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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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Out of the Closet and Out of the Shadows: NQAPIA Statement on LGBT Immigration and the AAPI Community

Fri, 07/16/2010 - 08:00

Washington, DC:  Today, the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) joins the chorus of voices calling for comprehensive immigration reform that truly meets the needs of everyone who calls this country home.  Members of Congress and national organizations here in Washington, DC recognize the urgency for passing legislation that fixes our broken immigration system.  Beyond the Beltway as well, lesbian/ gay/ bisexu


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Pride & Prejudice: Thru the Intersection of Asian and Gay

Thu, 06/03/2010 - 10:50

I’m one of those lucky bastards that basically gets paid to be me.


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Papers, please! The need for a better approach to Identification Documents for Trans and Immigrant communities

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 14:36

What if you had to constantly worry about never having the “right” identification papers? How many times each day, each week, would you have to show your ID and worry about being harassed or questioned about who you are? How would you travel, open a bank account, find a job, or access public institutions such as libraries and the courts?


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Esmeralda: A transgender asylum seeker speaks out against immigration detention

Wed, 11/11/2009 - 11:40
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Courage comes in many different forms. For Esmeralda a transgender asylum seeker from Mexico who faced horrific circumstances in immigration detention, it came in the form of seeking justice. Kept in a segregated cell with other transgender detainees, Esmeralda never realized that her experience in detention would match the trauma of discrimination she had faced back home. But her story is also one of hope for change.


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Marriage Equality Marches On

Sun, 02/01/2009 - 17:19
This past Saturday was the annual Golden Dragon Parade in Los Angeles Chinatown.  The event, sponsored by the Chinese Chamber Commerce, attracts an estimated 100,000 spectators and it was important to get the message out there that AAPI's support marriage equality.

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