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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.*
12/16 NYC’s 2nd Annual LGBT Asian Holiday Party!
December 7, 2011
It’s time for our 2nd annual Holiday Party (last year’s was HOT HOT HOT)! Come celebrate another year of successes with the LGBT Asian community.
We have a lot to celebrate this year. Together, Q-WAVE, GAPIMNY, and SALGA have increased LGBT Asian visibility in NYC and beyond. In 2011, we marched in the Lunar New Year Parade for the 2nd time, launched the Asian Pride Project to help Asian families with LGBT members, called out mainstream gay clubs for racist door policies and party themes, protested against ex-gay conversion therapy at home and abroad, launched transgender and gender non-conforming programming for the South Asian community, and much MUCH more! Let’s show our appreciation for community and action in the LGBT Asian community.
Featuring Suzanne Persard as our resident DJ with a mix of hip hop, bollywood, and reggae. Light food will be available for you late night eaters. There will also be a raffle with some great prizes.
Where: Chom Chom
40 West 56th Street, New York, NY 10019
When: Friday, Dec 16, 2011
11 PM – 3 AM
Cover Charge: $10 before midnight, $15 after
All money goes to support LGBT Asian community organizations in NYC:
QWAVE – www.q-wave.org
GAPIMNY – www.gapimny.org
SALGA – www.salganyc.org
This party is 21+. Come as you are. Allies are welcome.
Oh, and get ready to dance.
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/306487332704648/
11/18 Join us for Donation Drive!!!
November 11, 2011
Hey Q-Wavers,
Rather than holding a normal GM, our meeting this month will be a DONATION DRIVE where we are asking for people to drop by the room with donations for Housing Works (please see below for a brief description of the work Housing Works does for the NY community) and then stay for some social time, conversation & snacks!
This month it will take place on Friday, November 18, 2011 from 6:30pm-8:30pm at CUNY GRAD CENTER Room 9204
The list of donate-able items includes gently used:
· men’s & women’s clothing
· children’s clothing
· shoes
· handbags & accessories
· jewelry
· housewares
Hope to see you there!!!
Cheerio,
Quail & Aileen
And for some light bathroom reading…Here’s a tidbit Housing Works:
Housing Works* is a non-profit organization based in New York City that works to end “the dual crises of homelessness and AIDS through advocacy, the provision of lifesaving services, and entrepreneurial businesses that sustain [their] efforts.” As advocates, the organization fights for the inclusion and dignity of marginalized communities including active drug users, homeless people all people living with HIV/AIDS, homeless people, and sexual minorities. They have provided services (housing, healthcare, meals, mental health/substance use treatment, job training, legal assistance, etc.) to more than 20,000 homeless and low-income NYers living with HIV/AIDS since 1990. And they also began social enterprise-businesses that provide employment opportunities to the NY community and whose profits fund the mission of Housing Works.
Visit their website for more info: http://www.housingworks.org/
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.