- Under the Guise of Privacy and Protection: Bathroom Policing and Trans Discrimination September 9, 2015
In August of 2013, APIENC, along with many others in California, celebrated when Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the School Success and Opportunity Act (AB 1266). This law reinforces the right of students—particularly transgender and gender non-conforming students—to choose ...
- The 2015 NQAPIA Conference in Chicago: A Photoblog September 9, 2015
Team APIENC attended the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) Conference this year, which took place from August 6-9 in Chicago. Check out some reflections, photos, and experiences below!
Cam Bui, Volunteer, APIQWTC and APIENC
“The NQAPIA conference was a great place to meet ...
- 8/8/15 – LGBTQ API Legacies: A Timeline of Resilience July 30, 2015
From August 6 – 10, we will be at Thriving Together: Queer APIS Building Community, Solidarity, and Movement.
A National Conference of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Asian Americans, South Asians, Southeast Asians, and Pacific Islanders. We’ll be joining 250 LGBT AAPIs ...
- API Equality – Northern California is Hiring a Community Organizer! July 28, 2015
Update: 9/9/2015 — This position is now closed. Thank you to everyone who applied!
Title: Community Organizer, API Equality – Northern California
Deadline: 8/11/15
Compensation: $36,000 – $40,500, excellent benefits
Hours: Full-time
Location: San Francisco, CA
Description:
API Equality – Northern California is seeking a full-time Community ...
- A Series on Intergenerational Conversations July 28, 2015
What does it mean to listen to each other? What does it mean to communicate across generations? To explore these questions, the Dragon Fruit Project is putting on a collaborative series on Intergenerational Conversations. From August 12 to August 15 ...
- Marching for Trans Liberation: Reflections from Trans March 2015 July 7, 2015
On Friday, June 26, 2015, thousands marched from Dolores Park to Civic Center in San Francisco’s annual Trans March, one of the largest trans events in the world. API Equality – Northern California joined our partner organizations, the Chinese Progressive ...
- Shirley Hsin-I Liu July 7, 2015
SHIRLEY HSIN-I LIU was born in Taiwan and came to the US when she was three years old. She identifies as a queer Chinese American, and her preferred gender pronouns are she and they. She currently works at UC Berkeley ...
- Finding Peace and Compassion at San Quentin July 7, 2015
By Tracy Nguyen
Every Monday afternoon, Asian Prisoner Support Committee (APSC) holds a class with Asian, Pacific Islander, and “Other” prisoners at San Quentin State Prison. The ROOTS (Restoring Our Original and True Selves) program seeks to increase knowledge about API ...
- From Victory in the Supreme Court to Marching for All Trans Lives June 26, 2015
June 26th, 2015
Today the Supreme Court made a historic ruling that gave all same sex couples the freedom to marry in the United States. As an organization that formed out of the struggle for marriage equality here in San Francisco ...
- Dragon Fruit Project Recording and Transcribing Day June 11, 2015
This year, we’re partnering up with StoryCorps to conduct interview recordings with LGBTQ API storytellers. StoryCorps has collected over 50,000 interviews and deposited them into the Library of Congress where they will remain forever. This is a huge opportunity for us to ...
- 2015 QWOCMAP Film Festival (June 12,13,14) May 29, 2015
We are a proud community partner of QWOCMAP. This year’s film festival features some of our Dragon Fruit Project and highlights some of our rockstar volunteers! Look out for:
Swanicorn Jaq Nguyen Victor (2014)
Finding Each Other Shirley Hsin*I Liu (2015)
Sex, Politics & Sticky ...
- 5.21.15 – Give OUT Day May 4, 2015
One year ago, API Equality – Northern California participated for the first time in Give OUT Day 2014, a national initiative to mobilize individual giving on a single day across the country to the LGBT nonprofit community. It lasts 24 ...
- Yifan Mai May 4, 2015
YIFAN MAI identifies as a queer cis-male Chinese-Singaporean. Currently, he is a software engineer at Coursera, an education technology company.
Growing up in Singapore, Yifan felt very disconnected from his queer identity. Because of state censorship and a culture of shame, ...
- Rise UP! Immigration Week of Action 2015 May 1, 2015
For NQAPIA’s Immigration Week of Action on April 13th-18th, API Equality – Northern California interviewed Jenna Rapues, Kat Evasco, Penny Baldado, and Amy Lin through StoryCorps.
We shared highlights of their stories through a social media campaign for the Week of Action:
These four interviews ...
- Team APIENC March 2, 2015
“Being a part of team APIENC, even for just this short while, has been a transformative process for me. I’ve learned a lot about myself and most importantly, about what I want to contribute as part of this community.” – Michelle Lin
At API ...
- Coming out to CAA Parent Advocates February 25, 2015
by Betty Cao
On February 7th, I facilitated an LGBT workshop with the immigrant Chinese parent leaders I work with at Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA). The CAA’s Parent Advocates program develops monolingual speaking Chinese parents into leaders in their schools ...
- March 15th – Join us at CAAMFest 2015! February 19, 2015
API Equality Northern California is glad to be a community partner and co-presenter for CAAMFest 2015, hosted by the Center for Asian American Media.
We will be presenting the following programs:
Out/Here Shorts Program
This year’s collection of short films for CAAMFest’s OUT/HERE ...
- 2015 Lunar New Year Mixer with API LGBTQ organizations February 12, 2015
We’re mixing it up this Lunar New Year with GAPA, NRJ, and APIQWTC! on February 28th!
Buy your tickets and connect with other LGBTQ API organizations in the Bay Area!
Lunar New Year Mixer
Saturday, February 28, 2015, 6-9pm
Manor West – 750 Harrison St, ...
- Apply for APIENC’s 2015 Summer Internship Program February 10, 2015
Do you want to work with LGBTQ API communities? Do you have a commitment to social justice? Do you want to learn concrete community organizing skills?
API Equality – Northern California is now accepting applications for our 2015 Internship Program!
Applications are ...
- February 28th – Dragon Fruit partners with StoryCorps January 12, 2015
On Saturday, February 28th, we’re partnering up with StoryCorps to conduct interview recordings with six storytellers. StoryCorps has collected over 50,000 interviews and deposited them into the Library of Congress. This is a huge opportunity for us to amplify LGBTQ ...
