NQAPIA Newsletter 2018

NQAPIA The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance

2018

Coming Home & Growing Our Home

About NQAPIA

The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance is a federation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander (API) organizations. NQAPIA builds the capacity of local LGBT API groups, develops leadership, promotes visibility, educates the community, invigorates grassroots organizing, encourages collaborations, and challenges antiLGBT bias and racism.

NQAPIA Current Programs Annual Leadership Summit of LGBT API Organizations, a weekend long training focuses on networking, learning about current issues, sharing strategies, building local organizational infrastructure, and forging collaborative programs.

Triennial National Conference brings together grassroots LGBT API activists from across the nation. See article “Growing Home.” The next conference will be in 2021 in the Southeast LGBT Immigrants’ Rights & Racial Justice, in collaboration with local LGBT API groups, we are spearheading an educational and advocacy campaign blending immigrants’ rights with racial justice, at the

intersection of queerness that includes local actions, community forums, and story-telling.

Multilingual Visibility Campaign to promote visibility and acceptance of LGBTs in the mainstream API community and of APIs in the broader LGBT community with educational pieces translated into 25 Asian and Pacific languages.

Capacity Building Resources for LGBT API groups with direct financial support, micro grants, fiscal sponsorships, and specialized trainings and coaching.

A Voice in Current Issues and LGBT API engagement in current policy issues through national API and LGBT coalitions. We add a racial justice lens to current LGBT issues.

The NQAPIA Team

NQAPIA Major Supporters

Staff

Foundations

Glenn D. Magpantay, Esq., Executive Director Khudai Tanveer, Membership Organizer Conor Huynh, Administrative Assistant Patrick Lee, Grant Writer

Alphawood Foundation Aratani Foundation Arcus Foundation Borealis Impact Litigation Fund CJ Huang Foundation David Bohnett Foundation Dinner Guys Giving Circle Hyams Foundation New York Community Trust Open Society Foundations Proteus Fund - Security & Rights Collaborative The California Endowment Unbound Philanthropies Walter and Evelyn Haas, Jr. Fund Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Wild Geese Foundation

Consultants Tracy Nguyen, National Conference Coordinator Cassie Zawilski, National Conference Assistant Linda Le, Bookkeeper Janani Balasubramanian, Social Media Consultant Roberta Sklar, Media Consultant Vinnu Deshetty Kudva, APEX Meetings & Events

Board of Directors Stan Fong, IT Consultant, Atlanta, GA – Co-Chair Sharita Gruberg, Center for American Progress, Washington, DC - Treasurer Shilpa Joshi, Renew Oregon, Portland OR Navid Ladha, Trikone-ATX, Austin, TX Moof Mayeda, New Relic Software, Portland OR Milap Patel, Open Society Foundations, New York, NY – Secretary Kham Moua, OCA APA Advocates, Washington, DC Kevin Lam, Asian American Resource Workshop, Boston, MA Julia Rhee, Retrofit Republic, San Francisco, CA – Co-Chair Cathy Chu, GSA Network, Los Angeles, CA Andrew Chou, Bank of America, New York, NY * Affiliations for identification purposes only.

Nonprofits AARP Advocates for Youth Human Rights Campaign National Education Association National LGBTQ Task Force OCA Greater Houston Chapter Office of Minority Health Resource Center / DHHS Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Corporate AT&T Baker & McKenzie Caesars’ Entertainment/ Harrah’s Comcast/NBC Universal Grindr for Equality Nielsen Foundation Reed Smith Skadden Arps Slate Meager & Flom Verizon Weil Gotshal & Manages

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Save DACA & Pass the DREAM Act Late in 2017, Trump vowed to cancel the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program unless Congress passes the Dream Act. DACA has helped thousands of LGBTQ and API undocumented young people to work, study, and improve their lives in the US. But, now, many could be deported to countries that criminalize homosexuality. NQAPIA’s lobbying campaign involved • 15,146 emails to the US Senate and House to support a Clean Dream Act! • 6,414 postcards to Congress • 2,327 phone calls • 991 shares of NQAPIA’s op-ed in The Advocate • 27 lobby visits with LGBT Asian Dreamers • 4 rallies in NY and DC • 1 infographic that 3 celebrities shared

Fighting Trump’s Anti-Muslim Travel Ban NQAPIA, with the pro bono legal help of Skadden Arps, led seven LGBT South Asian and API groups to submit an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Trump’s anti-Muslim Travel Ban because it tears LGBTQ families apart.

We won a stunning victory in the lower court where the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals cited our brief in its opinion.

Courts rarely cite amicus briefs in their opinions, but we told a compelling story of how Muslims can be LGBT too.

Almas Haider, the Chair of the NQAPIA Racial Justice and Immigrants’ Rights Committee, wrote a powerful oped, “Not Another Death Threat: Queer and Trans Muslim Realities in America.”

