Highlighted Events in 2011                                                    

APIQWTC's 2011 Spring Banquet  
Lunar New Year Celebration

5pm - 11pm
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Legendary Palace, Oakland

Hip Hop! Look out! Our lunar new year / spring celebration of the Rabbit & Cat year is just round the corner!  We are hosting this 24th Annual Spring Banquet at Legendary Palace, a traditional banquet restaurant in Oakland. They have the best Honey Walnut Prawn in town and their friendly staffs are offering the entire second floor for our event.

Come see old friends and make new ones.  This year's Phoenix Award is going to our very own Pam Louie and the community performances are going to be fabulous!!!  Great silent auction and raffle drawings, including an iPad!!!

And, the tradition continues - a free commemorative mug will be given away at the banquet. This year's design is once again our top secret!!! :-)

Our banquet has been a sold-out event for the last few years and space is limited, so please reserve your seats ASAP!! For more information about our banquet, please click more banquet info.

View photos of previous banquet at Legendary Palace, click here.

We always need volunteer to plan for and/or one the day of the banquet. This event would not happen without our fabulous volunteers. Please contact us at info@apiqwtc.org  :-)

Our next planning meeting is going to be in January. Please email ginny@apiqwtc.org for more information. Thank you!

Other Upcoming Events:

• 1st Annual Peninsula Queer Families event “FAMILY to FAMILY”  
  
  2:00pm-4:30pm
  Saturday, Feb 5, 2011
  Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
  505 East Charleston Rd, Palo Alto, Ca 94306
  
  2:00-3:00pm    Activities, Food, Information Tables
  3:00-4:30pm    Program: Speakers and Family Entertainment
  
  Hosted by Our Family Coalition (OFC) and Queer Parents for the Love and Advocacy of Our Youth (QPLAY)
  
  Join us in celebrating our diverse families. There will be fun-filled activities, yummy appetizers and raffle prizes for parents and children. Learn about the services and events occurring for our families in the Peninsula. Meet other queer parents and their children. Allies and supportive extended families are invited.
   
  RSVP/Questions please contact:
            Rachel at 650-219-8409 or femmy777@aol.com
            Joy at 650-515-1901 or jtcaneda@yahoo.com
            Dave at dave.chandler@mac.com.
  
  Please RSVP so that we can proper estimate food.
  
  Check the Facebook page: Our Family Coalition Peninsula Parents for event updates
  
  
   
• Federal Tax Changes for Domestic Partners
  
  In May 2010, the IRS announced major changes to how it now treats the community property of California state-registered domestic partners (RDPs), which most likely affects same-sex married couples as well. The changes will have a major effect on your federal income taxes, as well as your estate planning. This workshop will help you make sense of the changes, including retroactively in some some cases.
  
  Find out the change mean for you and your family, get your questions answered.
  
  Childcare available with registration. 
  
  When: Thursday, February 24, 6-8pm
  REGISTER for February 24: Click here!   
  Where:  The SF LGBT Community Center,
              1800 Market Street, San Francisco
  
  When: Friday, February 25, 6-8pm
  REGISTER for February 25: Click here! 
  Where:  Bananas (entrance in rear),
              5232 Claremont, Oakland
   

  Facilitated by Alma Soongi Beck, Esq of The Beck Law Group, P.C

  and Chris Kollaja, CPA, of A.L. Nella & Co

  Co-Sponsored by: 

  
   

• SF Intl' Asian American Film Festival
  at Pacific Film Archive 
  
  March 11-19, 2011
  
  Each year, the Center for Asian American Media brings us the best in contemporary cinema from Asia and the Asian diaspora. The twenty-ninth installment of this adventurous festival at PFA features films and documentaries from China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, Mongolia, Tibet, South Korea, Thailand, and of course, the United States. A spotlight on the work of Gurinder Chadha, recent horror films, and a special presentation by UC Santa Barbara scholar Yunte Huang about the real Charlie Chan round out a week of discoveries and revelations.
  
