ASIAN and SOUTH ASIAN AMERICANS (Asian Organizations, DVDs and printed resources; South Asian Americans Organizations, DVDs and printed resources)

Asian Organizations, DVD’s and printed resources.

NEW YORK  

APICHA - The Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS, In. The Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Inc (APICHA) is a non-profit organization providing HIV/AIDS services, education and research.
http://www.apicha.org/

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund – AALDEF (NYC). Founded in 1974, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) is a national organization that protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans. By combining litigation, advocacy, education, and organizing, AALDEF works with Asian American communities across the country to secure human rights for all. www.aaldef.org

The Coalition for Asian American Children & Families – CACF (NYC). The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF), the nation's only pan-Asian children's advocacy organization, aims to improve the health and well-being of Asian Pacific American children and families in New York City.
www.cacf.org 

Gay Asian & Pacific Islander Men of New York - GAPIMNY. Founded in 1990, the Gay Asian & Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIMNY) has provided a safe and supportive social, political, and educational space for gay, bisexual, and questioning men and transgender people of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage in the Greater New York Metropolitan Area. Meetings are held on the third Friday of each month at The LGBT Community Center. www.gapimny.org/

Q-WAVE - Q-Wave is an organization for people of Asian Pacific-Islander descent who identify as lesbian, female bisexual, or transgendered and for anyone who is questioning her identity or sexual orientation.
http://www.q-wave.org/

OUTSIDE OR NEW YORK

Asian & Pacific Islander Family Pride, The mission of Asian and Pacific Islander Family Pride is to end the isolation of Asian and Pacific Islander families with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members through support, education, and dialog. Our vision is the recognition and acceptance among Asian and Pacific islander families of the sexual and gender diversity within our cultures. Their  website offers a wealth of resources.
http://www.apifamilypride.org/  

AIBAI – Gay Chinese.Net. One of the largest Chinese language GLBT web sites in the world, offering information and educational services to the Chinese speaking GLBT community world wide. http://www.aibai.cn/

Aids Relief Funds for China – ARFC. Established in the fall of 2003, AIDS Relief Fund for China (ARFC) provides small grants to grassroots AIDS service and education organizations in China www.arfcusa.org

API Equality is committed to working in the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community in California and nationally for equal marriage rights, fair treatment, and overall acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. http://apiequality.org/

APIQS-DC – Asian Pacific Islanders Queer Sisters. Asian Pacific Islander Queer Sisters (APIQSDC) is an organization for queer API sisters in the Washington DC metropolitan area, focusing on education, community, and sisterhood. http://www.apiqsdc.org/ 

AQUA stands for the API Queers United for Action.  Founded in 1997, AQUA is an all-volunteer organization empowering the gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning members of the Asian and Pacific Islander community in the metro Washington, DC area.  http://www.aquadc.org/ 

The Dari Project. Created to develop resources that are designed to increase understanding and awareness in the Korean American community of the issues faced by LGBTQ people of Korean descent by documenting their lives and stories. http://dariproject.org/Dari_Project/About_Dari_Project.html 

Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA). http://www.gapa.org/.

Gay Vietnamese Alliance, The mission of GVA is to provide a safe and supportive environment for Vietnamese-identified gay, bisexual, transgender men from all over the world to network, voice issues, promote wellness, and foster leadership. http://www.gvalliance.org/history.html 

GRACE. We are a diverse, growing, member-led faith sharing group. In partnership with others, we create safe and confidential spaces for gay and questioning Asian and Pacific Islander Christians, allies, and supporters — joining together in community, social support, worship, prayer and spiritual sharing. http://gayasianchristians.org/wp/ 

HRC, resources for Asian Pacific  Americans.  www.hrc.org/issues/3600.htm 

PFLAG has many resources for Asian Americans (see some links below).  http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=465

Queers United. Asians are considered racial minorities, but there is very little effort to include their people, customs, and or specific issues within the context of LGBT organizations. They are overshadowed by other races and rarely taken into account.
http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2009/01/diversity-lesson-101-lgbtq-asians.html 


