Resources
We are in the process of updating this list of helpful literature & media and related organizations for members of our community. If you have any additions to suggest, please send us an email at (info “at” q-wave.org).
= Literature & Media =
MAPLBN Family Letter Project
Q-Wave has limited copies of the booklet and video available to our members for reference
Beloved Daughter: (English and Chinese) letters from Mothers, Fathers and Siblings of immigrant Chinese families about their daughters’ coming out.
There is No Name for This: Chinese in America Discuss Sexual Diversity
PFLAG Resources in Chinese
After Your Children Came Out… A Guide for Parents of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Children
Chinese Publications on LGBT Topics
Asian Queer & Trans literature
titles from around the world at utopia-asia.com
API Equality Videos
No on Prop 8 Press Conference & News Clips from California
Other Videos
Hong Kong 2008 Pride Video
Top 5 queer Asian-American women in entertainment and media
AfterEllen.com blog post by Malinda Lo
Queer and Chinese: The View from Beijing
11/25/08: Interview on Asia Pacific Forum with XU BIN, founder and director of Common Language, the first national organization in China representing lesbian, bisexual and transgender women. She also helped to found Beijing’s first LGBT Cultural Center, which opened its doors earlier this year.
= Organizations =
API Equality
API Equality is committed to working in the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community in California and nationally for equal marriage rights, fair treatment, and overall acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.
APIQWTC
Asian Pacific Islander Women and Transgender Coalition
apiqwtc@yahoogroups.com
AAQWA
Asian American Queer Women Activists in Southern California
Asian and Pacific Islander Family Pride
P. O. Box 473, Fremont, CA 94537
510.818.0887
info@apifamilypride.org
Asian Pacific Islander Queer Sisters
Organization for queer API sisters in the DC metropolitan area
The Audre Lorde Project
Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit & Transgender People of Color Communities
85 S. Oxford St., Brooklyn, NY 11217
718.596.0342
alpinfo@alp.org
The Dari Project
The Dari Project develops resources to increase awareness and acceptance in Korean American communities of LGBTQ people of Korean descent.
718.618.4763
dari@dariproject.org
GAPIMNY
Gay Asian & Pacific Islander Men of New York
PO Box 1608, Old Chelsea Station, New York, NY 10113
212.802.RICE
gapimny@gapimny.org
I2I: Invisible to Invincible
Chicago’s only LGBTQQ API community organization
Institute for Tongzhi Studies
An academic research and exchange program based at the City University of New York led by Chinese speaking educators and researchers that aspires to encourage discussions related to issues of gender, sexuality, and sexual health
Nutongxueshe (Chinese language site)
Study group that encourages creative expressions of sexual minorities in Hong Kong
PFLAG NYC
Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
PO Box 843, FDR Station, New York, NY 10150
212.463.0629
info@pflagnyc.org
Queer & Asian Houston
Q & A Houston aims to promote diversity and awareness of the queer Asian/Pacific Islander community through social building.
SALGA
South Asian Lesbian & Gay Association
208 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011
212.620.7310
salganyc@hotmail.com
The Samaritans of New York
24 hours / 7 days Suicide Prevention Hotline. All-volunteer, confidential, anonymous, non-religious, 24-hour suicide prevention hotline, emotional support, support groups for those who have lost a loved one.
(212) 673-3000
The Trevor Project
24/7 suicide & crisis prevention helpline for gay and questioning youth. If you are a youth who is feeling alone, confused or in crisis, please call 1-866-4-U-TREVOR. You’ll be able to speak confidentially with a trained counselor 24/7.
Trevor Helpline: 866.4.U.TREVOR
NY Office Phone: 212.509.0042