  For even more national and regional cinema, alternative media, and special events, check the complete festival schedule at caamedia.org. 
  
  A Presentation of the Center for Asian American Media
  Program notes are adapted from the festival catalog.
  
  Special admission prices apply: 
  General admission: $12
  CAAM and BAM/PFA members: $10 (limit 2 tickets per person per program)
  Students, seniors, and disabled persons: $10 (limit 1 ticket per person per program)
  
  Advance tickets for festival programs at the PFA Theater are available at the PFA Theater box office and BAM/PFA admissions desk, online, or by phone at (510) 642-5249.
  
  Please note that PFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to these programs.
  Tickets are nonrefundable, and may not be exchanged.
  For information about festival screenings in San Francisco and San Jose or about purchasing PFA Theater tickets in San Francisco, visit the SFIAAFF website at caamedia.org.  

  The Pacific Film Archive Theater
  2575 Bancroft Way (between Telegraph and Bowditch) in Berkeley.
  
  Advance tickets are available by calling (510) 642-5249 or
  visiting http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/tickets
  
  For more information on these and other programs,
  visit http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/filmseries
  
  
   

• Purple Moon Dance's "Two Wings" 
  
  7:30pm, Fri & Sat, April 15 & 16
  6:00pm, Sat, April 17
  Dance Mission Theater
  3316 24th Street, San Francisco
  
  In celebration of Purple Moon's 20th year
  "The Unforgettable Secret Rhythms of Joy"
  
  Two Wings - A shared evening of performance with
  Purple Moon Dance Project/Jill Togawa and Liz Boubion
  
  Tickets: $15 adv, $20 door
  www.brownpapertickets.com, 415-826-4441
  
  
  
  Purple Moon Dance Project,
  1385 Mission St., Ste. 340, San Francisco, CA 94103
  415-552-1105 p 415-864-6703 fax
  project@purplemoondance.org
  www.purplemoondance.org
  
  
  
   
• Our Family Coalition's Annual Night Out

  Thursday, May 5, 2011
  Parc 55 Wyndham
  55 Cyril Magnin Street, San Francisco
  
  
  
  Our Family Coalition promotes the rights and well-being of Bay Area lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer families with children and prospective parents through education, advocacy, social networking, and grassroots community organizing.
  
  Headquarters: 870 Market St., Ste. 872, San Francisco, CA 94102
  East Bay Office: 344 40th St., Oakland, CA 94609
  www.ourfamily.org · 415-981-1960
  

• TRIKONE's "Show Me Your Jalwa"
  Bollywood By The Bay !!!!   
  
  Presented by TRIKONE and Co-Sponsors by APIQWTC
  
  Friday, June 17
  At the Supper Club
  657 Harrison St, San Francisco (near Montgomery BART)
  
  Kick off your summer with all of us
  in your Asian & Pacific Islander LGBT community . . .
  it's Bollywood By The Bay!
  
  * * * An irresistible mix of socializing, music from groove-a-licious DJs Ashu Rai and Lady Ryan, bellydancing, female trapeze artistry -- and you and your friends! * * *
  
             $15 advance at www.trikone.org
             $20 at the door
  
  Proceed benefits Trikone and APIQWTC!
  Come and support Your Community Organizations!
  And Have a Great Time Doing It!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
• 7th Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival  
  Presented by QWOCMAP
  
  Fri, June 10 at 6pm - June 12 at 9pm
  Brava Theater for Women in The Arts
  2789 24th Street, San Francisco
  http://www.qwocmap.org/
  
  It's going to be hot and hilarious and healing.
  It's the FREE 7th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival!
  
  The Festival Focus is "Igniting the Intersections: LGBTSQGNC people of color". The Featured Screening showcases films about gender & gender identity, sex, sexism and sexuality. From looking for work in a world that only sees two genders and rigid gender roles to fierce fat femmes who can tell you about "having more to work with", these films honor our stories.
  
