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AVP has learned of an anti-LGBTQ sexual violence incident and assault that took place in Ridgewood, Queens at about 4am on Saturday morning, November 24. According to NYPD sources cited by the New York Post, two individuals physically and sexually assaulted a 26-year old gender non-conforming person near 70th Street and 70th Avenue. The survivor was treated for injuries at a local hospital.

This October, The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) stands in solidarity with survivors and victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) in commemorating the 25th annual Intimate Partner Violence Awareness Month. During this month, NCAVP raises awareness about this form of violence within and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and HIV-affected (LGBTQH) communities and calls for an end to intimate partner violence.

NCAVP's 2011 report on intimate partner violence against LGBTQ and HIV-affected people in the United States was released October 2012.

Report shows highest homicide rate ever recorded

• Gay men disproportionately victims of homicide in 2011
• 19 intimate partner violence homicides of LGBTQ and HIV-affected people documented; the highest yearly total ever recorded and more than three times the number documented in 2010
• LGBTQH people under 30 more likely to experience violence
• More LGBTQH survivors were denied access to shelter in 2011 than in 2010

AVP has learned that homophobic and Anti-Semitic graffiti was found written on a schoolyard wall at PS 238 on East 8th Street in Midwood, Brooklyn on Monday, September 24. According to the police, the graffiti was first photographed and then removed. Police report that the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident.