 | Activist of the Month: Ryan Khamkongsay October 10, 2012 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 Activist of the Month. Join us as we get to know these incredible people who devote so much of their time and talentMore… |
 | Activist of the Month: Loni Shibuyama August 14, 2012 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 Activist of the Month. Join us as we get to know these incredible people who devote so much of their time and talentMore… |
 | &: Queer API Intersections Storytelling Project August 13, 2012 API Equality-LA is inviting you to share your unique experiences and stories with us! Across the country, queer Asian and Pacific Islander youth face the unique challenge of navigating multiple, complex identities. However, our stories and struggles often go unrecognized in not only mainstream media, but society at large as well. &: Queer API IntersectionsMore… |
 | Apply for EMPOWER YOU(TH): API Equality-LA’s Student Civic Engagement Internship August 10, 2012 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 change? Here’s your chance. API Equality-LA’s EMPOWER YOU(TH)! Student Civic Engagement Internship serves to provide Asian and Pacific Islander students (agesMore… |
 | Immigration Panel Highlights Fight for Recognition July 20, 2012 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 Equality-LA assembled a diverse panel of speakers on July 10th to share their varied experiences on immigration, discuss the impact of Deferred Action, andMore… |
| API Equality-LA 7th Anniversary: Celebrating Togetherness July 5, 2012 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 people together — couples in love, families in harmony, communities in acceptance and understanding, movements in unity. None of us can achieve anything alone,More… |
 | Why I Care: Pride volunteers get personal June 15, 2012 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 activism and community events. As a member of the Social Media Committee, I talked to many of our volunteers throughout theMore… |
 | Honoring Our Heroes: A Film Screening and Panel on Our API LGBT Pioneers June 14, 2012 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 American LGBT activists in Los Angeles. Although their stories are not well-known, Asian Americans participated actively in the nascent LGBT civil rights movement in Southern California.More… |
 | March with API Equality-LA at the LA Pride Parade! June 6, 2012 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 meeting at 9 PM for a FREE hearty breakfast near the start of the parade before heading off to celebrateMore… |
| API Equality-LA Reaches Out to Manny Pacquiao May 18, 2012 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 Filipinos all over the world, including mine. That’s why I was concerned by his comments on gay marriage. Young people look up to him.”More… |