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On Sunday, May 3rd, 2009, at the 50th annual Buena Vista United Methodist Church Bazaar in Alameda, CA, the Network on Religion and Justice for API LGBTs (NRJ) launched the One Big Family photo solidarity project.

In partnership with Buena Vista UMC’s Reconciling Ministry, NRJ hosted a booth at the Bazaar. Nestled between the hot tea tent and the chicken teriyaki ticket booth, we invited attendees to stand in solidarity with LGBTQ people by taking their picture holding a sign that read, “I am Christian and I stand in solidarity with LGBTQ people” or another solidarity message of their choice.

Buena Vista United Methodist Church voted to be a reconciling church in 2006. The BVUMC community was excited about the opportunity to show solidarity for LGBTQ people. See their pictures below:

We invite you to join the One Big Family photo solidarity project. If you’d like to be a part of the project, send your photo and written consent for us to use the photo to laurenq@psr.edu.

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 May 30, 5:00-9:00pm
API Family Pride Banquet, Hotel Whitcomb 1231 Market Street, San Francisco, CA

NRJ-API-LGBT, a joint project of PANA and CLGS, will publicly honor PSR professor Dr. Kah-Jin Jeffrey Kuan at this year’s API Family Pride banquet. Join us!

“Reverend Dr. Jeffrey Kuan, a respected pastor and biblical scholar, has long been a visible advocate for LGBT equality in churches and society. Beginning in the early 1990s, Dr. Kuan has been teaching against the misuse of biblical texts towards lesbian and gay Christians.  He served as an expert witness both in the investigation of the Sacramento 68, a group of United Methodist clergy, who co-officiated the holy union of a lesbian couple, and in the church trial of a lesbian clergy in Seattle. Rev. Kuan has marched and spoken out publicly in rallies and press conferences, as an Asian Pacific Islander clergy in support of LGBT equality and marriage.”

For more information:
http://www.apifamilypride.org/events_09.html

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These were two amazing concerts to benefit queer people of faith in the Philippines. Concerts featured Michael Woo, vocalist; four-hand piano by Adrienne Krug & Stephanie Lynne Smith; the Hawaiian Chorus Na Leo Nahenahe (Sweet Voices) and the GAPA Men’s Chorus. These concerts will touch your heart – and change the world.

Friday, May 1st & Saturday, May 2nd
Doors open at 7pm; Concert at 7:30pm
$15 in advance. $20 at the door.

These Musical Events Benefit MCC’s Asian Pacific Initiative:

Founded in 1968, Metropolitan Community Churches minister to LGBT people and promote social justice in 22 countries around the world. Proceeds from the event will be used to train pastors and construct a new church building in Quezon City, Philippines. Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco: “We pledge to do our best to be intentional in building relationships with the API LGBT community, and in including API people as leaders in our community and worship services.”

Click this link for a printable poster (pdf)

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6th Annual Family Presentation Banquet

Since 2004, Asian & Pacific Islander (A&PI) Family Pride has organized its annual Family Presentation Banquet to honor persons who have supported A&PI lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons throughout their journey of self-discovery and coming out. The annual Family Presentation Banquet has honored over 60 mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and numerous other accepting family members who have faced deep-rooted homophobia in order to love and accept their LGBT relatives. The Banquet is an opportunity to honor this private courage of public support.

We invite Asian & Pacific Islander LGBT individuals to nominate these brave and accepting family members to honor at the A&PI Family Pride Banquet on May 30, 2009.

SAVE THE DATE
Saturday, May 30, 2009

Honoree Nomination Process

Who may nominate?

- Any LGBT Asian or Pacific Islander, or any organization with a constituency that includes Asian or Pacific Islander LGBTs.

Who may be honored?

- Any person or organization who in the eyes of the nominator, has provided support throughout an A&PI LGBT individual’s journey of self-discovery and coming out. They may be living or deceased and may be of any race or ethnicity.

How to honor:

Step 1: Provide your name, address, email, telephone and other contact information.
Step 2: Provide the name and relation of the person or organization you are nominating for recognition.
Step 3: Provide a written summary of 100 words maximum describing the love, support and acceptance the honored person(s) or organization have provided throughout your journey of self-discovery as an A&PI LGBT individual. Include a brief bio of the person(s) or description of the organization being honored.
Step 4: Provide one (1) photograph suitable for publication of the person(s) being nominated; a high resolution digital photo is preferred.
Step 5: Send the information to: API-FP, P.O. Box 473, Fremont, CA 94537 -or- email to belinda@apifamilypride.org.

