gay men with the intent to rob and physically harm them, is currently in custody, and is also believed to be responsible for a disturbance at Ty’s Bar earlier in the evening. In recent weeks, we have also seen brutal anti-gay attacks at the Stonewall Inn and in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. AVP is working with local bar owners and community leaders to create a comprehensive response to preventing future violence from occurring.