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A number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy groups sounded off on allegations that people of color were being targeted by the New York Police Department's controversial "stop and frisk" policy, the Center For Constitutional Rights is reporting.

New York City Anti-Violence Project, the Audre Lorde Project, FIERCE, Make the Road NY and Streetwise & Safe were inside of the courtroom where the federal lawsuit Floyd vs. City of New York was being heard. Read the full article here »

NEW YORK – As the U.S. Supreme Court deliberates over the issue of same-sex marriage, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) New Yorkers gathered outside a different federal court house in Manhattan to call attention to a less visible form of discrimination against LGBTQ people – the NYPD's stop and frisk practices. In the trial Floyd, et al. v. City of New York, several New Yorkers and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) challenge that the Bloomberg administration's stop-and-frisk policy includes racial profiling and suspicion-less stop-and-frisks that violate the Constitution's protections against racial discrimination and unreasonable searches and seizures.

(CNN) -- Patrick Dati had reached his breaking point. With a metal pin in his arm and Vicodin coursing through his veins, he picked up the phone to call his psychiatrist. Dati had undergone surgery for a broken arm after his then-boyfriend allegedly threw him down the stairs when he tried to leave their home. Read the full article here »

As AVP told you on January 17th, 2013, on Sunday January 13th, a member of the Crown Heights, Brooklyn LGBTQ community, Jabbar Campbell was attacked by NYPD officers from the 77th Precinct. This area has a history of police violence against LGBTQ people. AVP and partner organizations responded with a community safety night on January 26th in Crown Heights to increase our communities' awareness of our rights and how to stay safe. AVP has since learned of reports that Campbell and his roommates have experienced subsequent harassment by NYPD members. According to multiple media sources, the police have returned several times to the apartment to interrogate Campbell's roommates. As in the case of the original incident, there is security footage of these incidents.

AVP has learned of an anti-gay hate violence incident that occurred on Sunday, March 10th in Astoria, Queens. According to the survivor's partner's Tumblr blog, which is being widely shared on online and on social media, the survivor was called a "faggot" by a man who was walking past him on the street. The survivor then followed the alleged offender down the street, filming him, and confronting him about what he had done. At one point, the alleged offender turns and shoves the survivor away from him. AVP is deeply concerned by this public incident of hate violence.