105,305 people on social media saw our unique infographic that drew the parallels of past travel bans against people with HIV, LGBT people, and the Chinese. It reminded us: never forget, never again.

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QTAPI Movement Convergences In the Spring, NQAPIA coordinated a series of eight (8) Movement Convergences, community-wide meetings, for people to shape our queer and trans Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander movement, nationally and locally. Some of the major outcomes are a new program area on Health & Healing Justice and focus on addressing the Rise of the Right in Asian communities.

The Winter Olympic Games: Making LGBTQ APIs Visible The 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea featured many more Asians and openly LGBT athletes. NQAPIA took advantage of the global stage to highlight our community and educate the public about the state of LGBT rights in Asia and the Pacific, South Korea’s lack of legal protections to protect against anti-LGBT bias, and LGBTQ API athletes, showing us that being LGBTQ and achieving excellence can and does go hand-in-hand.

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Protesting Texas Anti-Immigrant Law In partnership with LGBT Asian groups and allies, and the pro bono legal help of Reed Smith, NQAPIA submitted an amicus brief in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to block Texas’s anti-immigrant law (SB4). SB4 bans sanctuary cities and promotes racial profiling of immigrants. We co-authored two (2) op-eds showing the impact of SB4 on Asian Americans with OCA-Greater Houston and South Asians with KhushATX that appeared in the Dallas Voice, Out North Texas, and World Journal.

Translated fact sheets in Chinese, Vietnamese, and Urdu also helped educate the community.

Prompting Health & Wellness With support from the Office of Minority Health Resource Center / DHHS, NQAPIA launched an 18 month health information campaign to help LGBTQ APIs get tested and find care. NQAPIA promoted National API HIV/ AIDS Awareness Day on May 19 spread the word!

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Growing Home: NQAPIA National Conference

LGBTQ Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander Activists Mobilize for Racial Justice, Immigrants’ Rights & Trans Liberation Only once every 3 years. LGBTQ Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander (API) activists gather for a national conference to advance racial justice, immigrants’ rights, LGBTQ equality, trans justice, family and religious acceptance, youth organizing, and more. NQAPIA hosted “Growing Home” from July 26 to 29, 2018 in San Francisco.

The turnout was unprecedented – 698 – twice the number who were expected or attended the previous NQAPIA National Conference in 2015. It was the largest convening of its kind and the conference included 4 powerful inspirational days of healing, learning skills, building relationships, and celebrating our achievements.

After relentless attacks, our community needed to come together to heal from political trauma, support each other, and strategize for our movement.

Highlights Plenary panel on Intersectionality “Being All of Who We Are and Asserting Our Agenda” featuring LGBTQ API activists from across the United States Plenary panel on “The State of the LGBTQ Movement in Asia” featuring activists from Japan, China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Malaysia.

Health and Healing programs, workshops and free STD/HIV/AIDS Testing by San Francisco AIDS Foundation Culture with an Arts & Cultural Community Performance, walking tours, film screening, and performances by 88 Keys Choir and ieumsae.

International solidarity workshops by PFLAG China, HRC Global, Tarab NYC, Amazin LêThi Foundation in Vietnam, Kodomap in Japan, Justice for Sisters in Malaysia, and New Bridge of Relationships in Bangladesh, and Chen-Hayes Family in Taiwan Sponsors and Exhibitors where nonprofits and companies joined us to build a new generation of diverse leaders; support LGBTQ APIs employees to advance in their companies; ensure corporate social responsibility; and increase visibility and allyship. Some exhibitors included the U.S. Social Security Administration, U.S. Census Bureau, Our Family Coalition (OFC), HRC, Planned Parenthood, NAPAWF, AARP and Macy’s.

A Special Message from API Parents who love their LGBTQ Kids

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Pre Conference Planning Convenings to strategize for the months ahead • 9/11 Day of Action National Planning Meeting • Queer Southeast Asian Deportation • International Solidarity: Building LGBT Rights and Acceptance in Asia supported by OSF • Trans / GNC Freedom School Planning • NQAPIA Membership Strategic Planning supported by Haas, Jr. Fund and NY Community Trust • Parents and Family Convening, sponsored by API PFLAG SGV and Aratani Foundation • Faith Convening of Clergy, LGBTQ+ individuals and faith leaders, Sponsored by API PFLAG SGV and Aratani Foundation Funder Briefing: The State of Philanthropy & LGBTQ AAPI Communities with AAPIP, Funders for LGBTQ Issues, Women’s Foundation California, and Borealis Philanthropy, sponsored by the Marguerite Casey Foundation, Tides Foundation, AAPIP national and SF & SV Chapters.

