Last week, Jerame and I traveled to NYC where I was honored to receive the NYC Anti-Violence Project's Courage Award alongside fellow LGBT bloggers, Joe Jervis (Joe.
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Bilerico, Pam's House Blend, Joe.My.God, and Towleroad honored at 2009 Courage Awards by Anti-Violence Project
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The 2009 Courage Awards were an inspiring event, and it was humbling to be honored as one of the citizen journalists (the glamour word for bloggers, don'tcha know, since we didn't have PJs on).
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You might have noticed that I've not been posting for a few days. I haven't disappeared, but I'm on the road for a couple of important reasons.
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Editors' note: Sharon Stapel is the executive director of the NYC Anti Violence Project.
The New York City Anti-Violence Project is honoring four LGBT Blogs - Bilerico, Joe.
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As we've seen in the recent spate of hate crimes in New York City - and not just LGBT folks - there's still a lot of work to do around preventing violence based on arbitrary prejudices.
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With the horrendous spate of brutal hate crimes seen recently in New York City, the important work of the NYC Anti-Violence Project has never been more vital.
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- Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner will receive the Courage Award from the NYC Anti-Violence Project at an event to be held November 9th.
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A coalition of LGBT and civil rights groups will join tomorrow in a march and rally in support of Queens gay bashing victim Jack Price.
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"We know there is a chilling effect when the community perceives police will not respond to anti-LGBT violence issues.
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Editors' Note: Guest bloggers Andrea Ritchie and Jarad Ringer are two of New York City's foremost experts on violence against sex workers.
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The services KCAVP provides to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and bias crimes within Kansas City's LGBT community will expand as KCAVP grows.
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One of the best parts of being a prominent LGBT blogger is the ability to use the bully pulpit. I think most of us on Bilerico sites try not to overuse that luxury, but some issues cry out for more attention than they're regularly given.
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I learned not too long ago that I will receive a 2009 Courage Award from the New York City Anti-Violence Project "for the significant contributions you have made to raising awareness about anti-violence work.
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The New York City Anti-Violence Project, an LGBT advocacy organization devoted to the prevention of violence will rally in Queens, New York to protest the rising numbers of queer bashing's in the area.
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Source: Village Voice, Joe.My.God, WCBS, Gay City News Joseph Halliday’s wound, suffered in an attack on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, was still visible four days later when he read a statement at a July 1 press conference press conference called by NYC Anti-Violence Project photo: Gay City News
New York City police are seeking a group of from four to six young men that they believe are responsible for a string bashings on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
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Joe.My.God (Happy Forth Joe!) posted a community alert the Anti-Violence Project issued for the the Upper East Side of New York City.
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The NYC Anti-Violence Project has issued a community alert now that the New York City Police Department's Hate Crimes Bureau thinks several recent anti-gay attacks on the Upper East Side might have come at the hands of the same assailants.
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Editors' Note: Guest blogger Kim Fountain, PhD, is the Deputy Director of the NYC Anti Violence Project.
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The NYC Anti-Violence Project has issued a community alert (PDF) after a third Upper East Side gay bashing in one week by what appears to be the same group of young men who committed the attack I reported on Monday.
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