March General Meeting
March 12, 2012
Please join our next General Meeting 3/16!
In this month’s meeting, we shall be observing the relationships between Asian American and Western culture on homosexuality.
*Why is homosexuality tabooed within the Asian narrative?
*Was homosexuality always viewed through a negative scope in Asian Culture?
*How has Western influences alter, or form permanent fixtures of identities within the Asian context?
*Have we heard any homophobic things we heard from family or friends?
*How are our identities formed and how are we viewed by those that are not within our community?
*What are some acceptable behaviors in both Asian and Western culture that are usually deemed homosexual but can pass as harmless play?
We shall be exploring the different narratives that form hegemonic views of homosexuality within the pan-Asian and Western context. Fun and engaging group activities are also included within our agenda to help us build a better understanding of the topics we are trying to convey.
Think you’ll be hungry? Snacks and light refreshments will be served~ After the meeting we can further congregate on what we would like to eat.
Hope ya’ll can make it!
CUNY Graduate Center, 34th St. and 5th Ave.
Room 9204
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** Q-Wave is a safe space dedicated to lesbian and bi-sexual women, transfolk and gender-nonconformists of Asian and PacificIslander descent; our General Meetings and Coffee Hours are open to this particular community. Q-Wave welcomes all supporters, friends and families to join our other social events (ie BBQs, picnics, parades, film screenings, etc). Please respect our space and confidentiality. Thank you very much.*
2/17/2012 GM: Q-Wave Kick-off
February 15, 2012
Hello Qwave!
A sneak peek at our (“gay”) agenda and topics:
* Who are we, and why does Qwave exist?
* How does Qwave relate to you?
* What are our core values?
* Who’s in the room, and who is missing?
* Where does Qwave stand in the larger LGBT movement?
* We’re damn proud of all the things we’ve done over the last year and we’re even more excited about the year ahead. Find out what we’re up to and how you can get involved.
CUNY Graduate Center, 34th St. and 5th Ave.
Room C197
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The after meeting dinner address is:
(between 5th Ave & Madison Ave)
New York, NY 10016
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** Q-Wave is a safe space dedicated to lesbian and bi-sexual women, transfolk and gender-nonconformists of Asian and PacificIslander descent; our General Meetings and Coffee Hours are open to this particular community. Q-Wave welcomes all supporters, friends and families to join our other social events (ie BBQs, picnics, parades, film screenings, etc). Please respect our space and confidentiality. Thank you very much.*
11/15/2011 “We are family!”: LGBT Asian American/ South Asian Parents & Parenting
October 30, 2011
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“We are family!” (literally)
LGBT Asian American/ South Asian Parents and Parenting
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Join SALGA, GAPIMY, and QWAVE for a discussion by LGBTs who have children and the different ways they became parents. One couple through same-sex adoption, another through a sperm donor, and a third through a prior heterosexual marriage.
The presenters will talk frankly about their personal experiences, joys and struggles of parenting, family acceptance, making mom and dad grandparents, negotiating who is “daddy” or “mommy,” issues of race, and broader community acceptance. At the end of the program, an attorney will briefly go over the nuts, bolts, and legal options for individuals and couples who want to start a family.
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
6pm to 8pm
LGBT Center in Manhattan
208 West 13th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues.
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The families:
Sunyoo Kim and Agnes Harley, and with their 2 year old daughter Kai Seong-Ah Kim
Glenn Magpantay and Christopher Goeken, and their 5 year old son Malcolm.
Karen Naimool and Jennifer Griffith, and their 8 year old son Jadon
Sponsored by South Asian Gay & Lesbian Association (SALGA), QWAVE, and the Gay Asian and Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIMNY), and the LGBT Center Families Program.
Co-Sponsoring Just Hang Just Dance 9/18/2010
September 7, 2010
Q-Wave in conjunction of Just Hang are throwing a dance party for the mid-autumn festival!
ASIAN FEMME’ DANCE PARTY
Celebrate mid-autumn festival
Live DJ, Special gifts for the wildest dancer(s)
When: September 18, 2010, Saturday, 10PM – 2 AM
Where: Heavenly Bamboo
10 East 39th Street (between 5th and Madison)
PRE-PARTY DINNERS RECEIVE 10% OFF + FREE DESSERT
NO COVER CHARGE!
All Asian women & trans-identified people welcome
18 to party, 21 to drink
Sponsored by JUST HANG / Q-WAVE
3rd Annual NYC Queer Asian Youth Picnic Aug 8, 2010
July 19, 2010
Bryant Park Queer Asian Invasion!
3rd Annual NYC Queer Asian Youth Picnic
Where? Bryant Park, NYC (we’ll be on the lawn)
When? Sunday, August 8th from 2 PM – 4 PM
How Much? FREE
Description:
What better way to spend the summer than taking over one of NYC’s most beloved parks? Join NYC’s young queer Asian community as we take over Bryant Park for our 3rd annual picnic. We’ll bring the food, drinks and games. Just bring yourself! Oh, wait that’s a lie. Bring a blanket if you got one AND if you got a game you want to play, bring that too.
Not only is this a chance to catch some rays and relax a little bit in the heart of NYC, this is also a chance to meet other queer Asian youth in the city.
This picnic is open only to LGBT Asians and South Asians of all genders ages 26 and under. Questions? Send to downetime@gmail.com or call Dennis at 609-954-2111.
Co-sponsored by Downetime, GAPIMNY’s Young Adult Group, SALGA and Q-WAVE