Being Out, API, and On Top: How Senior Corporate Leaders Got There and Make Change featuring speakers from Ernst & Young (Japan), MGM Resorts International, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. Religious acceptance workshops for people in the Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and Christian faiths.

Equality and Allies in the Workplace featuring Diversity & Inclusion speakers from AT&T, Intuit Out & Equal.

Mobilizing Money for Our Communities featuring LGBT API Giving Circles sponsored

by Red Envelope Giving Circle.

Will the Oscars Ever Be So GayAsian?

LGBT APIs in the Entertainment Industry featuring Oscar-nominated producers, directors, publicists, and distributors and members of the Academies of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars) and Television Sciences (Emmys).

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Workshops: Activism / Advocacy / Issues

• An AAPI Reproductive Justice Policy Agenda

by NAPAWF and Planned Parenthood • Anti-Blackness in Our Communities by NQAPIA Youth Working Committee • Social Justice in Corporate America,

by Caesars’ Entertainment • Fighting for Sanctuary Cities • Protecting API Families: Achieving Paid Leave for LGBTQ Working People by HRC • The 2020 Census: Why it Matters by National LGBTQ Task Force • Young, Muslim, Queer, & Organizing

by Advocates for Youth

Personal & Professional Development • Giving and Receiving Feedback by Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics (LEAP) • LGBTQ Family Building Journeys sponsored by the Kriya and Nina Chantalat Giving Fund • Racism in the S/M & Kink Leather Community – Mr. Leather • Sexual Racism featuring Grindr for Equality • South Asian Families: Religious and Cultural Perspectives by Desi Rainbow Parents & Allies

Capacity Building

• Grassroots Fundraising by the National LGBTQ Task Force – National LGBTQ Task Force • Aging in Queer/Trans AAPI Spaces, Sponsored by AARP and SAGE • Trans Rights: Detention, ID Docs Education, and Health Care by Transgender Law Center • Mental Health: A Queer API Perspective, Sponsored by Kaiser Permanente • Implicit Bias, Microaggressions & Stereotypes

by National Education Association (NEA) • Sexual Health: Taking Care of Our Community by OMHRC

NQAPIA supports first-ever national Korean Queer & Trans Conference in NYC.

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Thank You Conference Sponsors Gold

Bohnett Foundation Marguerite Casey Foundation

AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) Comcast / NBC Universal Masto Foundation The California Endowment

A Parent Who Loves their LGBTQ Kid Advocates for Youth API Dream Team GAPA Foundation General Electric National Center for Lesbian Rights Symantec Corporation Verizon Weston Milliken

Jade

Jasmine

Pearl

Conference Planning Committee Angelina Hong, Caroline Truong, Cassandra Zawilski, Danny Pham, Jon Cheung, Lance Dwyer, Laurin Mayeno, Lisa Goeller, Max Hlavacek, M Lin, Poonam Kapoor, Reynaldo Culannay, Ryan Young, Sal Tran, Sammie Ablaza Wills, Thai Lee, Tôtal Nguyen, Tracy Nguyen, Ty Lim, Vivian Liang Conference Staff Conference Coordinator Tracy Nguyen, Conference Assistant Cassandra Zawilski, Graphic Designer Jieyi Cai, Photographers Corky Lee and Lanny Li, Videographers Ken Takeuchi and Sal Tran, Event Manager Vinnu Deshetty Kudva and Assistant Tina Chen.

Lotus

Aratani Foundation AT&T Caesars’ Entertainment GSA Network Grindr for Equality Human Rights Campaign Kiran Bavikatte Foundation Macy’s National API LGBT Giving Circle National Education Association Office of Minority Health Resource Center / DHHS Planned Parenthood Federation of American Rosenberg Foundation Security and Rights Collaborative at the Proteus Fund

Atlanta Pride API Equality - Northern California Asian Pacific Islander Queer Women and Transgender Community (APIQWTC) Common Counsel Foundation Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA) Kaiser Permanente Horizons Foundation National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC) National LGBTQ Task Force Trikone Bay Area

Supporters

Tides Foundation Glenn D. Magpantay

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Mobilizing to Protect Trans Rights On Election Day, conservatives forced a referendum vote to repeal Massachusetts’ state law that protects transgender people from discrimination in public places, such as restaurants, shops, and hospitals, and restrooms in those places. But NQAPIA and our partners worked hard and Asian Americans voted strongly to uphold trans protections at 84% – at a rate much higher than the overall electorate at 68%.

NQAPIA launched a multilingual campaign to educate Asian American voters about our rights and our lives.

The effort was badly needed since many cities translates ballots into Chinese, Vietnamese and Khmer and so voters could vote in their native language. The campaign included: (1) translated campaign materials to reach Chinese and Vietnamese-speaking voters (2) mobilization of LGBT APIs with our member groups in New England (3) deployed staff to Boston help AARW on a voter turnout GOTV drive (4) bilingual community workshops to build understanding, featuring Asian parents of transgender kids (5) Election Day poll monitoring and ballot translation review In the end, 84% of Asian Americans voted to uphold the state law (Ballot Question 3), only 16% were opposed.

