Gay and Asian, How we view ourselves
Time: Friday, May 16th, 8:00pm
Location: The LGBT Center, 208 West 13th St. betw 7th and 8th Ave.
(please visit reception desk for meeting room number)
Description:
Meeting Cost: $5 General Admission ; $2 for Members (all proceeds go towards cost of operations; exp. LGBT Center Room Rental, Food, etc.)
Questions/concerns? Please contact us at: gapimny@gapimny.org
The Joy F*** Club: Gay Asian Male Sexuality and the Porn Industry
Date: Thursday, May 8th
Time: 8:00-9:30 pm
Location:
APICHA (Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS) Building
Lower Level Floor
400 Broadway [Entrance on 70 Walker Street, across the street from Citibank]
New York, NY 10013
Google Map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=400+Broadway,+New+York,+NY+10013&sll=40.744981,-73.989315&sspn=0.011705,0.026693&ie=UTF8&ll=40.718867,-74.00175&spn=0.002927,0.006673&z=17&om=1
So you’re having sex, watching porn, or doing both at the same time! How does the porn industry paint gay asian male sexuality, and how does it manifest in your sexual relationships? Do you always find yourself performing your racial stereotypes? Aren’t we more than just submissive geisha bois? Talk, listen, and share your experiences with the folks at Downetime! All experience levels are welcome!
*This Meeting is FREE
*Meetings are open to Asian/Pacific Islander men/transgender people ages
18-26 who identify as queer or questioning
*Light refreshments will be provided
DowneTime is a new monthly GAPIMNY confidential support and discussion group
open to self-identified young adult queer Asian/Asian American
men/transgender people ages 18-26 of all experience levels. The group’s
goals are to create a safe space for young queer Asian men/trans folk to
discuss issues and shared experiences relating to identity, community, and
activism. Come discuss a range of issues and meet new peers and friends.
This event is sponsored by GAPIMNY (Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York)
questions/concerns? Please contact us at: downetime@gapimny.org
Special thanks goes to APICHA for all their support, time, and space!
Time: Friday, April 18th, 8:00pm
Location: The LGBT Center, 208 West 13th St. betw 7th and 8th Ave.
(please visit reception desk for meeting room number)
What are the most frequent Mental Health issues facing Gay Asian men? Do gay Asian men face different psychological challenges when coming out to their families? What is “good” mental health? What warning signs should members keep in mind for their friends as well as themselves? How can members & their friends seek help?
Please join us as we invite Shinhee Han (psychotherapist) and Dr. Calvin Chin (psychologist), each with 10+ years working on Asian American and LGBT issues, to share with us their experience and research on these Mental Health topics and more. Please see below for the impressive bios of our featured presenters.
This meeting will include a short video that features interviews with gay asian men and their parents, a presentation/discussion on Mental Health topics lead by our distinguished presenters, and time for Q&A.
Meeting Cost: $5 General Admission ; $2 for Members (all proceeds go towards cost of operations; exp. LGBT Center Room Rental, Food, etc.)
Questions/concerns? Please contact us at: gapimny@gapimny.org
Presenter Bios:
Shinhee Han
Shinhee Han is a psychotherapist in private practice. Her specializations include working with Asian American clients (adolescents and adults), international adoption, LGBT issues and academic issues. Previously, she was on the staff of the counseling services at the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Barnard College and Columbia University. She received her B.A. from the Univ. of Minnesota, her MSW from the Univ. of Chicago, and her Ph.D from New York University. Shinhee is fluent in Korean. Of note, Shinhee’s dissertation focussed on Asian American gay men who came out to their parents. Shinhee’s published works includes a paper co-written with David Eng, titled “A Dialogue on Racial Melancholia,” which appeared in the collection Loss: The Politics of Mourning.
Dr. Calvin R. Chin
Dr. Calvin Chin is the Assistant Director of Outreach and Community Clinical Services at Columbia University. Prior to joining Columbia Health Services, Calvin trained and conducted research at several hospitals including the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Mt. Sinai Hospital, and the Beth Israel Medical Center. He earned his B.A. at the University of Michigan and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at New York University, and completed an internship in clinical psychology at the Bellevue Hospital/NYU Medical Center. He then went on to complete a postdoctoral fellowship in College Counseling at Columbia. Calvin’s professional interests include working with Asian and Asian American students, with gay and lesbian students, and examining the process of integrating multiple identities. In addition to his work at Columbia, he is a mental health consultant to the Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS, where he leads workshops on prevention and empowerment. He recently presented a paper on postvention responses to suicide at the New York Coalition for Asian American Mental Health Conference and has lectured extensively on Asian American identity formation and development.
