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  • Guest Post: When Coming Out Doesn’t Always Feel Like Letting People In: Bisexual Adoptee Identity, Invisibility, and Inclusivity in Asian American Activism December 13, 2013Guest Post: When Coming Out Doesn't Always Feel Like Letting People In: Bisexual Adoptee Identity, Invisibility, and Inclusivity in Asian American Activism
     (Note: This post was originally posted at Gazillion Voices) It’s a sunny summer day in Insadong, an art gallery and souvenir shop-filled neighborhood in central Seoul. I’m inquiring about prices with a shop owner as we stumble over each other’s languages, and to ...
  • Trans Day of Remembrance November 20, 2013Trans Day of Remembrance
    for all trans* people who are subjected to verbal and physical harassment and emotional and physical violence: We matter! For all trans* people who are continually being misnamed and referred to by inappropriate pronouns just because some cisgender people refuse ...
  • A Celebration of API LGBTQ & Allies’ Stories of Faith November 14, 2013A Celebration of API LGBTQ & Allies' Stories of Faith
    We, the members of the Pink Elephant Project have gathered monthly since August to share and explore our stories of faith as Asian & Pacific Islander LGBTQ and allies. Like Vince, some of us have pieced together our faith stories for the first time. Some ...
  • Our Family, Our Voices: Film Night & Community Roundtable November 5, 2013Our Family, Our Voices: Film Night & Community Roundtable
    We are co-sponsoring Our Family, Our Voices: Film Night & Community Roundtable! Come to a screening of a new LGBTQ Immigration storytelling project at 6PM, Thursday, November 21 at the Redstone Building. Refreshments and childcare provided with free registration. Click here ...
  • October Newsletter November 5, 2013
    One Story at a Time Vince Crisotomo, a participant of the Pink Elephant Project reflects on our September 21st storytelling and conversations training. “I’ve told my story hundreds of times and the only thing that changes is me. Connecting my story to ...
  • November is Volunteer Appreciation Month! November 5, 2013November is Volunteer Appreciation Month!
    Join our runners after the Berkeley Half Marathon/10K for a community brunch in West Berkeley. Everyone is invited to celebrate a year of wellness for ourselves, our community, and our organization! This is also a special moment for us to ...
  • What’s next? November 5, 2013What's next?
    It has been quite a year. The Supreme Court ruled in our favor on DOMA and Prop 8, Governor Jerry Brown signed the historic School Success and Opportunity Act (AB 1266) into law, and immigration reform has been quite the ...
  • 10K for $10K Community Brunch November 4, 201310K for $10K Community Brunch
    Join our runners after the Berkeley Half Marathon/10K for a community brunch in West Berkeley. Everyone is invited to celebrate a year of wellness for ourselves, our community, and our organization! RSVP here.  Our team of 12 is gearing up to run ...
  • The Need to Be November 3, 2013The Need to Be
    My name is Vincent Anthony Crisostomo. I am a 52-year-old Gay Chamorro Man and I have been living with HIV for over 26 years.  I was diagnosed with AIDS, a potentially fatal condition, in 1995.  Unlike many of my friends ...
  • WESLEY UMC SAN JOSE CELEBRATES MILESTONE DECISION TO BE A RECONCILING CHURCH October 23, 2013WESLEY UMC SAN JOSE CELEBRATES MILESTONE DECISION TO BE A RECONCILING CHURCH
    We’re proud to celebrate a milestone decision made from Wesley United Methodist Church, a Japanese-American church in San Jose, CA. On Monday, October 21, 2013, they unanimously voted to become a “reconciling congregation,” committing themselves to reconciliation in order to ...
  • 10K for $10K Community bRUNch! (SUN, 11/24/13) October 15, 201310K for $10K Community bRUNch! (SUN, 11/24/13)
    We believe that community wellness and personal well-being go hand in hand, which is why we’re launching our 10k for $10k Campaign.  API Equality – Northern California staff, leaders, and supporters will run the inaugural Berkeley Half Marathon while raising ...
  • The Dragon Fruit Project October 1, 2013The Dragon Fruit Project
    “Working with the Dragon Fruit project as a transcriber has been an opportunity for me to self-reflect on my identity as a queer Asian, connect with others, and hear compelling histories of love and activism unfold. These stories are so ...
  • PARTICIPANT CALL-OUT: OUR FAMILIES | OUR VOICES September 30, 2013PARTICIPANT CALL-OUT: OUR FAMILIES | OUR VOICES
    Calling all LGBTQ IMMIGRANTS! Inspire change by sharing your story! Our Family Coalition and other community partners invite you to join our new LGBTQ Immigration oral history project.
  • Sending off our 2013 interns September 29, 2013Sending off our 2013 interns
    Summer Intern 2010 Current Steering Committee  Thank you to everyone who celebrated our fourth wave of amazing interns! With a packed community room filled with friends and family, the interns and staff shared their appreciations and the value of LGBTQ API advocacy ...
  • LGBTQ IMMIGRATION PANEL | St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church | September 12th: 6pm-8pm September 21, 2013LGBTQ IMMIGRATION PANEL | St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church | September 12th: 6pm-8pm
    For over three months API Equality – Northern California has partnered with ASPIRE (Asian Students Promoting Immigrant Rights Through Education) to educate the public on fair and humane immigration reform. As an end-of-summer event, we wanted to gather our community ...
  • Breakthrough Conversations August 30, 2013Breakthrough Conversations
    Breakthrough Conversations is a statewide coalition project. A Breakthrough Conversation is a conversation that lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people or straight allies have with non-LGBT people in their lives (e.g., a family member, friend, neighbor, colleague). We believe that ...
  • Our Families Matter August 30, 2013Our Families Matter
    Updates August 2013 – API Equality – Northern California intern Sammie invites you to an LGBTQ Immigration Panel. July 2013 – ASPIRE Leader May Liang reflects on outreach event. This summer, we’ve partnered with ASPIRE (Asian Students Promoting Immigrant Rights through Education) to work ...
  • Our Families Matter August 30, 2013Our Families Matter
    July has been a very active and engaging month for ASPIRE and API Equality Northern California about immigration reform. Since the beginning of the collaboration between the two organizations, we have collected more than 450 postcards in support of improving ...
  • The Pink Elephant Project August 30, 2013The Pink Elephant Project
    The Network on Religion and Justice for LGBTQ Asian Pacific People (NRJ) and API Equality – Northern California are collaborating on a one-of-a-kind storytelling and education project. Find out more in the flyer below! If you’d like to get involved ...
  • The Dreaded Question August 30, 2013The Dreaded Question
    The Dreaded question: What is your preferred gender pronoun? I remember the very first time I was asked what my preferred gender pronoun was. A group of us who identified as either genderqueer or trans were sitting in a circle and ...