GAPIMNY

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 

• 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

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?â€?
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.