Support, guidance and assistance to families* and individuals dealing with incidents based on bias; and to the people, organizations and agencies who serve and support them.

* We define family broadly to include biological,
extended and chosen family.

FAMILIES UNITED AGAINST HATE is a nonprofit grassroots organization
created by and for families and survivors of hate motivated violence, in
collaboration with other individuals and organizations.

The Matthew Shepard story as compiled in articles in the New York Times.

The Mission of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence is to organize for collective power by advancing transformative work, thinking and leadership of communities and individuals working to end the violence in our lives.

NCADV believes violence against women and children results from the use of force or threat to achieve and maintain control over others in intimate relationships, and from societal abuse of power and domination in the forms of sexism, racism, homophobia, classism, anti-Semitism, able-bodyism, ageism and other oppressions. NCADV recognizes that the abuses of power in society foster battering by perpetuating conditions which condone violence against women and children. Therefore, it is the mission of NCADV to work for major societal changes necessary to eliminate both personal and societal violence against all women and children.

NCADV’s work includes coalition building at the local, state, regional and national levels; support for the provision of community-based, non-violent alternatives - such as safe home and shelter programs - for battered women and their children; public education and technical assistance; policy development and innovative legislation; focus on the leadership of NCADV’s caucuses and task forces developed to represent the concerns of organizationally under represented groups; and efforts to eradicate social conditions which contribute to violence against women and children.

Before Officially forming in 1995, NCAVP members collaborated with one another and with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) for over a decade to create a coordinated response to violence against our communities. Since 1984, members have released an annual report every March, promoting public education about bias-motivated crimes against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. As the prevalence of domestic violence in our community has emerged from the shadows, NCAVP member organizations have increasingly adapted their missions and their services to respond to violence within the community as well. The first annual domestic violence report was released in October of 1997.

The Northwest Network increases our communities' ability to support the self-determination and safety of bisexual, transgendered, lesbian, and gay survivors of abuse through education, organizing and advocacy. We work within a broad liberation movement dedicated to social and economic justice, equality and respect for all people and the creation of loving, inclusive and accountable communities.

We provide support and advocacy for LBGT folks of all genders who are surviving abuse. We are leather and kink friendly.

Stop Violence - Most of the teaching I have done is related to social problems and violence. As part of educating students to participate a democratic society, I think it is important to try to convey some sense of what problems we are facing, how large they are, and how complicated they can be.

Survivor Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing the needs of intersex and trans survivors of domestic and sexual violence through caring action, education and expanding access to resources and to opportunities for action. Since 1997, we have provided presentations, workshops, consultation, materials, information and referrals to many anti-violence organizations and universities across the country, as well as gathered information about issues faced by intersex and trans survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

California

Colorado

Colorado Anti-Violence Program

Since 1986 the Colorado Anti-Violence Program has been dedicated to eliminating violence within and against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities in Colorado, and providing the highest quality services to survivors. CAVP provides direct client services including crisis intervention, information, and referrals for LGBT victims of violence 24 hours a day.

The CAVP also provides technical assistance, training, and education for community organizations, law enforcement, and mainstream service providers on violence issues affecting the LGBT community.

The most common types of violence we work with are hate crimes and partner abuse. We also have cases that involve random violence, sexual assault, and HIV-motivated violence.

Illinois

Mission Statement

It is the mission of Guardian Angel Community Services to improve the quality of people's lives-especially those who suffer from - abuse neglect or emotional trauma- so that they may more fully realize their God-given capacity for personal growth, interpersonal relationships and contributions to the community and society in which they live.

Understanding Violence in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Intersexual Community

Massachusetts

Founded as a non-profit organization by a survivor of domestic violence in 1994, The Gay Men’s Domestic Violence Project (GMDVP) provides community education and direct services to gay, bisexual, and transgendered male victims and survivors of domestic violence. It now has a growing pool of volunteers and speakers, and four staff members. GMDVP relies on the grassroots support of survivors, its volunteer base, the LGBT community, and other allies.

Missouri

The Kansas City Anti-Violence Project (KCAVP) is a Missouri 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation committed to providing domestic violence, sexual assault, and bias crimes advocacy and education to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. About KCAVP Currently, there are no LGBT-specific domestic violence or sexual assault services in western Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, or Iowa. KCAVP was created to address this gap by providing support and services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and bias crimes in western Missouri, eastern Kansas, with a focus on the Kansas City area. KCAVP provides services to the metropolitan Kansas City area including emergency assistance, advocacy, referrals and training for the community.

New York

Ohio

Bravo works to eliminate violence perpetrated on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identification, domestic violence and sexual assault through prevention, education, advocacy, violence documentation and survivor services, both written and on behalf of different communities.

Vermont

What is SafeSpace?

SafeSpace is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization in Burlington, Vermont. SafeSpace became incorporated in Vermont in December 2001 and opened its doors in January 2002. SafeSpace has a full-time Executive Director, a full-time Program Coordinator, and a part-time Youth Program Coordinator. SafeSpace is a member organization of the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP), whose mission is to address the pervasive problem of violence committed against and within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and HIV-positive communities.

Washington

Home Alive is a Seattle based anti-violence non-profit organization that offers affordable self-defense classes and provides public education and awareness.  We believe violence prevention is a community responsibility as well as an individual issue. Our work in self-defense encourages everyone to recognize their entitlement to the basic human right to live free from violence and hate.  Our goal is to build a cultural and social movement that puts violence in a context of political, economic and social oppression, and frames safety as a human right.