Note: Unless otherwise requested, it is understood that by submission, the names & stories of the honorees will be used in future A&PI-Family Pride printed and internet publications.

Nomination Deadline:
- The written summary and photograph must be received no later than April 15, 2009.

Next Steps:
You will be notified via telephone or email by April 30, 2009 if your nomination has been accepted. You will be provided two (2) complimentary tickets for yourself and your honoree to attend the annual Family Pride Banquet being held Saturday evening, May 30, 2009 at Hotel Whitcomb in San Francisco, CA. Any additional honorees must purchase banquet tickets in order to attend. You must be present at the Family Presentation Banquet and in the case that your honoree cannot attend, you may invite someone else to accept the award in their honor.

API Family Pride
P.O. Box 473
Fremont, California 94537

Helpline: 510-818-0887
info@apifamilypride.org
www.apifamilypride.org

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GUNG HAY FAT CHOY!

San Francisco’s night time Lunar New Year Parade took place on the evening of February 7, 2009. API Equality took the lead in organizing and the theme was “Asian Pacific Islanders for Marriage Equality.” The weather was warm (no rain!) and we had about 75 people show up and march with us. 

A religious contingent with folks from GRACE, Pine Church, NRJ-API-LGBT, PANA and more came out to march in support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender APIs in the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade.

This was the fifth year that the API LGBT Community and our allies are marched in the Chinese New Year Parade.  We show the world that there are LGBT API people in our community and that we support marriage equality.

Some of the participating organizations include API Family Pride, API Legal Outreach, Asian Law Caucus, API Queer Women & Transgender Coalition, API Wellness Center, Gay Asian Pacific Alliance, Network for Religion and Justice for API LGBT People, Our Family Coalition, PANA Institute and UC Berkeley Queer and Asian.

2009 Lunar New Year Parade, LA

200 Supporters of Gay & Lesbian Community March in 2009 Los Angeles Chinatown New Year’s Parade

Contingent Organized by API Equality-LA Draws Record Participation

Los Angeles – On Saturday, January 31, 2009, a record 200 people joined the API Equality-LA contingent in the Golden Dragon Parade in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, one of the city’s most popular community event.  Saturday marked only the fourth time in the parade’s 110-year history that a contingent representing and supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) members of the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community has participated in the parade. 
 
“We expected a strong turnout after all of the energy in our community since the November 2008 election, but we were absolutely astounded to welcome 200 participants – nearly three times as many as last year!” said Ericson Herbas, API Equality-LA steering committee member and one of the organizers of the contingent.  “Particularly meaningful for all of us, we were also joined this year by same-sex couples who had been able to legally marry before November 2008.”
 
Wearing bright red t-shirts, the large contingent marched proudly through the streets of Chinatown, carrying banners displaying the six colors of the rainbow.  The rainbow is commonly used to represent the pride of the LGBT community and was chosen by the API Equality-LA contingent to also represent the diversity of the coalition’s membership and supporters. 
 
“Our participation in the lunar new year parade each year sends a powerful message of pride, diversity and inclusion,” said Marshall Wong, API Equality-LA co-chair.  “Saturday was a wonderful way to enter the Year of the Ox.  It is said that the Ox is a sign of prosperity through fortitude and hard work.  Fortitude and hard work describe exactly what we need to win back the freedom to marry for the LGBT community.  Today we took a short stroll around Chinatown but we’re committed to the long march to full equality.”
 
The contingent was led by a drum troupe playing traditional Korean drums, comprised of volunteers from the Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA).  And bringing up the rear of the API Equality-LA contingent was Danza Méxica Cuauhtemoc, a cultural troupe performing traditional Aztec dances, accompanied by Aztec drums and dressed in traditional Aztec clothes and tall feather headdresses.   
 
“API Equality-LA was thrilled to be able to include both Korean and Aztec drums as well as Aztec dancers,” said Eileen Ma, another API Equality-LA steering committee member and organizer of the contingent.  “For us, the drummers and dancers reinforced our message of pride in our diversity as a community.”
 
