Our letter to FornabaioVoss:
Dear Tony Fornabaio and Brandon Voss:
Over the past year, the Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIMNY) has documented several cases of discrimination against gay Asian and Pacific Islander men by your door staff at the Friday night party Rockit at Quo and at its previous location Amalia.
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GAPIMNY looking for stories about racism at gay clubs
What is this? Wong Fu Productions explains:
The parade was an adrenaline rush from start to finish with kites flying above our heads, the beat of the NYU Korean drums pulsating through our bodies, and Asian LGBTQ of all ages proudly strutting across Canal Street.
Press from the parade:
A few media clips of the parade:
We are excited to announce our participation in representing API queer families at this year’s parade, which is endorsed by John Liu, our newly elected NYC comptroller, and Christine Quinn, Speaker of City Counsel
among others.
On Jan. 30th, 2010, a press conference was held in Chinatown to announce the groundbreaking participation of LGBTQ API contingent in 2010 Lunar New Year Parade. Rev. Patrick Cheng, a minister at Metropolitan Community Church, was present and spoke about the support he received from is family as a queer Asian. Also in attendance was Jamie Tam, a Chinese American Transgendered youth who shared his experience of rejection from his own family for not fitting in with traditional Asian culture.
The Lunar New Year parade will not only raise our visibility within the NYC Asian communities but also within our own families, especially during such an important time of the year where families come together to support one another. We’ll be there to be part of the Asian community and also to show that though we suffer hardships there are still loving families.
This event will be co-sponsored by the following organizations;
CAAAV
MCCNY
Chinatown Youth Initiatives
Q-WAVE
GAPIMNY
Barangay
Asian Women Giving Circle
Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA), New York Chapter
New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy
Project Reach
Nodutdol for Korean American Development
Queer Asian Spirit: LGBTQ Asians of Faith
Joan Chen: Actor
Helen Zia: Author, Human Rights Activist
NQAPIA, National Queer API Alliance
Greetings! We hope that everyone had a happy and healthy (except for the over-eating) Thanksgiving. This e-mail announces that the GAPIMNY Steering Committee election season begins now.
GAPIMNY wants you! The new Steering Committee for 2009 will be elected at our regular monthly General Meeting on Jan. 16, and nominations for positions on the board are now open, and will close on Dec. 26. Any full paid member can nominate or be nominated, and one can nominate oneself. Attached please find a document outlining the various board positions. To make a nomination, simply send an e-mail to gapimny@gapimny.org naming the person, and the position to which you would like to nominate him.
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