API’S DVDs and printed resources

Anyone and Everyone (DVD, documentary): Connected by having a son or a daughter who is gay, parents across the country discuss their experiences in this documentary. In it, filmmaker Susan Polis Schutz depicts families from all walks of life. Individuals with such diverse backgrounds as Japanese, Bolivian, and Cherokee, as well as from various religious denominations such as Mormons, Jewish, Roman Catholic, Hindu and Southern Baptist, share intimate accounts of how their children revealed their sexual orientation and discuss their responses.  http://www.anyoneandeveryone.com/ 

Coming Out, Coming Home (Video).  Asian & Pacific Islander Family Stories, a 44-minute color video (DVD) featuring interviews of one Filipino and three Chinese families and a dialogue among parents of these gay children. Speaking in English, the families talk about shame, grief, love, growth, the importance of family and how they handled their conflicts around homosexuality.  http://www.apifamilypride.org/resources.html 

After Your Children Come Out... A Guide for Parents of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Children (booklet in Chinese). http://community.pflag.org/Document.Doc?&id=18 

Answers to Your Questions About Sexual Orientation and Homosexuality (booklet in Chinese based on the American Psychological Association original). 
http://community.pflag.org/Document.Doc?&id=20 

Bibliography of Chinese Publications on LGBT Topics.
http://community.pflag.org/Document.Doc?&id=19 

Beloved Daughter (book): In Chinese and English. Letters from parents to their Lesbian daughters.  http://www.apifamilypride.org/resources.html 

Just the Facts About Sexual Orientation & Youth: Primer for Principales, Educators and School Personnel (booklet in Chinese). http://community.pflag.org/Document.Doc?&id=21 


South Asian Americans Organizations, DVD’s and printed resources

PFLAG, resources for South Asian Americans.  
http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=465 

SALGA-NYC - The South Asian Lesbian & Gay Association of New York City.  SALGA serves to promote awareness, tolerance, acceptance, empowerment and safe spaces for sexual minorities and people of all gender identities, who trace their heritage to South Asia or who identify as South Asian. Our mission is to enable community members to establish cultural visibility and take a stand against oppression and discrimination in all its forms. SALGA website includes resources in India, Nepal Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. http://salganyc.org/ 

KhushDC founders Atul and Yassir met on the streets of New York City in June of 1994 during Stonewall 25th Anniversary celebration. They were surprised to learn that they were both from D.C., and while they spoke at the "Utsav" in New York City, they decided to start a group similar to NYC's SALGA (South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association) when they returned to D.C. http://www.khushdc.org/contact.html 

TRIKONE is a non-profit organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people of South Asian Descent. Founded in 1986 in the San Francisco Bay Area, Trikone is the first group of its kind in the world. South Asians affiliated with Trikone trace their ethnicities to one of the following places: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Tibet. http://www.trikone.org/mission.shtml 


South Asian’s DVDs and printed resources

Historic Decision: The Highest Court in Delhi, India Decriminalizes Homosexuality. 
http://www.huntcal.com/cgi/eventview.cgi/Trikone/trikoneCal?vm=rs-L-h&yr=2009&id=246812861&d=2&m=7 

Historic Decision: Pakistan’s Supreme Court Orders Equal Rights for Transgender Pakistanis. 
http://www.huntcal.com/cgi/eventview.cgi/Trikone/trikoneCal?vm=rs-L-h&yr=2009&id=247697983&d=15&m=7 

Anyone and Everyone (DVD, documentary): Connected by having a son or a daughter who is gay, parents across the country discuss their experiences in this documentary. In it, filmmaker Susan Polis Schutz depicts families from all walks of life. Individuals with such diverse backgrounds as Japanese, Bolivian, and Cherokee, as well as from various religious denominations such as Mormons, Jewish, Roman Catholic, Hindu and Southern Baptist, share intimate accounts of how their children revealed their sexual orientation and discuss their responses.  http://www.anyoneandeveryone.com/