AQU25A (Asian and Pacific Islander, Queer and Questioning, Under 25 and Under, All Together) is a group about and run by young queer and questioning Asians and Pacific Islanders (A&PIs) who are aged 25 years and under.  The group serves as a safe space for young people to hang out. We hold picnics, socials, parties, dances, retreats and other fun activities throughout the year. Check out our cool AQU25A website at www.aquanet.org. For more information, please contact Celeste Chan, AQU25A Program Coordinator, at 415.292.3420 x315 or celeste@apiwellness.org.

MAPLBN (Mandarin-speaking Asian and Pacific- Islander Lesbian and Bisexual women Network) is a support group for Mandarin-speaking queer women. For more info or to get onto MAPLBN's email list-server, please just send us an email at maplbn-owner@yahoogroups.com.

O-Musubi is a group for Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning Women of Japanese Ancestry. We have an email list, occasional activities, and coming soon… a newsletter! All participants are encouraged to contribute ideas and energy into creating what it is they want for the group, whether it will be social, political and/or cultural in scope. Lorrie Tanioka at (415) 647-9507, or email her at ltanioka@yahoo.com.

OASIS (Older Asian Sisters in Solidarity) is a group for Asian lesbians 35+ with regular and occasional events. To subscribe OASIS newsletters or to be on the email list, please email OASIS-Gals-owner@yahoogroups.com. For info, call 415-239-2404 ext 2.

 

Queer Koreean Family Project

QK Family Project is committed to developing a culturally-relevant, bilingual resource for our parents, siblings, and ourselves. Few resources exist either in Korean or English that support our families -- to let them know that they are not alone when they struggle with their disappointment, fear, sadness and/or confusion about our queerness. Through the Queer Korean Family Project, we hope to nurture our relationships with our parents and siblings by encouraging a healthy dialogue about our queerness, and to educate the community about homophobia.

We are a diverse group of queer Korean Americans living in the San Francisco Bay Area. We came together to form the Queer Korean Family Project (QKFP) in early 2001. Collectively, we decided that it was time to develop a publication for our parents and siblings who continue to struggle with our queer identities. This project was inspired in part by a booklet called "Beloved Daughter," published in 1999 by MAPLBN.

For more information, please visit our website Queer Korean Family Project

Rong-Tien is a support/rap group for Vietnamese queer women. Email rongtien@egroups.com to get on the mailing list. www.10percent.net.

SAMBAL (Singaporean and Malaysian Bisexual and Lesbians) is a support/rap group that holds monthly potlucks. To be added onto SAMBAL email list, email us at sambal-owner@yahoogroups.com. Please also check out our website at www.apiqwtc.org/sambal.

Song That Radio  is the first and only radio program for the Vietnamese LGBT community. It is broadcast in Vietnamese on KSJX 1500 AM every Sunday from 7PM to 8PM. The weekly program consists of community news, major concerns of the Vietnamese LGBT, questions and answers on personal matters, special interviews, film reviews, music, poetry and prose by the Vietnamese LGBT, etc.

Email Kim-Vinh Vu at dongsongthat@yahoo.com; call Vuong Nguyen at (408) 476-3977; or check out  www.songthat.com for more info. Our goal is to advocate and educate both the Vietnamese heterosexual community and VLGBT community on LGBT issues, and reach out to the youth. 

Support for People of Color on the FTM Spectrum welcomes all people of color on the female-to-male (FTM) spectrum, regardless of physical status. Check it out, whether you call yourself butch, FTM, drag king, trannyfag, third-gendered, two-spirit, genderqueer, stud, Papi, boydyke, transman, pars, Shinjuku boy, questioning, etc. Come as you are.

For more info, contact Willy Wilkinson at hapapapa@earthlink.net or Kale Fajardo at kale@iglhrc.org, or call the Pacific Center at (510) 548-8283.  We neet very first Tuesday of the month, 7:00-8:30. The Pacific Center (scent-free space) is located at 2712 Telegraph Avenue (at Derby) in Berkeley. For directions, visit www.pacificcenter.org.

TransMission is for people on the FTM spectrum, 25 and under, regardless of physical status. The group meets Thursdays, 8:00-9:30. For more info, contact Mateo Cruz at mateo@pacificcenter.org or (510) 548-8283 X216. The Pacific Center (scent-free space) is located at 2712 Telegraph Avenue (at Derby) in Berkeley. For directions, visit www.pacificcenter.org.

Trikone is a registered 501c3 non-profit South Asian queer support organization that holds monthly events. For more info, contact Geena Dabadghav at geena@trikone.org. For Trikone e-newsletters, email webmaster@trikone.org. Website at www.trikone.org.

Last updated at June 23, 2006