Welcome to the Lesbian & Gay Anti-Violence Project (AVP)

The AVP’s Mission Statement

Our mission is to eliminate hate-related violence against lesbian and gay communities. The AVP will achieve this by:

• Providing an information, advocacy and referral service to survivors of violence.
  

• Monitoring violence against lesbians and gay men and carrying out research to identify the nature, causes and solutions to violence.
  

• Working in partnership with governments, communities and other community organisations to reform policies and practices to promote community safety and violence prevention.
  

• Working with the wider community to change attitudes which perpetuate any form of violence.
  

• Mobilising the lesbian and gay communities to assert and defend their right to safety;

The AVP recognises that hate related violence against the lesbians and gay community takes many forms and can be driven by prejudice based on gender, transgender, race, HIV status as well as sexuality.