A Federation of LGBTQ Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander Organizations.
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 […]
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 […]
[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 […]
NQAPIA MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release: Monday, Oct 17, 2017 For More Information: Roberta Sklar 917-704-6358 robertasklar@yahoo.com Glenn Magpantay, 917-439-3158, glenn_magpantay@nqapia.org LGBT Asians/South Asians Protest Trump’s Anti-Muslim Travel Ban v. 3.0 Actions in 7 Cities, Stories of Queer Muslims, and LGBT Amicus Brief in Court New York, NY … On Wednesday, October 18, Trump’s anti-Muslim Travel Ban v. 3.0 […]