Hate violence is a prevalent and deadly issue being faced by LGBTQ and HIV affected communities. Anti-LGBTQ and HIV-affected hate violence can be defined as any act that someone commits against a person or a person’s property because of bias toward or hatred for that person’s actual or perceived sexual orientation and/or gender identity and expression. Hate violence can include, but is not limited to, verbal attacks, sexual assault, workplace discrimination, assault, and murder. This violence sends the message that LGBTQ and HIV-affected people do not have the right to live free from violence or live at all, and that LGBTQ and HIV-affected people should be killed or harmed because they don’t fit within social norms of how people should look, act, and have relationships.

This guide will give survivors of this violence and community members tools – like safety tips, Know Your Rights information and Community Action strategies – to respond to incidents of violence, to the culture of anti-LGBTQ and HIV-affected violence and to support LGBTQ and HIV-affected survivors and communities.

Read the full toolkit here.