The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) — a network of over 35 anti-violence organizations that monitor, respond to, and work to end hate and domestic violence, HIV-related violence and other forms of violence affecting LGBTQ communities — has released its annual report:
The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) today released its report on domestic violence within lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) communities in the United States during the year 2008. The total number of cases reported to NCAVP members was 3,419. Los Angeles, with increased monitoring capacity, reported close to 1,500 incidents. Major findings of the report reflected that the number of reported DV-related fatalities increased and the number of cases with reported police misconduct in 2008 increased by 93%. In 2008, incidents of police misconduct, reported by 2.3% of all callers to NCAVP organizations, nearly doubled compared to those reported in 2007.
Kaitlin Nichols, Director of Organizing & Education for The Network/LaRed says, “Increased violence at the hands of intimate partners and of the police, and increasingly diverse communities seeking services, shows that strengthened cultural competency in mainstream institutions and the continued presence of LGBTQ-specific anti-violence programs are needed now more than ever.”
The NCAVP’s recommendations include: ncrease funding to LGBTQ domestic violence programs, extend support to community and non-profit based prevention initiatives, and improve the efficacy of law enforcement’s response to LGBTQ domestic violence.
Download a full copy of the report here. (PDF)
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