On Monday, November 19th, 2007 we gathered once again at Gotham Hall in New York City to celebrate the Anti-Violence Project’s 11th Annual Courage Awards. The evening was presented by Altria, and hosted by a great friend and supporter of the organization, B.D. Wong.
New: Watch video from the 2007 Courage Awards below (Video produced by Queerty)
For twenty-seven years, the Anti-Violence Project has been the nation’s premier agency providing direct assistance to LGTB and HIV-affected victims of bias-motivated violence, rape and sexual assault, intimate partner/domestic violence, HIV-related violence, as well as police misconduct and abuse.The Anti-Violence Project provides a comprehensive range of free and confidential victim services and remains the only LGTB resource available to our community 24-hours a day, 365 days a year. The Anti-Violence Project also works to educate the public about violence prevention and the LGTB and HIV affected communities by providing thousands of free trainings each year throughout the New York Metro Area. All proceeds from the 2007 Courage Awards will help the Anti-Violence Project continue this valuable and necessary work.
Our Story
In 1980, The New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project (the Anti-Violence Project) was born in the streets of Chelsea by community activists creating a response to a series of brutal attacks against gay men. In 1984, the Anti-Violence Project launched a more comprehensive program that provided professional counseling to victims of violence and broadened its focus to include other crimes, such as same-sex domestic/intimate partner violence, rape and sexual assault, pick-up crimes, HIV-related violence and police misconduct and abuse. This program growth at the Anti-Violence Project over the years was all in response to community needs expressed by victims and survivors of these types of violence. For more than 25 years, the Anti-Violence Project has remained an important lynchpin of the community and continues to educate, advocate and train society in the work needed to help all New Yorkers live … without fear… (read more)