(13% of voters polled were “unsure” and likely skipped voting on the question). Overall, 68% of all Massachusetts voters supported transgender protections, and 32% voted no. This was according to AALDEF’s multilingual exit poll of Asian American voters.

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N=687 voters All Mass Voters All Mass Asian Voters Chinatown (Chinese) Dorchester (Vietnamese) Malden (Chinese) North Quincy (Chinese) Lowell (Cambodian) South End (Mixed Asian ethnicities)

Yes 68% 84% 87% 70% 88% 68% 81% 91%

No 32% 16% 13% 29% 12% 32% 15% 9%

Unsure/Skipped 13% 6% 18% 10% 17% 27% 7%

Most Vietnamese voters polled were registered Republicans but voted more than 2:1 to uphold transgender protections. This was a testament to the significant amount of door-to-door canvassing by Asian American Resource Workshop (AARW) and NQAPIA on Question 3.

The strong Chinese support was against strong prior efforts by Right-wing conservatives to mobilize Chinese Americans to oppose the protections. Many Chinese signed petitions, donated, and attended rallies, but these efforts did not materialize into opposition votes on Election Day. NQAPIA worked collaboratively with AARW, Chinese Progressive Association, Greater Boston Legal Service: Asian Outreach Unit, Queer Asian and Pacific Islander Alliance, and Freedom for All Massachusetts.

2018 Elections Voter Education: NQAPIA LGBT API Voter Guide analyzes the positions of US Senate and Gubernatorial candidates in 10 key states: CA, FL, GA, NJ, NV, NY, OH, PA, TX, WI on LGBTQ Equality, Trans Justice, Racial Justice, Immigrants’ Rights, Heath Justice, and Worker Justice. The guide is translated into Chinese, Korean, Hindi, and Vietnamese.

Voter Registration: “Registered voters” – not everyone was registered. We went to TX to register people and update their registrations. In TX, nobody used the online form because TX only allows paper registration.

Voter Turnout to preserve transgender protections in Massachusetts. And voter protection through poll monitoring with AALDEF.

9/11 Days of Action NQAPIA Racial Justice & Immigration Working Committees organized a series of actions around the anniversary of 9/11 to promote visibility of queer and trans South Asians and Muslims who have been targeted since September 11, 2001. The Committee held a day-long planning meeting in July with representatives from organizations from each region, religion, and ethnicity across the United States.

The actions messaged 9/11 as the birth-date of the Department of Homeland Security and massive detention and deportations. One example is Chin, a trans man from Hong Kong who has been in solitary confinement for 8 months. Activists in 6 cities hosted letter-writing parties, wrote 152 letters to support Chin and signed petitions.

Actions were held in: Los Angeles by Satrang Chicago by Trikone & I2I Philadelphia by HotPot!, Asian Americans United (AAU), VietLead, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) Richmond, VA by Queer &/or Trans People of Color Collective, Asian Pacific Student Alliance Sacramento by APIQSC Providence, RI by PrYSM

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Most Asian American Voters Support LGBT Rights, But 1 in 3 still Unsure The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, in collaboration with NQAPIA, released detailed findings from its 14-state multilingual exit poll of 13,846 Asian American voters in the November 2016 presidential elections. The survey was conducted in 20 Asian languages in 37 cities with large Asian American populations in CA, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, MI, PA, NJ, NM, NV, NY, TX, VA, and DC. It was the largest exit poll of its kind.

AALDEF presented new data about Asian voter opinions which have changed over time. But there is a still a sizable moveable middle that we must reach, especially among foreign-born and limited English proficient Asian Americans.

Asian American Opposition to Same Sex Marriage

Asian American Support for LGBT Protections But then in 2016, two-thirds (65%) supported laws that protect LGBT people from discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations. Only 16% were opposed. Stark differences were found among particular Asian American groups: Support among Koreans, Arabs, and Bangladeshis was weakest (barely half), but the strongest support was among Asian Indians, Filipinos, and Indo-Caribbeans.

About 55% of foreign-born Asians, compared with 90% of Asian Americans born in the U.S. supported LGBT legal protections.

In 2012, the exit poll revealed that only a third (37%) of Asian American voters supported the right of same-sex couples to legally marry. Almost half (48%) were opposed.

As voters’ English proficiency decreased, their support for LGBT rights also decreased. Support was 76% among voters who spoke English “Very well,” 45% “Moderate,” 31% “Not well,” and 40% “Not at all.” 1 in 3 were “Not Sure.”

The greatest opposition came from Asian Americans who were foreign-born, limited English proficient, and older.