This month the New York City Police Department will join us for a special presentation about crime prevention, crime reporting, and safety for gay Asians. Presenters will discuss the Department’s policy of confidentiality that bars officers from inquiring about a person’s immigration status when she is a victim or a witness to a crime, how to report anti-gay harassment, and will answer other questions.
FEATURING
Speakers from the NYPD’s Community Affairs, GLBT, and New Immigrant Outreach Programs:
- Sergeant Tracey Servello, Chief of Community Affairs
- Detective Thomas Verni, Citywide GLBT Community Liaison
- Lieutenant Albert Chan, New Immigrant Community Liaison
- Officer Sue Too, Asian Liaison
LOCATION:
The LGBT Community Center
208 West 13th Street, at 7th Avenue. West Village, New York City
DATE/TIME:
Friday, March 21, 2008
8:00 to 10:00 PM
Contact: GAPIMNY at 212-802-RICE or gapimny@gapimny.org
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GAPIMNY provides a safe and supportive social, political, and educational forum for gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning Asian and Pacific Islander men in the New York metropolitan area. In an effort to create a safe space, this meeting is only open to gay, bisexual, and questioning men and transgender people of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage. Thanks for respecting the space.
QWAVE and GAPIMNY invite you to
“A ‘fishbowl conversation’ about Queer Asian American visibility”
Join us in a “fishbowl conversation” exploring our VISIBILITY as queer Asian-Americans, with subtopics to include at home and in the workplace, legal aspects and issues, and media coverage and portrayal
This a joint multi-gender meeting, but it will begin with an introduction of QWAVE Steering Committee members and elections for GAPIMNY’s 2008 Steering Committee.
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Friday, Jan. 18
8:00 to 10:00 PM
At the LGBT Center
208 West 13th St., between 7th and 8th Avenues
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Free. For more information: info@q-wave.org or gapimny@gapimny.org or 212-802-7428/RICE
NOTE: This event is a special joint meeting of GAPIMNY and Q-Wave, and is open to the memberships of both organizations. The meeting is open ONLY to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and questioning women, men, transgender, and gender-variant people of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage. Thanks for respecting the space.
Sex and Spirituality — A Gay Asian Perspective
Friday, November 16th, 8:00pm
The LGBT Center, 13th St. betw 7th and 8th Ave.
Sex is sex and church is church and never the twain shall meet… Surely you don’t mean sex in church, though…!
Both sex and spirituality touch the deepest parts of our being, but many churches and other religious institutions put a heavy stigma on sex, teach that sex, let alone gay sex, is sin, and through guilt and shame force us to separate our sexuality from our spirituality. Is it possible to celebrate both our sexual and spiritual selves? Can we integrate our sexual and spiritual lives? Can coming out be a spiritual experience? What role does the concept of religion play in our community and individual lives?
Join GAPIMNY with guest, Reverend Boon Lin Ngeo, for a discussion on the role of religion and spirituality in our community. Rev. Boon is a minister with the Metropolitan Community Church of New York (MCC-NY), an adjunct lecturer at St. Peter’s College, and the first openly gay clergy in Malaysia with plans to open Malaysia’s first gay church.
DowneTime: The GAPIMNY Young Adult Group
October Meeting: Friendships in the Gaysian World
Are you “the gay friend” all your straight friends refer to? Do you have a fag hag? Can two gays just be friends? During this meeting we explore the relationships between gay asian men and their friends and whether being gay + asian inhibits or facilitates friendships with different social groups. Join us for a friendly discussion October 11th and, of course, bring a friend!
Also, for those who came last time, we will also devote some time to continue last month’s anonymous quesiton activity, and provide the opportunity for new folk to throw in their own questions.
Date: Thursday, October 11th
Time: 8:00-9:30 pm
Location: APICHA (Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS) Building
Lower Level Floor
400 Broadway [Entrance on 70 Walker Street, across the street from Citibank]
New York, NY 10013
Google Map: APICHA building
Special thanks goes to APICHA ( apicha.org ) for all their support, time, and space!
questions/concerns? Please contact us at: downetime@gapimny.org
Time: Friday 9/21 8pm.
Location: Todai, 6 E. 32nd Street New York, NY 10016(between 5th ave and Madison)
http://www.todainyc.com/
Questions, please contact Yan by e-mail, yanli66@hotmail.com
Thank you for respecting this Asian Only event.
“How old are you? Are Gaysians forever 29?”
Friday, August 17th, 8:00pm
The LGBT Center, 13th St. betw 7th and 8th Ave.
Ranging from paternalism to age differences in relationships, how does perceptions of age affect the gay Asian community? Come to share with, meet, and discuss with fellow members as we delve in the often unspoken topic of age in our community. All ages are welcome. The meeting will be facilitated by Terrence and Daniel, the coordinators of GAPIMNY’s upcoming young adult group, DowneTime.
