Fabulous performances By & about API Dykes at Luna Sea!!! Directed by Madeleine Lim & Yolanda S. Vierra Allen. 5 shows only: Fri Oct 13, Sat Oct 14, Thur Oct 19, Fri Oct 20, & Sat Oct 21. Performance begins at 8pm. $10 - $15 sliding scale. Call Luna Sea box office at (415) 863-2989 to make your reservations now!!! Luna Sea is located at 2940 16th Street (between Mission & South Van Ness), San Francisco, one block from 16th Street BART station.

Performance begins at 8pm. Doors open at 6pm. It’s a sold out show, but limited seats might be available at the door at 6pm. Yoshi's World Class Jazz House is located at Jack London Square, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland.

7pm ~ 9pm at API Wellness Center, 730 Polk St, 4th floor, San Francisco. During election time, do you find yourself relying on the Bay Guardian as your "official" Voter Guide? Do you wish there were other resources to help you sift through all the mess they called "politics"? Are you interested in discussing the issues for this upcoming election and learning more about all these Props and Candidates? Then, please join us for an evening of information sharing and exchange in this facilitated, but non-partisan election forum for APIQWTC. Questions? Please contact Chris at cdurazo@andnet.org or Lorrie at ltanioka@yahoo.com. Refreshments will be served.

Directed by Grace Poore and sponsored by Narika. This is a compelling documentary to help change beliefs and perceptions that permit sexual abuse of girl children. It reveals the social and cultural resistance in South Asia and the Diaspora to dealing with why incest happens and how it affects victims. It presents the irony of home as a source of refuge and source of violation, family as source of comfort and source of betrayal. This is as much a video that validates survivors of incest as it is a call to examine how we expose children to sexual abuse with households and families.

Grace Poore, a South Asian activist, produces and uses videos to advocate for an end to violence against women. She has worked in the U.S. battered women's movement and gives campus and community workshops within and outside the U.S. She started Shakti Productions in 1989.

6:15 p.m. Refreshments served
6:30 p.m. Screening of "The Children We Sacrifice"
7:30 p.m. Discussion with Grace Poore

Location:  Rm #575, McCone Hall, UC Berkeley.
Direction:  From Hwy 80 East, take University Avenue Exit.  Turn left on Oxford, right on Hearst, and at the intersection of Euclid and Hearst, turn left into campus.  MacCone Hall is the2nd bldg on the left.

1pm ~ 5pm both days. Learn physical skills, verbal skills, and prevention strategies. Event sponsored by AWS, CUAV, SFWAR, AFSC, Midori-Kai, Korean Community Center of East Bay, Nihonmachi Legal Outreach, & API Wellness Center. Space is limited. Registration is FREE by Oct 21. Questions: (510) 597-1490 box 2 or email RUCKUS at Ruckusbayarea@hotmail.com.

San Francisco     Oct 28     Notre Dame Senior Plaza, 347 Dolores St. (between 16th & 17th st)
Oakland              Oct 29     Oakland YWCA, Ehmann Hall Room, 1515 Webster St. (x st is 15th st)

Did you ever want to learn how to juggle, or perhaps to fly on trapeze? Wait no longer, and join us for a day of circus-circus fun, AQUA style. FREE event. Please RSVP to Shery Uyan (415) 292-3420 x 315 or sheryl@apiwellness.org. Rides can be arranged. Call for more info. Event sponsored by QUACK (QUeer Asian ChicKs).

7:30 ~ 9:00pm. Let's "talk story" as we explore issues that are important to us. QUACK (Queer Asian Chicks program) is a support group for young API girls under 25 years old and meets on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of every month. 730 Polk St, 4th floor, San Francisco.

This is a lesbian only film festival features quite a few API films! Tickets $7 each film. Disabled discount $4.50. Festival pass $35. For more info, call 510-654-6346 or visit www.lapena.org. Sponsored by La Peña Cultural Center, co-sponsored by Frameline. Produced by Karen Hester with support from the Horizons Foundation and Wolfe Video. Location: Fine Arts Cinema, 2451 Shattuck (at Haste) in downtown Berkeley.

Do not miss this FUN!!! T-dance and Karaoke, 4pm ~ 10pm at Tango-Tango. Oh you know you want to just grab the microphone and sing your version of "My heart will go on," like it’s never been sung before! Well, this is the day for you. Join us to sing, socialize, and party before the AAPI Presidential Commission Forum. Plus, your attendance will help QUACK continue to provide needed services for Queer API young women.

You are cordially invited to attend a special forum and reception presented by a national coalition of Asian and Pacific Islander Lesbian and Bisexual Queer and Transgender (APLBQT) community members, before the Presidential Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

For the first time in our history of organizing, the effort to plan for the Forum has galvanized and mobilized our collective community. This singular event and the opportunity to partner amongst ourselves has inspired and energized our efforts. We hope to highlight our unique set of issues and provide strategic recommendations in support of the Commission's focus around Access and Partnerships, and we hope you will be an interested party to this exchange.

The APLBQT Forum will be held at Pacific Bell Multi-Media Center, 370 Third St, San Francisco. 8:00am ~ 2:30pm. Please RSVP by Nov 10 at 650-697-0375 or email aplbqtforum@excite.com. (you don’t have to use your real name.)

12:30pm ~ 3pm. Location: TBA. It’s been one exciting year since APIQWTC had its open house last year. Over the past year, we have sponsored 2 annual summer BBQs and a few workshops, and been hosting a news/announcement email list and providing a communication channel between API queer women groups and individuals. You are all invited to come celebrate the birthday of APIQWTC. J You are also welcome to join us for our meeting 11am ~ noon. Please stay tuned! For info, call our hotline (415) 292-3420 x 513 or apiqwtc-owners@egroups.com.

TBA. Please stay tuned! For info, call our hotline (415) 292-3420 x 513 or email piqwtc-owners@egroups.com.

Remember our wonderful tradition: the API Queer Women & Transgender Annual Lunar New Year Banquet? It’s coming back!!! Banquet will be at Yank Sing in Ricon Center. 6:30 - 10:30 pm. Lots of performance and fun! This year, Gloria Yee will be taking the lead to make it happen. If you would like to volunteer for this wonderful event, please email her at interestng@aol.com . Please call our hotline (415) 292-3420 x 513 or email apiqwtc-owners@egroups.com for more info.