Anti-Violence
GAGV Applauds New Passport Policy on Gender Change
Thursday, 10 June 2010 15:03
From the State Department:
Summer Street Team
Friday, 14 May 2010 16:29
Become a Member of the
Gay Alliance Anti-Violence
Project's
2010 Summer Street Team!
National data shows that anti-LGBT crime tends to spike in the summer months.
Street Team volunteers pass out AVP materials at bar crawls, festivals, parks, Pride events and the Public Market during the summer. We work to get the word out to the community that you don't have to suffer victimization in silence.
We encourage the community to report violence when it happens and to seek help from our professional and confidential victim services.
Street Teem Volunteer Training will occur on Saturday, May 29, 10 am - noon in the GAGV Youth Center.
Complete the interest form today, then recruit a friend!
Contact Kelly Clark in the Community Safety Program for more information: 585-244-8640,
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Link to report an incident of violence: http://www.gayalliance.org/
Link to the interest form o be on the Street
Team:
http://spreadsheets.google.
ANTI-LGBTQ PICK-UP VIOLENCE ON THE RISE
Friday, 07 May 2010 13:24
May 5, 2010
The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) has tracked an increase in pick-up violence targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community members. The 39 member organizations of NCAVP have also documented an increase in the severity of the crimes committed. The primary targets appear to be men who use websites, chatlines and phone applications to meet other men for dates.
In Washington, D.C., NCAVP member Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV) issued a community advisory after the recent murders of Brian Betts and Anthony Perkins, both of whom may have been targeted through pick-up sites or chatlines. In Phoenix, Mark Woodland was robbed and murdered on Saturday, April 24th, allegedly by a man he met on the iPhone application Grindr. “The perceived anonymity of online cruising can also create a barrier to reporting pick up violence for fear of being ‘outed’ as LGBTQ, being re-victimized, blamed for the assault or reinforcing homophobic myths,” said Joe Montoni, Co-Chair of GLOV, “however, we encourage survivors to report any attacks because everyone has the right to stand up against violence.”
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