Majority support for same-sex marriage did not break by gender, college education, or even Democratic Party affiliation.

Most Asian Americans of each major religious affiliations supported LGBT protections: Hindus (73%), Catholics (70%), Buddhists (64%), Muslims (55%), and those with no religious affiliation (78%). Only Protestants fell below majority (47%). 1 in 5 were undecided.

AALDEF’s multilingual exit poll reveals vital information about Asian American voting patterns that is often overlooked in mainstream voter surveys.

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Reflections in Response to the Asian American Lawsuit Against Harvard University for its affirmative action admissions policies

By Glenn D. Magpantay, NQAPIA Executive Director I have benefited from affirmative action. Affirmative action gave me, as a gay Asian youth coming out in the 1980s and a young lawyer in the 1990s, a fair opportunity to overcome discrimination. I was able to reach my fullest potential and win new rights for my community.

I had a hard time coming out in high school and early in college. Back then, all the gays were white and all the Asians were straight. I wondered where I belonged? There were no role models for me. I was socially awkward and I was badly bullied. In my dorm, the guys moved my bed to the trash and scrawled “fag” on my door. The Asian student club was useless and was more interested in fashion shows.

With no support I could not focus on my studies. I got two “F”s first year. Things got better. My grades improved, once even making Dean’s List. But regardless of how hard I worked or how many “A”s I got senior year, those freshmen year failing grades kept bringing my grade point average down. I looked dumb on my transcript.

After college, I got a job as an organizer and legislative advocate. I lobbied for a hate crimes law and increased education funding. I was the only Asian person walking the halls of the legislature. Again, no one looked like me. I did not mean to be any sort of pioneer but I was told that I was a role model for others who dreamed of going into government and public policy.

My parents wanted me to be a doctor but that was too much schooling. So I decided to go to law school.

Unfortunately, I did not master the LSAT entrance exam.

Like other Asians, I took an expensive preparatory course, but I only landed a mediocre score.

And I excelled. I aced many courses. I made law review, the school’s elite academic journal. I graduated with high honors, awards, and in the top 7% of my class. After graduation, I landed a coveted legal fellowship, which also considered race in their selection criteria. Affirmative action gave me a chance to prove myself.

I worked as a civil rights lawyer for nearly 20 years fighting for Asian Americans. I litigated the Constitution of the United States. I practiced at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Congress summoned to testify as an expert. I have filed winning lawsuits to translate election ballots into Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Ilocano, and Bangla. Asian Americans now enjoy new rights in many states and cities. (I am pretty sure that the parents of the Asian kids who are suing Harvard for affirmative action are benefitting from this affirmative action beneficiary’s work on their behalf.)

A few years ago, I transitioned from civil rights enforcement to executive management. At NQAPIA, I am training a new generation of LGBT leaders, building a vibrant network of racial justice activists, and changing hearts and minds for greater rights and understanding.

All these achievements are due to the opportunities I was afforded because of affirmative action. I had all the academic indicators of a first year law student who would fail yet I succeeded. Affirmative action gave me a fair chance in a time when LGBT Asian American youth had few chances. Asian youth still face too many unfair obstacles. If I were judged on academic merit alone, I never would have achieved so much. I have endured hardships yet affirmative action helped me overcome them.

I had a strong resume. I could write effectively and think strategically. I had the drive and aptitude to improve. Yet I was academically unqualified to go to law school. One law school, however, had an aggressive affirmative action admissions policy and wanted to ensure a diverse student body and have more Asian American students. They took a chance on me.

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Celebrating our Champions at the 2018 Community Catalyst Awards New York

Over 360 people attended to honor The Caribbean Equality Project and longtime activist Suki Terada Ports and delighted in a special performance by Sundari. People took action to raise awareness of the impact of Trump’s anti-Muslim travel ban on the LGBTQ community, reaching 65,443 on social media. Olympia Moy shared her moving story of coming out and getting involved in the Lunar New Year Day parade, and raised $18,725 to support local leaders to attend NQAPIA’s conference.

NY Planning Committee: Ira Briones, Sen Lin Cai, Tan Chan, Daniel Chao, Jacob Chen, Andrew Chou, Amin Dulkumoni, Hilal Homaidan, Anita Kanoje, Mari Morimoto, Olympia Moy, Lisa Qi, Kiran Rajagopalan, Dana Zhang.

San Francisco

700 people attended to honor organizations, companies, and individuals who improved the lives of the LGBTQ API community, and revel with Queer Taiko and InnoViệt.

People took action and wrote 600 letters targeting ICE for a trans man in detention who is in solitary confinement.