  Other screenings feature films that focus on healing, family and community, and some of the steamiest sex scenes that we want to replay over and over (and they will be marked explicit content!) The Film Festival will also include amazing after parties and other events, including a panel of queer women of color who laid the groundwork for our understanding of the intersections that we inhabit as queer and transgender people of color.
    

  
  Showcasing 38 NEW films that kindle tenacious connections
  of community, family and romance! The Festival Focus, 
  Igniting the Intersections: LGBTQ People of Color, sets 
  afire crossroads of identity and issues, to build a blistering 
  amalgam of Truth, Love and Justice!

  
   

  This year's Festival features five screening programs of brand-new QWOCMAP films, 
  Pre-Screening Receptions, Q&A with Filmmakers, and a special Panel Discussion 
  focused on Thinkers & Troublemakers. As well as hot‑hot‑hot fun–raising Festival Parties! 
  Admission is FREE to all film screenings
  PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY TO ENSURE SEATING

Pride Celebration:
 

• San Francisco

  Dyke March 2011

  Saturday, June 25

  Rally in Dolores Park 3–7 pm
  Meet around 6pm on the steps of Mission High School
  
  As is our tradition, APIQWTC will be gathering around 6pm on the steps of Mission High School on 18th and Delores Streets in San Francisco. Come and enjoy the company of tens of thousands of other women as we take over the streets of San Francisco.
  
  Please visit the Dyke March website for more information: http://thedykemarch.org/.

  
  
   

• SHOW YOUR PRIDE --
  MARCH WITH US!
  
  Sunday, June 26
  Gather at 8:30 AM, march at 10 AM

  Join our API pride parade contingent!
  
  Celebrate the 41st San Francisco Pride by marching with A&PI Wellness Center! We will be gathering at 8:30 AM and marching down Market Street starting at 10AM.

  Other organizations marching together include Gay Asian Pacific Alliance, Trikone, Gay Vietnamese Alliance, A&PI Family Pride and more. If you are interested in joining our contingent as an organization, please contact Ben Cabangun at ben@apiwellness.org or by calling (415) 292-3400 x 314.

  A&PI Parade Contingent, Pride Sunday
  Gather at 8:30 AM, march at 10 AM
  Contact Ben Cabangun at (415) 292-3420 x 314 for more information.
  
  The 2011 San Francisco Pride event theme is, "In Pride We Trust". Please visit Pride website for more information: http://www.sfpride.org/.
  
   

• "Double Happiness Seeks Same"
  APIQWTC is a co-presenter for this series of shorts with FRAMELINE.

  Thursday, June 23, 7:00 PM
  Victoria Theatre
  DOUB23V - Get your tickets before they sell out! 

  This charming compilation of Asian & Pacific Islander short films takes us on a journey looking for love and acceptance. First date jitters, MUNI cruising, awkward ex sightings, and Star Wars action figures collide with familial expectations and the eternal quest to find bliss at any age.

  Here is the individual page for “Double Happiness Seeks Same”: http://www.frameline.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=2180&FID=48
  
  Festival schedule is now available at http://www.frameline.org/festival/
   

  
   

• National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance's
  Annual Summit

  A Training and Issue Briefing for Leaders of LGBT
  AAPI Organizations  

  July 28-31, 2011
  San Jose and San Francisco, CA 

  The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) is organizing a weekend long training and issue briefing for leaders of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander (AAPI) organizations.  Local leaders from around the country will convene to network, learn about current issues, share strategies, and build the infrastructure of their organizations.  NQAPIA’s Board will also hold a meeting and participate in the Summit. For more info, check the website: http://www.nqapia.org/

  Agenda

  Thursay, July 28
  9:00 – 5:00 PM           NQAPIA Board Meeting (San Jose, CA)

  Friday, July 29, 2010
  9:00 – 2:00 PM           NQAPIA Board Meeting  (San Jose, CA)
  3:00 – 5:00 PM           Introduction and Orientation for Organizations (San Jose, CA)
  6:00 –8:00 PM            Welcoming Reception (San Jose, CA)

