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 […]
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Not Another Death Threat: Queer and Trans Muslim Realities in America
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 […]
#QueerAzaadi: A National Call for Mourning, Action, & Celebration on 9/11
#QueerAzaadi // Queer Liberation A National Call for Action, Mourning, & Celebration on the Weekend of 9/11 Ava Le’Ray Barrin, 17 years old. Nabra Hassanen, 17 years old. Jaquarrius Holland, 18 years old. Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32 years old. These are just a few of the people that our communities have lost to hate crimes and […]
NQAPIA Blasts Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration
MEDIA RELEASE for January 26, 2017 Contact: Sasha W., NQAPIA Organizing Director, 909-343-2219, sasha@nqapia.org NQAPIA Blasts Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance blasted Mr. Trump’s executive orders calling them “detrimental to the interest of the American public—immigrants and citizens alike,” according to Glenn D. Magpantay, NQAPIA’s Executive Director. Yesterday, […]