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Washington DC

180 people celebrated Vanita Gupta, the former Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and current President of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and Hyacinth Alvaran, a longtime local activist. A moving performance by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC showcased our pride. People took action against Trump’s anti-Muslim travel ban, reaching 29,726 people on social media. Jeffrey Wong shared his heartfelt story of his grandmother and his relationship to her and raised $9,633 to support local leaders to attend NQAPIA’s conference.

DC Planning Committee: Manikiran Goud Soma, Ben de Guzman, Luella Garies, Sharita Gruberg, Andre Jennings, Sasanka Jinadasa, Kham Moua, Anish Tailor, Anchaleeya Thompson, Jeffrey Wong, Bo Khine

Thank You! NY Catalyst Sponsors Gold

Human Rights Campaign

Silver

Gay Men’s Hea lth Crisis (GMHC) Open Society Foundations Wynn Salisch

Bronze

UFC: Korean Style Fried Chicken and Craft Beers Virginia & John Ng Regina Lee

NY Catalyst Host Committee Pearl

Anonymous Andrew Chou / NYU Stern School of Business APICHA API Rainbow Parents of PFLAG NYC Aya Yabe and Dr. Mari Morimoto Clara Yoon Crew Fondue Lee David Lam & James Dale Daya Arts & Urbn + Out Elizabeth Ingriselli and Olympia Moy Dr. Esmeralda Magpantay & The Althoff Family

Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIMNY) GAPIMNY Steering Committee Members Ira Briones Jacob Chen Kalasapudi Family & SALGA-NYC Kit Yan and Melissa Li Korean American Rainbow Parents (KARP) and Korean Friends Mary T. Ingriselli Q-WAVE Q-WAVE O.G.s Suki Terada Ports & Friends Tarab-NYC Vivian Fried-Chung

Jade

Amit Bagga Anna Gorga Soderini Asian / Pacific / American Institute at NYU Congresswoman Grace Meng Dan Kao Lambda Legal Rachel Tiven Lesbian and Gay Democratic Club of Queens (LGDCQ) Lou Madigan NYC Council Member Daniel Dromm

DC Catalyst Sponsors Gold

Human Rights Campaign

Silver

Comcast/NBC Universal

Bronze

WilmerHale LLP Mayor’s Office for API Affairs

DC Catalyst Host Committee Pearl

Rosie Abriam & Steve Lee Asian Pacific Islander Queer Society (APIQS)

Asian & Pacific Islander Queers United for Action (AQUA DC) AQUA DC Alumni Ben de Guzman Booz Allen Hamilton Cook Ross KhushDC Alumni Kham Moua

Jade

Advocates for Youth AARP Ben de Guzman CapitalPrideDC Sharita Gruberg Dr. Minh Bui/ Rainbow Floral Studios National LGBTQ Task Force Southeast Asian Resource Action Center

SF Catalyst Sponsors and Hosts Harry and Masie Masto Foundation APIQWTC & Red Envelop Giving Circle Neo Veavea Crystal Jang

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Award winners include: MEMBER GROUP AWARDS for

NQAPIA PROGRAMS AWARDS

• Visibility to Tarab NYC and UTOPIA Seattle (tie)

• The Family Acceptance Award to API PFLAG San Gabriel Valley

• Community Education to APIELA

• Most Impactful “9/11” Action Award to KhushDC

CONFERENCE AWARDS • The Conference Growing Home (The Revolutionary Award) to Shabab Mirza

• NQAPIA Board MVP (Most Valuable Player) Award to Vivian Fried-Chung

• Programs to Trikone • Most Ground-Breaking Convergence Award to i2i Chicago and GAPIMNY NY (tie)

• Conference Planning Committee MVP Award to M Lin and the Volunteer and Access Committees

• Advocacy to Invisible 2 Invincible & Providence Youth Student & Movement (tie) • The Fight HIV/AIDS Award to Henry Ocampo, Office of Minority Health Resource Center

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SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS • The GSA Network Skylar Lee Memorial Youth Leadership to Kaitlin Alcontin and Thomas Chung

• LGBT API Activist Longevity Award to Neo Veavea and Crystal Jang

• NQAPIA Federation Member Group of the Year to APIENC

• Corporate Diversity & Inclusion Award to Ernst & Young

• NQAPIA Community Catalyst Award to GAPA

• NQAPIA Special Recognition Award to Tia Adams

VIP Reception and Fundraiser NQAPIA House Party hosted by Sparks in the Castro. in Los Angeles The GAPA Chorus performed and attendees raised over $14,400 with a generous matching donation.

Hosted by John Joseph & Myron Quon, with performances by Kalayo and Audrey Kuo.

