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 […]
To our trans and gender non-conforming fam: To all of us. It’s been a rough year. It’s been a rough few years. Hell, it’s been rough for as long as we can remember. Last week, our trans and GNC communities became the latest political pawn in Trump’s hellish games. We’re writing to say that we […]
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When I was an ashamed, sad, and fearful mother, I found PFLAG. It was a place where I could get support as a mother. I am so grateful for them. But what I didn’t find at PFLAG were individuals that looked like our family and people who understood our cultural uniqueness. I found that support […]
Why and how do we show up in solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives? What do we really mean when we say #APIs4BlackLives? Click the image to watch NQAPIA’s QAPIs4BlackLives video Hear members of the NQAPIA family talk about their personal experiences with police, where their solidarity comes from, and why they are engaged […]