Author: M Lin

The Dragon Fruit Project Digital Portal is now LIVE!

The Dragon Fruit Project is an intergenerational oral hxstory project that explores queer Asians and Pacific Islanders and their experiences with love and activism in the 1960s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Since 2013, volunteers have engaged with our queer Asian and Pacific Islander hxstories by recording, transcribing, and disseminating over 60 Dragon Fruit Project interviews.

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Celebrate Wellness with APIENC – Sun. November 20th!

Speaking from this year of growth since our last Berkeley Run, we’ve been astounded by the abundance of our communities and strongly stand by our core belief that “our communities have everything we need to support ourselves and each other.” This fall, we are placing an emphasis on holistic wellness and providing opportunities for community

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Give OUT Day: Celebrate the Summer with APIENC!

Give OUT Day: Celebrate the Summer with APIENC! In 2016, individual giving will make up more than 60% of API Equality – Northern California (APIENC)’s Program Budget. This means that our work IS community driven and powered. This year, we’re participating in Give OUT Day, a 24 hour national day of giving to support LGBTQ organizations. From

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Join Asians and Pacific Islanders at Trans March 2016!

Hi there! This is MLin, community organizer at API Equality – Northern California. I’d like to invite you to join us in honoring transgender, gender non-conforming, and genderqueer people, lives, and histories at Trans March next Friday on June 24th.  Last year, in 2015, it was my very 1st time joining the APIENC family in showing up to

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Save the Date for Resilience Archives: A Historical LGBTQ AAPI Tour of SF Bay Area

This summer, API Equality – Northern California (APIENC) and Visibility Project Director, artist Mia Nakano are collaborating to develop a historical LGBTQ AAPI tour of San Francisco Bay Area – “Resilience Archives” that will culminate in an accessible digital online archive with photos, podcasts, and more. Funded by the San Francisco Arts Commission, this tour will be

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