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Daring to Hope for a Just World: Reflections from the 2018 NQAPIA Conference
Image description: Yiann is standing while holding an electric guitar, smiling toward something to the right. (Photo credit: Corky Lee) Yiann Chou, one of our APIENC volunteers, attended the 2018...
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We Are Magic Manifested, and We Won’t Be Erased
APIENC’s Statement on the Leaked ‘Trans Memo’ [Image Description: The words “Won’t Be Erased” are in white, on top of a photo of two people at a march.]Yesterday, The New York Times reported an...
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Sharing our Learnings: APIENC’s Transformation with the Wildfire Project
Mioi Hanaoka (she/they) has been a long-time supporter and member of APIENC. She is currently part of APIENC’s Communications and Core Committees. As a member of Core, Mioi took part in APIENC’s set of...
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2019? 😲 Let’s do this.
APIENC was first founded in 2004, and refounded in 2013, with a commitment to young, trans, and gender nonconforming leadership. This shift happened through intentional changes to our structure, work,...
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2019 Summer Organizer Program – Apply by March 1st
Do you want to work with trans, gender nonconforming, and queer API people and communities? Do you have a commitment to social justice? Are you ready to transform, learn concrete community organizing...
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This Has Been a Messy Year: Practicing Healthy Accountability
Avery Nguyen (they/them) is a member of APIENC’s Core Committee, and our Trans Justice Committee. After our retreats with the Wildfire Project, Avery wrote this reflection to share with the APIENC...
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POP! People over Pride: Training Camp for LGBTQ API Youth – APPLY TODAY
POP! Camp is BACK! This summer, APIENC and NQAPIA are hosting our second People Over Pride (POP!) Camp for LGBTQ Asian and Pacific Islander Youth. POP! Camp is an intensive 4-day LGBTQ API training...
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Honoring Our Legacies: APIENC at SF Pride
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Three Takeaways on Environmental Justice from PGM ONE
Environmental and climate justice work is an emerging part of APIENC’s organizing and politics. APIENC’s TTAC (Think and Take Action Cohort) brings together and inspires queer and transgender Asian and...
View ArticleWe Are Trans Asian and Pasifika Leaders in Defense of Black Lives
We are non-Black people of Asian and Pasifika (A&PI) descent, and we are trans, nonbinary, and many Indigenous cultural gender identities¹. We span many movements, many generations, and many...
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Vulnerability is Power: Reflections from LEX 2020
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Self-Determination & Queer Power: Reflections from the Summer Organizer...
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We Are Worthy of Support: Reflections from the Summer Organizer Program (part 2)
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Hello are you there? Reflections from our Dragon Fruit Phone Tree
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The Main Ingredient to Interdependence is Relationship Building
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View ArticleYou Matter: Video Reflection on LEX 2020
LEX & the APIENC family brought so much… so many things, but what i’m most thankful for is the healing that it brought to me when i felt too overwhelmed to know where to start, & i want to...
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Writings from #QTAPIClimateStories
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Now, we do as we’ve always done.
The day after the 2016 election, I woke up, logged onto social media, and saw outcries of anger and fear from my friends. On that day, I wrote a commitment to myself, and an invitation to others: “We...
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Building a world of safety, dignity, and care is up to us.
The summer after I realized I was trans, I spent a lot of time online. I wanted to learn about other trans people and be seen in my experiences. The internet helped me do so discreetly, during a time...
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Will we concede to fear, or will we choose interdependence?
Dear APIENC Community, Throughout the past year, I have often come back to the question, “Will we concede to fear and individualism, or will we choose interdependence?” This past week, as we...
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