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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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Items tagged: violence against women

Desperate need for oversight as sexual assault is carried out in immigration detention

Wed, 06/02/2010 - 15:19

From the Restore Fairness blog.


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Last night at the Planning Commission ....

Thu, 10/08/2009 - 17:21

Last night I was at the Planning Commission. I got to play the role of egghead. The other neighborhood residents who spoke really spoke to my heart. Some of them:


Racist and Sexist "Geisha" Bar Gets Permit to Operate in Oakland Chinatown

Wed, 10/07/2009 - 23:54

Outrageous news out of Oakland from my good friends and community organzers and the work they're doing up there: Diana Pei Wu, Jenn Pae, Angelica Jongco, Xiaojing Wang, and Jen Mei Wu. [Please note: This is NOT an APA for Progress campaign, like some have mis-portrayed it.]


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Don't Deport Me, Scotty! (Racial Justice and Immigrant Rights Video)

Tue, 08/18/2009 - 21:28
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Here's a good video on immigration from Breakthrough: See what happens when a permanent member of a popular space crew finds his status is in question because he is "an alien." According to their web site, Breakthrough is an innovative, international human rights organization that uses social media and other creative tools to create awareness of critical global issues such as violence against women,

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