Crystal Jang named a 2013 SF Pride Grand Marshal
Congrats to our very own Crystal Jang, voted to be among the 2013 SF Pride Grand Marshals! From the SF Pride press release: “Crystal Jang, a self-described Chinese-American activist, began organizing as a lesbian feminist, and then later advocated for greater visibility in response to witnessing racism in the LGBT community. The first “out” API teacher in San Francisco, Crystal was appointed as the SFUSD’s first Middle…
Read MoreGAPA Scholarships Available – Apply By July 15
Hey… you! Yes, you! Do you identify as LGBT and/or API? Are you a leader or budding leader in your community? Are you a high school student, college student, or graduate student? (students of life don’t count, sorry!) If so, then you’re in luck – here’s a chance to earn a scholarship that you can apply towards your rapidly declining education fund! The Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA) Foundation Scholarship is a scholarship that seeks to provide financial assistance to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Asian and Pacific Islanders who are currently in high...
Read MoreAPIQWTC Intergenerational Conversation
APIQWTC will be at the Cal Queer and Asian Conference this Saturday, hosting an intergenerational conversation! We’d love it if you all could join us! We are expecting folks of all ages to talk story, ask questions, and to learn more about each other’s successes and struggles.
Saturday, May 4th: Session I: 10:25AM-11:50AM
Room 242, Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley
Read MoreAPIQWTC Co-Sponsors the Dari Project Book Launch!
Come join APIQWTC at the Dari Project Bay Area Book Launch Party!
Saturday May 18, 4-7PM
Join Dari Project, the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA), and the Asian Pacific Islander Queer Women & Transgender Community (APIQWTC) for the Bay Area launch of the first bilingual collection of LGBTQ Korean American stories!
Read MoreIntern for APIQWTC
We’re collaborating with API Equality – Northern California to host a summer intern. Would you love to help initiate and develop programs for APIQWTC? Wanna learn and grow with amazing LGBTQ API activists and organizers? Well, apply to API Equality’s internship and indicate on your cover letter that you’re interested in the APIQWTC internship spot!
Read More2013 APIQWTC Scholarship Awardees!
Congratulations to our two APIQWTC scholarship awardees Alyssa Lerner and Vanessa Coe! THANKS to all of you, for your donations and your participation in the silent auction to keep this scholarship program running. To learn more about Alyssa and Vanessa see below. Alyssa Lerner is a Filipina and Jewish queer womyn in her third year as an undergraduate student at the University of California at Berkeley. She is majoring in Ethnic Studies and minoring in Dance and Performance Studies. Alyssa has been interning at Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s office in Oakland on projects addressing housing and...
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