The diversity of the marchers was also evident in the organizations that officially joined the API Equality-LA contingent, many of whom proudly displayed their own organizational banners as part of the contingent.  In addition to API Equality-LA, other organizations who participated in the contingent included: Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC); Asian Pacific Health Care Venture (APHCV); Asian Pacific Islander Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (API PFLAG); ); California Faith for Equality; Chinese Progressive Association (CPA) of San Gabriel Valley; Equal Roots Coalition; Gays United Network (Gays U.N.); Japanese American Citizens League (JACL); Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA); Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC); Love Honor Cherish; OCA-Greater Los Angeles; South Asian Network (SAN); and Asian Pacific Islander Pride Council, which includes Asian American Queer Women Activists (AAQWA), Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team (APAIT), Chinese Rainbow Association, Gay Asian Pacific Support Network (GAPSN), and Satrang. 

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Are you (or do you know) an API GLBT youth going to college/graduate school?  The Tang Scholarship helps API GLBT youth to proudly achieve educational pursuits and dreams with a scholarship award of up to $15,000/year.  This scholarship is renewable for a maximum of three years (a total of four years) if the student annually meets the renewal requirements.

Eligibility:

• Self-identified as Asian/Pacific Island; (at least 25% API ancestry); (Priority will be given to those self-identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, and involved in the GLBT community);
• Graduate from a high school in one of the nine Bay Area counties; Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara County, Napa, Sonoma or Solano;
• Scholarship will be awarded for Full-Time (minimum 12 units for all semesters/quarters) enrollment in an accredited two, four-year university or graduate institution; (college, university, community college, or vocational school);
• United States citizen or legal resident;
• Demonstrated financial hardship;
• Demonstrated academic promise;
• Minimum grade point average 3.0 (on a scale of 4.0);
• Be between the age of 17 and 25 on 30 April

Application deadline is 30 April 2009

Click here to download an application:
http://www.sbqa.com/TangScholarshipApplication2009.pdf

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Oprah invited three spiritual leaders on her January 9, 2009 show to respond to the concerns of real people as they struggled with life’s challenges. One such person was Sedrick, a gay man, who was struggling with his finances. Rev. Ed Bacon, an Episcopal priest and one of the spiritual advisors, addressed the young man’s lack of a sense of self worth by saying that, ”being gay is a gift from God, but our culture doesn’t understand that, consequently, the culture sends messages “you oughta isolate.”  “And,” he says, “isolation is the antithesis of what we all need.” Minister Bernard Beckwith, another advisor, assured Sedrick that “…he is the image and likeness of God…”

The song was written for the first ever pride parade in Hong Kong, Dec 2008.
The lyrics are in English, mostly Cantonese, little Mandarin. Translation below by T:

Pride in your eyes, stepping big steps with me to the street.
 
Getting wet with rain or hot with sunshine,
Still make sure we’ll meet on the street.
 
Onlookers giving us strange looks,
I don’t need to guess why.
 
If they don’t get used to seeing LGBT,  we won’t mind,
One day they will say hi.
 
See me fly, I’m proud to fly up high
Whenever seeing rainbow in front,
   I will feel your love.
   Believe me I can fly,
   I am singing in the sky.
   singing can be heard all street,
   ’cause love can make one laughing and shouting loud.
 
Pride in your eyes, still accompanying me is you.
 
Rain or shine, still follow me
Go past more and more.
 
When facing obstacles along the road,
Confidence can make one end up prouder.
 
If the whole world unaccept me,
I rely on you to sing for me.
 
See me fly, I’m proud to fly up high.
 
seeing you today accompany me
along the road,  don’t care the distance is far or close,
use love for your voice.
 
Let me fly, I’m proud to fly up high
Over the rainbow, there’s my life, my pride …

Click here to watch part 2

“What God Has Joined Together: Hope for All Families”

Join San Francisco + Oakland + Bay Area Faith Leaders for an evening of Healing, Affirmation & Hope for LGBT Families & Friends in the aftermath of the passage of Proposition 8

Come Join in an ecumenical celebration of LGBT families

Learn about resources and organizations supporting and advocating for LGBT family needs

Sunday, December 14, 4pm-7pm
Historic Sweets Ballroom
1933 Broadway, Oakland