APAP Calendar

LGBT/Pride Week

June is LGBT pride month. We have a variety of queer AAPI's, friends, families and allies posting about their experiences. Thanks to Be DeGuzman, one of APAP's 2009 Unsung Heroes, for coordinating this special week of posts.

To help with our upcoming hate crimes/Vincent Chin week (June 21) or Pacific Islander week (Aug), please let us know. If you have a topic you or your agency would like to coordinate, email us.

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CAPAC's State of the AAPI Community

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA) issued the following statement on the State of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community:


White House reception to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising

My husband, Curtis Chin, and I were among the several hundred LGBT (lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender) Americans, allies and other guests who attended a reception at the White House on Monday, June 29, 2009 to help commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising.  Lest anyone forget, the LGBT pride parades, festivals and celebrations all across the world celebrate the birth of the modern LGBT movement and the fight for equality that Stonewall triggered.