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 […]
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YOUR HONOR ROLL: NQAPIA Legal Program 2019
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 […]
Fact Sheet-Diversity Visa & APIs
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 […]
Fighting for Our Rights
Queer Asian & Proud Fight for LGBT Equality Defend Immigrants’ Rights Asian Americans, Southeast Asians, South Asians and Pacific Islanders (APIs) are the nation’s fast growing minority group and the largest segment of new immigrants coming to the United States. More and more are coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ). NQAPIA […]
