A Federation of LGBTQ Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander Organizations.
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 […]
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 […]
In the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community, young people often see coming out as an act of shaming and dishonoring their parents and their ancestors, but staying in the closet takes a greater toll, causing isolation, depression, and even suicide. Our “Family Is Still Family” television PSA Campaign—the first-ever multi-lingual public service announcements created […]
We’ve created our own 1-pagers and infographics on critical racial/religious profiling issues. Take a look! Countering Violent Extremism (1-Pager) Homeland Security (1-Pager) FBI Terror Watchlist (1-Pager) Sources: http://www.searac.org/sites/default/files/SEAA%20School%20to%20Deportation%20Pipeline_0.pdf http://saalt.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/In-Our-Own-Words-Narratives-of-South-Asian-New-Yorkers-Affected-by-Racial-and-Religious-Profiling.pdf http://www.gallup.com/poll/6361/civil-rights-profile-profiling.aspx http://repec.iza.org/dp4411.pdf