This 2019-2020 term the U.S. Supreme Court will decide a trio of cases on whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on t he basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment.  The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance joined amicus (“friend of the court”) brief the cases. Nearly […]

Congressional action “only way to guarantee” online protections for marginalized groups The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) is a federation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander (AAPI) organizations. We seek to build the organizational capacity of local LGBT AAPI groups, promote visibility, and […]

NQAPIA thanks these law firms and corporate legal departments for their pro bono legal assistance and diversity & inclusion partnerships supporting the LGBT Asian & South Asian community over the past year. The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance’s 2019 Legal Program has included legal advocacy and impact litigation protecting and promoting immigrants’ rights, LGBT […]

An immigrant visa (IV) is issued to a person wishing to live permanently in the U.S. A nonimmigrant visa (NIV) is issued to a person with permanent residence outside the United States, but wishes to be in the U.S. on a temporary basis for tourism, medical treatment, business, temporary work or study, as examples. In […]