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LGBT Asian American/South Asian Lawyers Receptions THANK YOU SPONSORS

In October in 4 cities, over 175 members of the bar “came out” to celebrate the diversity within the LGBT, Asian American, and South Asian communities and to support NQAPIA’s legal program. At each reception, accomplished attorneys talked about the need for diversity and the importance of giving back, including: • Jenny R. Yang, the former Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Washington, DC • Grace Kao, Senior Counsel at Google in San Francisco • Ruben Castillo the Chief District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago • Amin Kassam, Senior Counsel and Chief of Staff of the Legal and Compliance Department at Bloomberg LP in New York Their remarks were followed by special recognition of pro bono and diversity & inclusion champions.

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Platinum

Silver

Diamond

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP

Vinson & Elkins LLP White & Case LLP Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP Shearman & Sterling LLP

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Littler Mendelson LLP Squire Patton Boggs LLP Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP National Asian Pacific American Bar Associate (NAPABA)

Gold

Allen & Overy LLP Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garret & Dunner LLP Kirkland & Ellis LLP Latham & Watkins LLP Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP McDermott Will & Emery LLP Morrison & Foerster LLP Proskauer LLP Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP South Asian Bar Association of North American (SABA NA)

Bronze

Baker & McKenzie LLP Keker & Van Nest LLP Reed Smith LLP South Asian Bar Association of New York (SABANY)

One City

DC: Crowell Moring LLP, SABA-DC, APABA-DC SF: Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, AABA, BALIF, SABA-NC Chicago: AABA and LAGBAC NY: LeGaL: The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York

LEGAL EAGLES NQAPIA thanks these law firms for their pro bono legal assistance and diversity & inclusion partnerships supporting the LGBT Asian & South Asian community over the past year.

Baker & McKenzie LLP (New York / Chicago) for representing NQAPIA on an amicus brief defending Chicago’s lawsuit against the U.S. Attorney General for restricting federal funds because it is a sanctuary city.

McDermott Will & Emery LLP (New York) for hosting a special panel discussion with AABANY on “Belonging: Being Out and Asian in the Legal Profession and our Communities.’

Morrison & Foerster LLP (Firmwide) for providing volunteer lawyers to assist in NQAPIA’s Legal Referral Program and submitting an amicus brief for the National LGBTQ Task Force and NQAPIA in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.

Reed Smith LLP (Houston) for representing NQAPIA, LGBT API organizations in Texas, and OCA-GH in City of El Cenizo v. Texas, the legal challenge to Texas SB 4, an extreme antiimmigrant law prohibiting sanctuary cities that could lead to racial profiling.

Shearman & Sterling LLP (New York) provided a team of lawyers to research the state of LGBTQ rights in Asia and the Pacific, and specifically South Korea, in anticipation of the Winter Olympics.

Sidley Austin LLP (New York) researched redistricting law to plan future strategy for LGBT and minority representation in Congress, state legislatures, and city councils.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (Los Angeles / Houston / Chicago) filed amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals in Hawaii v. Trump for NQAPIA and other LGBTQ groups illustrating the LGBT harm of Trump’s anti-Muslim travel ban. The Ninth Circuit victoriously cited our brief as a rationale to block the ban.

White & Case LLP (Washington DC) researched the law on bisexual asylum claims to advise practitioners.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (New York) researched legal protections for LGBT athletes and visitors by the International Olympic Committee, Pyeong Chang Organizing Committee and country of South Korea.

For more information and to partner with NQAPIA on pro bono projects, contact Glenn D. Magpantay, Esquire, at glenn_magpantay@nqapia.org 20

Thank You NQAPIA Supporters 2018 Nov. 15, 2017 to present Does not include event fees or event sponsors.

Over $100,000

Anonymous Arcus Foundation Wellspring Philanthropic Fund

$501 - $1,000

Alphawood Foundation Aratani Foundation CJ Huang Foundation Comcast / NBC Universal David Bohnett Foundation

Charles B. Wang Community Health Center Cook Ross Inc. Elizabeth Ingriselli Employees of McDermott Will & Emery LLP Darren Walker Feroza Syed Gay Asian Pacific Alliance Men’s Chorus James Dale & David K. Lam JMJC Foundation Louis Madigan Marsha Aizumi Mary Ingriselli Muy Yam PayPal Charitable Giving Fund Anonymous Sunu Chandy Teresa Ng Wynn Salisch

$5,001 - $10,000

$250 - $500

$50,001 - $100,000

Open Society Foundations Walter and Evelyn Haas, Jr. Fund

$25,001 - $50,000

Borealis Philanthropies: Impact Litigation Fund Office of Minority Health Resource Center / DHHS Unbound Philanthropy

$10,001 - $25,000

National Education Association Proteus Fund - Security & Rights Collaborative $2,501 - $5,000 Advocates for Youth API PFLAG San Gabriel Valley Human Rights Campaign Foundation Network for Good

$1,001 - $2,5 00

Esmeralda Magpantay GAPA Foundation Kelsey Louie Moriaki Kida A. Sparks Nelson Louis / Ong Family Foundation Rajiv Desai Sherrie Sparks Weston Milliken