  Saturday, July 30, 2010
  9:00 – 6:00 PM           Training and Issue Briefing (Billy DeFrank Center, San Jose, CA)
  6:00 PM                      NQAPIA Community Catalyst Award (San Francisco, CA)

  Sunday, July 31, 2010
  NQAPIA National Program and Activities (San Jose, CA) 

  For More Information, Contact:
  Ben de Guzman, NQAPIA Co-Director for Programs
  202-422-4909 or ben_deguzman@nqapia.org
   

  2011 NQAPIA Community Catalyst Awards - UPDATES
  
  We're excited to come to the Bay Area for the annual NQAPIA Community Catalyst Awards! It's just around the corner and we wanted to provide you with some updates:

  1) Deadline for Early Bird Rate is extended! Get your tickets for $65.00 until July 28. We want to make sure you're able to get your seat!

  2) Asian Pacific Islander Family Pride: We're pleased to announce that we will be featuring API Family Pride's Wall of Honor. Come and see the compelling stories of Asian Pacific Islander families that honor and recognize their LGBT children.

  3) VIPs: Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA) heads a list of VIPs and elected officials, as well as community leaders from the LGBT community in San Francisco and around the country.
  Community Catalyst Award Information

  When: Saturday, July 30- Doors open at 6:00pm
  Where: Louis B. Mayer Lounge at the UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco,
  198 McAllister Street.
  
  Community Catalyst Award: Lance Toma and the Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, a health services, education, research and policy organization for AAPIs, particularly those living with or at risk for HIV/AIDS.
  
  Community Catalyst Award:
  Sống Thật Radio, groundbreaking radio program in Vietnamese raising awareness of LGBT issues in San Jose’s Vietnamese American community.
   
  Unsung Heroes for GAPA, APIQWTC, API Equality- Northern California, Trikone and South Bay Queer & Asian
  
  Performer: Rice Rockettes and One Love Oceania
  Emcees: Tita Aida and Geena Dabadghav.
  Purchase tickets online: https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/7100/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=42412
  (contact nqapia@gmail.com to inquire about limited income rates)
  
  For more information, contact nqapia@gmail.com.
  
  We'll see you soon!
  
  NQAPIA Community Catalyst Awards Planning Committee!
  
  
   

• SISTAHS STEPPIN’ IN PRIDE
  10th Annual East Bay Dyke March & Festival
  
  Saturday, August 27, 2011
  It’s their FINAL YEAR!!!
  
  This event – an Oakland institution! -- celebrates the breadth, diversity and culture of the East Bay’s lesbian and bisexual women's community. What began in 2002 as a conversation between friends --“Hmmm, we should celebrate queer women in the East Bay with a dyke march!”-- the celebration is now an important and multi-faceted event that embraces and empowers queer women and the allies in the East Bay.
  
  The March starts at the pillars of Lake Merritt, in the heart of Oakland around 11am, and ends at a festival at Snow Park, transformed into our very own Sistah Village.
  
  With your friends and family, you’ll enjoy an exciting stage of entertainers, great food, special spaces for elders & kids, community resource information, vendors galore, games, dancing…the list is endless! But the most important part of the celebration is YOU, so JOIN US!!
  
  Can't believe that this would be the last year of Sistahs Steppin' in Pride in Oakland. www.sistahssteppin.org/
  
   

• Oakland Pride
  
  Oakland Pride 2011 - "We Are Family"
  Downtown Oakland
  September 4, 2011
  
  Oakland Pride 2011 is coming up on Sunday, September 4 - join us in participating!
  
  Last year, over 35,000 community members in Oakland and beyond participated in this huge celebration. This year, it would be bigger than ever! Please visit their website for more information: www.oaklandpride.org
  
  
   

• Kulture Kulcha by Trikone
  Celebrate the 25th year anniversary
  
  6:30pm Saturday, September 10, 2011
  St. Mary's Cathedral at Gough and Gary, San Francisco
  
  Congrats to our friend, Trikone for their 25th year anniversary gala!!!
  Trikone knows how to party well!!!
  Please come support Trikone and join a bunch of APIQWTC folks at this event.
  
