Blogroll – NQAPIA

LGBT Asians/South Asians Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Strike Down Trump’s Anti-Muslim Travel Ban

April 24, 2018April 23, 2018 by NQAPIA

1882: Anti-Chinese travel ban; 1952: Anti-LGBT travel ban; 1987: Anti-HIV travel ban; 2017: Anti-Muslim travel ban // Tell them: #NeverAgain #QueerAzaadi www.nomuslimbanever.com

Read the LGBT Amicus Brief at bit.ly/17-956 Tomorrow on April 25, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Donald Trump’s third iteration of his anti-Muslim Travel Ban. The ban, issued by Executive Order, bars people from certain majority Muslim countries from coming to the United States. LGBT Asian/South Asian groups submitted an … Read more LGBT Asians/South Asians Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Strike Down Trump’s Anti-Muslim Travel Ban

Not Another Death Threat: Queer and Trans Muslim Realities in America

April 23, 2018 by NQAPIA

By Almas Haider There should be a name for the particular depression of living as a queer trans Muslim of color in America. A specific PTSD of walking the streets in constant fear of being racialized as Muslim and have your gender and sexual orientation questioned. The pleasure of not just having one day a … Read more Not Another Death Threat: Queer and Trans Muslim Realities in America

Texas SB4’s Impact on LGBTQ South Asians – Why We Should Care

March 22, 2018 by NQAPIA

Texas SB4’s Impact on LGBTQ South Asians – Why We Should Care By Amrit Uprety of KhushATX and Sasha W. of the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) This past week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld Texas Senate Bill 4 (SB4) one of the most rigorous anti-immigrant laws passed since Donald Trump took … Read more Texas SB4’s Impact on LGBTQ South Asians – Why We Should Care

2018 Community Catalyst Awards

March 15, 2018 by NQAPIA

It’s time for NQAPIA’s Annual Community Catalyst Awards Banquet Fundraisers in New York City and Washington, DC! Click each invitation to learn more about each dinner.

Movement Convergences

March 14, 2018March 12, 2018 by NQAPIA

NQAPIA is coming to your city to ask you: where are we now, and where will we go? Let’s identify the threats we’re up against and build our QTAPI political home! RSVP at bit.ly/convergences18 Program Each Movement Convergence is an opportunity for us to learn, share, and grow with one another between our local and … Read more Movement Convergences

Help Us Save DACA Today!

March 6, 2018March 5, 2018 by NQAPIA

#DefendDACA & Speak Out for Our Communities Six months ago, the Trump administration announced a future end to the DACA program unless Congress acts to preserve it. Today is that day. DACA’s cancellation will make 800,000 undocumented young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children again fear deportation and separation from their family, friends, and … Read more Help Us Save DACA Today!

Understanding the Muslim Bans

February 25, 2018February 20, 2018 by NQAPIA

[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Understanding the Muslim Bans **Current as of February 1,2018 ** The Muslim Bans are a series of discriminatory executive orders and proclamations that the Trump administration has implemented. The first version, Muslim Ban 1.0, was signed and went into effect on 1/27/2017. Within a day of this first executive order being … Read more Understanding the Muslim Bans

LGBTQ API Athletes: Amazin LêThị

February 13, 2018February 12, 2018 by NQAPIA

LGBTQ API Athletes: Amazin LêThị Amazin LêThị was a Vietnamese professional bodybuilder and now does advocacy work with her organization the Amazin Lethi Foundation, promoting HIV/AIDS awareness and equality for LGBT youth. She grew up in Australia, where she said, as a teen, she was bullied for being Asian and, later on, for being part … Read more LGBTQ API Athletes: Amazin LêThị