How Do I Tell Them? A Coming Out Workshop for Asian and Pacific Islanders
Los Angeles (CA) – On April 15, 2012, API Equality-LA presents How Do I Tell Them?, a coming out workshop for Asian and Pacific Islanders. Meeting your parents’ expectations can be hard enough. But...
View ArticleSisters Standing Up for Love $1200 for 2012 Matching Challenge
Sisters Standing Up for Love $1200 for 2012 Matching Challenge Friends & Supporters of API Equality-LA, We are thrilled to celebrate API Equality-LA again this year and its groundbreaking,...
View ArticleSisters Standing Up for Love
Sisters Standing Up for Love Sunday, April 22 You are cordially invited to Sisters Standing Up for Love – a reception fundraiser celebrating LGBT equality in the Asian and Pacific Islander community....
View ArticleActivist of the Month: Elis Im
API Equality-LA wouldn’t be the leading API LGBT organization today without the contributions of our stellar volunteer activists. Each month, it is our great pleasure to recognize one of them as our...
View Article…And About Manny Pacquiao
Recently, we have been dismayed by comments by a certain Filipino boxer and his criticism of Barack Obama’s pro gay marriage stance. Fortunately, he’s not the only Filipino who matters. In a 2009...
View ArticleAPI Equality-LA Reaches Out to Manny Pacquiao
Los Angeles, CA —Manny Pacquiao is arguably the most famous Filipino person in the world today. API Equality-LA Steering Committee member Noel Alumit said, “Mr. Pacquiao has uplifted the spirit of...
View ArticleMarch with API Equality-LA at the LA Pride Parade!
Who doesn’t love a good parade?! March with API Equality-LA along with other members of the Asian Pacific Islander Pride Council (APIPC) in the LA Pride Parade on Sunday, June 10, 2012! We will be...
View ArticleHonoring Our Heroes: A Film Screening and Panel on Our API LGBT Pioneers
In celebration of LGBT Heritage Month, join us to launch API Equality-LA’s Asian American Lesbian and Gay Pioneers Project. Our newest initiative is conducting filmed interviews with the earliest Asian...
View ArticleWhy I Care: Pride volunteers get personal
By Sonia Fang To celebrate LA Pride 2012, API Equality-LA wanted to find out what motivates our dedicated group of volunteers to be involved: whether that meant specifically in API Equality- LA or in...
View ArticleHonoring Our Heroes: A Film Screening and Panel on Our API LGBT Pioneers
In celebration of LGBT Heritage Month, join us to launch API Equality-LA’s Asian American Lesbian and Gay Pioneers Project. Our newest initiative is conducting filmed interviews with the earliest Asian...
View ArticleMendez, Ryth
Ryth Mendez is from San Diego, specifically National City, and is also a recent graduate from UCLA with a BA in Asian American Studies with Pilipino Concentration and LGBT Studies minor. Ryth began...
View ArticleAlegrio, Hertz
Hertz Alegrio hails from Anaheim, CA and is an illustration student currently attending Santa Monica College. His interest in social justice issues began in high school with his involvement in his...
View ArticleAPI Equality-LA 7th Anniversary: Celebrating Togetherness
Join us for API Equality-LA’s 7th Anniversary: Celebrating Togetherness. Progress in our movement has been gained only because we have worked together, and our work really has been all about bringing...
View ArticleImmigration Panel Highlights Fight for Recognition
With the announcement of President Obama’s recent immigration policy known as Deferred Action, the need to bring attention to how immigration affects API LGBT people is more crucial than ever. API...
View ArticleFaith Committee Meeting
The Faith Committee meeting is on Wednesday, July 12, 2012 at 7:00 PM. Led by Co-Chairs Alex H. Fukui and Ezra Evangelista, the Faith Committee works to engage API Christian and Buddhist...
View ArticleAPI Equality-LA Volunteer Orientation
Have you been wanting to do more for the API LGBT community? Here’s your chance! Join API Equality-LA at noon on Saturday, July 28, 2012 for our VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION! This is your opportunity to: Get...
View ArticleAPI Equality-LA at the 626 Night Market!
Join API Equality-LA at the 2nd 626 Night Market on Saturday, July 28, 2012! Known as Southern California’s first Asian night market, 626 Night Market is taking place in the heart of Pasadena at...
View Article“I Am”: Film Screening and Discussion
Join API Equality-LA, Satrang, and the South Asian Network for a free screening of the documentary, “I Am” (click here for the trailer). This documentary chronicles the director’s (Sonali Gulati)...
View ArticleAPI Equality-LA’s 7th Year Anniversary: Celebrating Togetherness!
Join us for API Equality-LA’s 7th Anniversary: Celebrating Togetherness. Progress in our movement has been gained only because we have worked together, and our work really has been all about bringing...
View ArticleApply for EMPOWER YOU(TH): API Equality-LA’s Student Civic Engagement Internship
Want to make a difference in this year’s election while earning a scholarship? Want to learn how to engage in the political process? Want to work with your communities, campus, and peers to create...
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