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Adrian Leung Anonymous Anna Gorga Soderini Anna Mikyong Lee Arthur Dong Aya Tasaki Bright Funds Foundation Cameron Joe Carolyn Goossen Cecil Fong Chuck Middleton Clara Yoon Crystal J. Jang Daniel Lee Daniel McGibney David Tsai Anonymous George Naylor Ignatius Bau Iimay Ho

$250 - $500

Jack Spirakes Japanese American Association of New York Jayne Balick Anonymous Jeremy Rye John Myung John Nguyen Joyce Yu Judith Fried Julia Rhee Kate Shim Kevin Lam Kevin Nunley Lance & Stuart Chen-Hayes Lance Dwyer Leo Balambao Lillian Gee Hirschfeld Anonymous Patrick Kwan Poonam Kapoor Rehan Rizvi Rena Fried-Chung Vanita Gupta & Chin Le Shamina Singh Stan Fong Sung & Wai Tse Sunjay Kumar Sunnie Lee Takeharu Kato Therese Rodriguez The PRIDE Study/PRIDEnet Tony S. King Winnie Lee

NQAPIA Financial Statements FY 2017 Income:

Foundation Grants 59% Individual Contributions 18% Corperate Contributions 14% Special Events & Other 9%

Expenses:

Programs 62% Administration 25% Funraising 13%

Revenues

Foundation Grants Individual Contributions Corporate Contributions Special Events Other Income Total Revenues

Operating Expenses Program Administration Fundraising Total Expenses

$74,510 $80,008 $234,339 $108,224 $384,598 $881,679

$435,422 $170,872 $91,784 $698,077

Founded in 2005, NQAPIA is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable organization.

EIN Number 27-2114866. IRS 990 and independent audit report available upon request

Transitions Welcome Khudai Tanveer as NQAPIA’s new Membership Organizer. Farewell Sasha W. who will be the Executive Director of CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities in New York.

Welcome Conor Hyunh, NQAPIA’s new Administrative Assistant. Farewell Tia Adams who is moving on to a new position at Northwestern University.

Thank you Tracy Nguyen, National Conference Coordinator and Cassie Zawilski, Conference Assistant who did so much to help us pull off such an amazing event!

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National (2) Invisible-to-Invincible (i2i): Asian Pacific Islander Pride of Chicago Trikone-Chicago

The South (7)

Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity (MASGD) Desi lgbtQ Helpline (DeQH) 2019 Convenings: Youth Training Camp co-hosted with APIENC; Trans Justice Freedom School, National LGBT API Leadership Summit.

And a series of local family and religious acceptance workshops.

Pacific Islands (2) Pride Marianas, Saipan Guam Alternative Lifestyle Association (GALA)

Midwest (2)

Asian Pacific Islander Queer Society (APIQS), Washington, DC hotpot! , Philadelphia KhushDC, Washington, DC Korean American Rainbow Parents (KARP)

Asian Pacific Islander Queers United for Action (AQUA), Washington, DC

Mid-Atlantic/Metro DC Area (5)

Massachusetts Area South Asian Lambda Association (MASALA), Boston Queer South Asian Collective (QSAC), Boston Queer Asian Pacific-Islander Alliance (QAPA), Boston Southeast Asian Queers United for Empowerment & Leadership (seaQuel), Providence, RI

New England (4)

Asian Pride Project Caribbean Equality Project Dari Project / KQTCon Gay Asian & Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIMNY) Q-WAVE SALGA NYC Korean American Rainbow Parents (KARP) Desi Rainbow Parents, New Jersey

Greater New York City Area (8)

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander Organizations

Pacific Northwest (6) Asian Pacific Islander Pride of Portland Project Q of APIFWSC-Chhaya, Seattle Pride Asia, Seattle Trikone-Northwest, Seattle UTOPIA- Seattle UTOPIA- Portland

Northern California (11) API Queer Sacramento Coalition (APIQSC) Asian Pacific Islander Equality-Northern California Asian Pacific Islander Queer Women and Transgender Community (APIQWTC) Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA), San Francisco GAPA Foundation, San Francisco Hmong Queer Suab, Sacramento Sacramento Filipinx LGBTQ South Bay Queer and Asian, San Jose Trikone, San Francisco UTOPIA- San Francisco Network on Religion and Justice

Southern California (6) Asian Pacific Islander Equality-Los Angeles Satrang Korean American Rainbow Parents (KARP) UTOPIA- San Diego Viet Rainbow Orange County (VietROC) API PFLAG San Gabriel Valley, CA

Coalition of Asian Americans in Houston (CHAA) Trikone- Atlanta, GA Khush-ATX, Austin, TX VAYLA- New Orleans Iftikhar Community-Queer Muslims of Houston Miami Q&A Orlando Queer & Trans Asian Association