Research on Bias-Motivated Incidents Against the LGBT Community
Hate Violence against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People in the United States (National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, 2009) This is a report about bias-motivated incidents targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender, queer, and questioning (LGBT) individuals in the U.S. during the year 2008. It is a product of the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP), a net-work of over 35 anti-violence organizations that monitor, respond to, and work to end hate and domestic violence, HIV-related violence, pick-up crimes, rape, sexual assault, and other forms of violence affecting LGBT communities. This year, we have also included an extraordinarily important contribution by Just Detention Inter-national (JDI), which ensures government accountability for prisoner rape,... [Read More...]
Are you new to campus? Here is some helpful information.
Information for New CU-Boulder Students While it’s hard to imagine bad things happening when you are starting college, this is a large community with our share of problems. We do know that students tell each other first when they need help, so we’ve compiled this list of basic information so you can be a resource for whoever may need it. The Office of Victim Assistance (OVA) (www.colorado.edu/studentaffairs/victimassistance) offers free confidential information, support and short term counseling to students, faculty and staff at CU and their significant others. OVA is not a part of the police department. Our office primarily handles situations involving physical assault and hazing, bias motivated incidents, death, discrimination and harassment including sexual harassment, intimate... [Read More...]
“Ending Rape” Powerful piece on the new men’s movement from Boulder Weekly
After more than three decades of activism and education across the United States about the crime of sexual assault, it seems that much of society, even here in allegedly progressive Boulder, is still stuck in “blame the victim” mode, focusing on the actions of the woman who was brutalized rather than the actions of the men who brutalized her. Read more… Read More →