  
  
  
   

• GAPA Interviews with SF Mayoral Candidiates
  
  7pm - 9:30pm, Sept 13th, 2011
  
  The GAPA Board of Directors will be hosting an endorsement interview with San Francisco Mayoral Candidates to address issues and concerns pertinent for LGBT Asian and Pacific Islander Communities.  We would like to extend an invitation to GAPA Members and Supporters to attend.  We have confirmed:

  • Leland Yee - 7:15pm 

  • Dennis Herrera - 7:30pm 

  • John Avalos - 7:45pm

  • Jeff Adachi - 8:00pm

  • Bevan Dufty - 8:15pm

  • David Chiu - 9pm

  • Phil Ting - 9:15pm 

  Event Location:

  API Wellness Center
  730 Polk Street, 4th Floor

  San Francisco, CA

   

  Program to start at 7:00pm, Food will be provided.

    

  For candidate questions and event information please contact GAPA Political Awareness Chair Ben Cabangun at bencabangun@gapa.org  For other questions and comments, please contact GAPA Co-Chairs Benjamin Leong or Brian Yee

  GAPA is also proud to Co-Sponsor Chinese for Affirmative Action San Francisco Mayoral Debate scheduled for September 28 - 630pm at Chinese Cultural Center.
  
  

  
   

• API Family Pride 8th Annual Family Presentation Banquet
  "Public Recognition of Private Courage"

  EVENT CANCELLED!!!
  Sunday, 18 September 2011
  11:00 AM till 2:00 PM
  Hotel Whitcomb, San Francisco, CA

  Call For Honorees July 2011  Call For Honorees! Are you an LGBT Asian or Pacific Islander who has an amazing family or one relative in particular who has offered you nothing but unconditional love and support through your coming out process?  If so, then we invite you to honor them at Asian & Pacific Islander Family Pride's 8th Annual Family Presentation Banquet. "Public Recognition of Private Courage" Sunday, 18 September 2011 11:00 AM till 2:00 PM at Hotel Whitcomb, San Francisco, CA Come and join a community of over 90 Asian & Pacific Islander family members who have been honored and participated in this life changing event.  Celebrate the love and support of your family by publicly honoring them at our upcoming Family Presentation Banquet! Nomination Procedure: Step 1: Provide your name, address, email, telephone or other contact information. Step 2: Provide the name and relation of the person you are honoring. Step 3: Provide a written summary of 100 words maximum describing the love, support and acceptance the honored person(s) has provided throughout your journey of self-discovery as an A&PI LGBT individual. Step 4: Include a 30-word bio of the person(s) or description of the organization being honored. Step 5: Provide one (1) photograph suitable for publication of the person(s) being nominated; a high resolution digital photo is preferred. Step 6: Send the information to: API-FP, P.O. Box 473, Fremont, CA 94537, or email to belinda@apifamilypride.org. Call Belinda: 510-818-0887 Nomination Deadline:          The written summary, brief bio, and photograph must be received no later than August 22, 2011.  Visit our website:                  www.apifamilypride.org      DONATE API Family Pride is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization who depends on the support of its generous benefactors to continue its mission to end the isolation of API families with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender members.

   

• Rice Bowl 2011
  A Joint Summer BBQ & Sports event with our community partners,
  Trikone and GAPA!!!

  Noon - 5pm
  Sat, September 24th, 2011
  Speedway Meadow @ Golden Gate Park
  (spots #13 - #16)
  San Francisco, CA 

  
   

APIQWTC 'Your Two Cents' Meetup

3pm - 5pm
Saturday, October 15th
API Equality office in SF Chinatown
17 Walter U. Lum Place, San Francisco, CA 94108

APIQWTC wants to hear from you!!!! Come join the party. Meet new people, catch up with friends, eat some yummy food, hear about what's happening in your community, and win a prize!!!

PARKING:  Garage parking available via Kearny