New York – This Tuesday, April 26, the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) and 15 of its member organizations around the country will release its annual report on hate-motivated violence against lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgender people around the nation.
NCAVP's report is the most comprehensive publication that examines violence against LGBT people. The 2004 includes data and analysis on anti-LGBT hate violence incidents, victims and offenders in addition to law enforcement response and attitudes in the Chicago area, Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, Colorado, Houston, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, the New York City area, Pennsylvania, and the San Francisco Bay area. Additional information is included from Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri as well as Tucson, Arizona.
Data and demographics on almost 5,000 victims and offenders is included in the report.
“This report details a year of the discrimination, harassment and brutality faced by LGBT people in eleven
communities and regions across the country,” said Clarence Patton, NCAVP’s Acting Executive Director.
“This
year's report is in many ways a follow-up to last year's in which it became all too clear that with respect to violence, the nation's LGBT communities had entered a very new, and very dangerous era in which all of us were under attack at levels not seen in recent times," said Patton.
NCAVP's report on hate violence in 2003 detailed the rapid shift and 26% increase in anti-LGBT violence as the nation responded politically and violently such victories for the community as the striking down of sodomy laws across the country and the right for same-sex couples to marry in Massachusetts.
“Unfortunately, we recognize that though this report is the most extensive of its kind, it’s still only a
snapshot of what LGBT people across the country are experiencing, and given the fact that the violence is both continuing and deepening as we find ourselves battling for our very right to live free as Americans, it's truly unfortunate that no one can give a truly complete picture of what our community is experiencing” added Patton.
What: Release of 2004 National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs Report on Anti-LGBT Hate Violence
When: Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Where: Call 212-714-1184, x22 for regional release contacts.
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