Everything you ever wanted to know about mental health but were afraid to ask.
Is my psychologist really doing anything or is he just spitting back everything I tell him in the form of a question? How, exactly, do you define crazy? Are all my partners just a replacement for my mother? Is it really all about my mother?
This month we’re eager to invite back GAPIMNY Shinhee Han and Calvin Chin; two of our most popular presenters to answer all your questions about Mental Health.
Time: Friday, July 30th, 8:00-10:00 PM
Location: The LGBT Center,
208 West 13th St., between 7th and 8th Ave.
(Please visit reception desk for room number.)
Presenter Bios:
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A night of Queer Asian shorts.
GAPIMNY is hosting a night of Queer Asian short films. Included in the collection is “a silent film about a runaway teen who’s landed in a beach town (Still)” and “a political drama set in the Chosun Dynasty (A Crimson Mark).” Join us for a night of five short trysts into the mind of five Asian filmmakers.
Time: Friday, May 21st, 8:00 - 10:00 PM
Location: The LGBT Center,
208 West 13th St., between 7th and 8th Ave.
(Please visit reception desk for room number.)
A night of Queer Asian shorts.
Time: Friday, May 21th, 8:00-10:00 PM
Location: The LGBT Center,
208 West 13th St., between 7th and 8th Ave.
(Please visit reception desk for room number.)
GAPIMNY is hosting a night of Queer Asian short films. Included in the collection is “a silent film about a runaway teen who’s landed in a beach town (Still)” and “a political drama set in the Chosun Dynasty (A Crimson Mark).” Join us for a night of five short trysts into the mind of five Asian filmmakers.
Model Minority or Manipulated Minority?
The History of Racism in the U.S.: an Asian American Perspective
Don Kao, one of the founders of GAPIMNY, will take us through the 180 year history of racism against Asians in the U.S. in this mind opening workshop. See how Asians have been used to undermine other People of Color communities and movements for social change. In addition, we will explore a multiracial history time line to draw together the interconnections of Native American, African American, Latina/o, Asian/Pacific Islander and Women’s herstories/histories.
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Wednesday, March 17th
Project Reach
39 Eldridge Street, 4th floor
All QAPI are welcome!
Please note: This party is in lieu of our regular General Meeting; there will be no meeting at the Center this month.
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This meeting is facilitated by Project Reach
http://projectreachnyc.org/
Project Reach is a youth and adult-run, multi-racial, multi-gender, grassroots, anti-discrimination, youth organizing center with a clear mission and commitment to challenging the destruction among, of, and between New York City’s disparate youth communities. Implicit in that mission is a vision that recognizes that the empowerment of disenfranchised youth communities is critical and integral to their participation as future leaders in the larger movement for social justice.
2010 QAPI Town Hall meeting (& Steering Committee Elections):
Moving Forward - Building a stronger QAPI community in NYC
Time: Friday, Jan. 15th from 8-10PM
(Elections will be conducted 8-8:30pm)
Location: The LGBT Center, 208 W. 13th St. between 7th& 8th Ave.
Light refreshments will be provided
Free admission
Inspired by the North East regional caucus held at NQAPIA’s national QAPI conference in 2009, we will host an open discussion to accomplish greater inter-group collaboration within our QAPI community. We will be welcoming representatives from the QAPI organization below, and we will focus on the next steps in reaching this goal.
In addition, GAPIMNY will be holding our annual steering committee elections. GAPIMNY members may take part.
QAPI Groups represented at the Townhall meeting (As of 1/11):
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Get psyched as we get ready for the holidays with a special social GM! GAPIMNY is excited to help co-sponser the November FREE LGBT Night at the Leo Bar at Asia Society! Meet new folks, get some delicious drinks, and enjoy the beautiful exhibition and facility. Looking forward to seeing you!
LGBT Night: Leo Bar at the Asia Society
Friday, November 20, 2009
6:00-9:00pm
725 Park Avenue at 70th Street, New York City
Free Admission, Cash bar
Event Open to EVERYONE
Drink Specials on martinis, bellinis and more from 6:00 to 7:00 PM.
Exhibition Tours scheduled for 7:00 PM and 7:30 PM.
Current Exhibitions:
Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan
Devotion in South India: Chola Bronzes
Yoshihiro Suda: In Focus
November’s Outreach Partners: APICHA, GAPIMNY and the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
What is Leo Bar?
Leo Bar is all about chatting and mingling with cocktails in a museum! Meet and rub elbows with fun and interesting people, enjoy the free docent-lead exhibition tours, then relax and network the night away while sipping an intriguing and whimsical lychee martini!
Nothing Butt
Anal Health and Pleasure
Whether your as bootilicious as JLo or as rump deficient as Lohan, we can all learn to tend to our often neglected backseat passenger. GAPIMNY will be welcoming special guest Larry Tantay of APICHA, for a lesson on caring for our derriere and learning to get the most loot from that booty.
Friday, May 15th, 8-10 PM @ The LGBT Center,
208 West 13th St., between 7th and 8th Ave.
(Please visit reception desk for room number.)
Larry Tantay is the Community Health Education Coordinator of the YMSM Project at APICHA – the Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition HIV / AIDS.
Visit APICHA at
400 Broadway
New York, NY 10013
www.apicha.org
So who knows? Your best friend? Mom? Dad? Did you tell them? Did someone pull a Jason Wu on you? Or, are there still skeletons in your closet? Come join GAPIMNY as we discuss one of the most important milestones in our lives and find out from members of our community what it means to be gay, Asian, and out.
Part II of the “I <3 You" Series.
When: Friday, March 20th, 8:00pm
Where: The LGBT Center,
208 W. 13th St. between 7th& 8th Ave.
(Please visit reception desk for room number.)
Light snacks and refreshments will be served.
Meetings are open to Asian/Pacific Islander men/transgender people who identify as queer or questioning
To kick off GAPIMNY’s current theme, “I <3 You," we are celebrating
all you single men with an ever popular speed dating event!
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What are the issues queer Asian & Pacific Islander community face in 2009? How will the future policies of the president-elect Obama affect our community? What can we do individually to help support our community? Come to our annual QAPI Townhall meeting to learn more about our current community issues, share your thoughts and ideas, and learn how you can help our community to be stronger, safer, and healthier. Representatives from Audre Lorde Project, APICHA, Dari Project, GAPIMNY, NQAPIA, Q-WAVE and SALGA will be there to share their insights on what will be in store for 2009!
In addition, GAPIMNY will be holding our annual steering committee election. Take part in our election, and meet the newest steering committee members of GAPIMNY!
Date & Time: Friday, Jan. 16th from 8-10PM
Location: The LGBT Center, 208 W. 13th St. between 7th& 8th Ave.
Light refreshments will be provided
THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO ALL ASIAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER LGBTSTQGNC COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
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