- AAPI Institute at Creating Change 2015 January 12, 2015
We’re excited to connect with our #QAPI friends, partners, and allies at the 2015 National LGBTQ Task Force Creating Change Conference in Denver, Colorado on February 5-8.
You can find a list of the activities we’re co-coordinating with our partners below, ...
- MLin January 12, 2015
MLIN identifies as an Asian American, Chinese American, gender non-conforming person (and goes by they/theirs pronouns).
After recently graduating from Chapman University, MLin moved back to the Bay Area to navigate the real world. Currently, Michelle is interning at a Chinese ...
- For Justice and Liberation: In memory of Jennifer Laude and Mike Brown November 20, 2014
by Tracy Nguyen, Sammie Wills, and Monna Wong
November 20th marks the annual Trans Day of Remembrance (#TDoR), a day founded in 1998 in memoriam and celebration of the trans and gender nonconforming people who have fought, passed, and endured in ...
- Vida Kuang November 3, 2014
VIDA KUANG identities as a an Asian American/ Chinese American/ Women of color/ Cisgender/ SF Chinatown Native. We met Vida Kuang over the summer through our Dragon Fruit Project and fell in love with her creative energy!
Currently, Vida is the Youth ...
- #DragonFruit WIKI EDIT-A-THON LIVE BLOG October 19, 2014
9:15 AM PST : Today’s the day, y’all! Wiki Edit-a-thon starts now! #WikiAPA #DragonFruit
9:30 AM PST: Check in Question: Why are you here today?#ourhistorymatters
9:30 AM PST: Our happy dedicated wiki-hackers.
9:35 AM PST: “By the end of the day, all 17 of us will leave this ...
- Team APIENC runs Berkeley 5K September 23, 2014
My name is Mioi Hanaoka and I am part of the Leadership Team of API Equality – Northern California.
Last November, I ran my very first half marathon with Team APIENC at the inaugural Berkeley Half. We raised over $11,000 to ...
- Listening, Reflecting, and Learning in Community: The Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour September 9, 2014
This past weekend API Activists from HYPHEN Magazine, the Network on Religion and Justice (NRJ), Asian Prisoner Support Committee (APSC), Chinese for Affirmative Action, APEX Express, and API Equality – Northern California gathered to support the work of the Alliance ...
- Reynaldo Culannay Jr. September 8, 2014
REYNALDO CULANNAY identifies as a gay, 1st generation Filipino-American college student at Pitzer College in East Southern California. He loves boba, is addicted to coffee, and plays too much League of Legends. We call him Rey. Sometimes, Reyrey. He volunteered ...
- Dragon Fruit Project: WIKI HACK September 5, 2014
Wikipedia is one of the most visible and widely used resources for information. However, there is a sparsity of queer API histories on Wikipedia, limited both in detail and in the number of entries.
Thus, we are thrilled to invite you ...
- NQAPIA California Regional Summit August 7, 2014
This July, I had the honor of attending the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance’s California Leadership Summit. This summit brought together AAPI activists from Northern, Central and Southern California as well as Hawaii. It was a whirlwind of 14 ...
- Jess Suarez August 6, 2014
JESS SUAREZ is a radical queer Filipina, passionate about feminist issues, sex positivity, and being a little bit snarky. At the beginning of 2014, Jess got involved with the Dragon Fruit Project as a transcriber. She has now worked to train ...
- What does intergenerational work entail? August 4, 2014
Last month, I went to the Old Lesbians Organizing for Change conference and spoke on the intergenerational panel. While I was very aware of being the youngest person, I was proud to impart some of my wisdom on the topic of ...
- August 15, 2014 – Intern Showcase August 4, 2014
API Equality – Northern California builds LGBTQ API power to amplify our voices and increase visibility of our communities. We inspire and train leaders, establish intergenerational connections, and document and disseminate our histories. For the past 5 years, we have ...
- The Gift of History: A Reflection on Dragon Fruit Transcribing Day *Special Edition* July 22, 2014
As I was walking to API Equality – Northern California’s Dragon Fruit Transcribing Day (Special Edition), I was thinking in my head “Why am I doing this on my birthday?” I could have gone shopping, met up with some friends, ...
- San Francisco Pride 2014: Marching with Intention, Honoring our Legacies July 1, 2014
Volunteers, Staff, and Interns at Trans March
API Equality – Northern California showed up with purpose for the 2014 San Francisco Pride Weekend. We want to recognize and honor that the original Pride was a rally. It was a resistance, led ...
- The Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour: Stories, Performance, and Resistance July 1, 2014
For almost two years, the Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour has been traversing the streets of Berkeley, uncovering and recovering over 100 years of radical South Asian American history. The trek, led by Barnali Ghosh and Anirvan Chatterjee, ...
- Cam Bui June 30, 2014
CAM BUI is one of our newest volunteers! She is a queer cisgender Asian-American woman who has just recently become involved in our Dragon Fruit Project. She is also a full-time student in kinesiology at SF State University.
In high school, Cam was involved ...
- It all started with QWOCMAP June 2, 2014
Back in 2011, I attended my first QWOCMAP Film Festival, the annual film festival for the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project. I never identified as “queer” or even as “a person of color” before that. Working in the ...
- Suny Um June 2, 2014
SUNY UM is a gay, 2nd generation Cambodian American, and a long time volunteer for API Equality – Northern California. He has worked with us during Breakthrough Conversations, at PRIDE parades, at the API Heritage Festival, and now, currently, with ...
- Join us at PRIDE 2014 May 30, 2014
API Equality – Northern California builds LGBTQ API power to amplify our voices and increase visibility of our communities. We inspire and train leaders, establish intergenerational connections, and document and disseminate our histories. Pride is the perfect time of the ...
