wanna participate
Hey everyone, thanks for taking the time to look at the site, and see what this project is all about. I’m perpetually seeking participants who are willing to be photographed and interviewed. If there is enough interested folks in a city, and I have the financial means to travel (see below) I’ll definitely come through. Any confirmed shoot dates and new cities will be posted on this page. Sign-up for the email list for any news and events.
In exchange for the time spent contributing to this project, participants are free to use the images for non-commercial use, and are encouraged to submit bios & links to the expanding website to promote personal work or social justice related causes.
Please contact mia (at) visibilityproject (dot) org if you or anyone you know is interested in participating, or fill out the comment section below.
SPONSOR, FUNDRAISE, OR DONATE (aka help the Visibility Project come to your city)
Here’s an addendum, and request for help. I’ve gotten lot of requests to come to cities all over the country. This is incredibly inspiring to continue work on this project. I have a full-time job, and freelance on the side to help pay for equipment, travel, and print/exhibition expenses. But I still don’t have the financial means to do as much as I or you would like. So I’m asking for help. Some thoughts I’ve had is to have non-profit, school, or community organization sponsor a visit. Or hold a fundraiser to support/donate to the project.
thanks so much for your interest and continued support of our community – Mia Nakano
Hello,
I'm a queer fat high femme biracial Asian bon vivant social justice crusader who would love to participate in your project! What information do you need from me?
Also, if you're interested in group shots, I also have a couple of friends (a Chinese femme and a biracial South Asian FTM) who might also be interested in coming with me.
Thanks!
Tara
06/12/2010 at 5:17 pm
Hi Mia,
I found your website through a queer email list-serve I'm a part of.
My name is Un Jung Lim and I'm from New York. I identify as a Queer Korean American Power Femme and I'm interested in being photographed. Unfortunately I'll be traveling the exact week you'll be in Brooklyn/NYC. I'm traveling from December 26th to January 2nd to visit San Francisco for the first time. How long will you be in the New York City area? Would you consider some additional photo shoot dates?
I've also posted your request for QAPI models on the Q-Wave list-serve. If you're interested in what Q-Wave does, you can go to our website: http://www.q-wave.org/
I'm also a part of The Dari Project which aims to create resources and visibility for Queer Korean/Korean Americans. http://www.dariproject.org/
If you're interested in contacting me, I can be reached at: unjung_8@yahoo.com or at 347-878-9450.
Thanks for starting this visibility project. I look forward to hearing from you.
in peace & solidarity,
Un Jung
06/12/2010 at 5:54 pm
ahoy!
i wanted to let y'all know that i truly appreciate this project and am very excited for it. i'm a queer asian-american womyn who is currently living in DC – moved to the east coast from vegas this year. gettin' my MA in gender studies and public policy. and with a background in activism and outreach: mostly feminist, lgbtq, immigration, the arts, and burlesque. i'm on the board of NAPAWF (Nat'l Asian Pacific American Women's Forum) as their LGBT co-Chair and also the national board of Burlesque Hall of Fame.
anyhow – i'd love to participate in the project – though i'm out of town through the 3rd of January. SO. in the case y'all need more people past your shooting dates, please feel free to contact me. i've got close friends in ny i visit often and really, any excuse to head up is good for me.
thanks for the awesome work!
-diana
06/12/2010 at 7:45 pm
I'm interested in being photographed for the NYC sessions! Let me know how I can participate.
xo
kimmie
06/12/2010 at 9:13 pm
Hi,
I am a native New York who is from a singapore-american background and out for nearly ten years. I support your project and would like to participate.
Thanks for the opportunity,
Eileen
07/12/2010 at 12:15 am
I read about your project on a listserv I'm on, Q-Wave, for Asian and Asian-American queer women/trans/genderqueer, etc.
I'm a transman, 39 years-old, of mixed Chinese-Ecuadorian descent and background. I'm bilingual Spanish and English, but no Chinese (my grandmother speaks Cantonese). I left Ecuador at 17, and moved to Southern California to attend college. Moved to NY and got a M.A. at the New School. Filmmaker and artist by training and occupation. I work on social-issue documentaries, and hope to expand to narrative fiction as well.
07/12/2010 at 4:18 pm
I think if I am visible, I will be able to express that we are the same amongst masses whether we identify as heteros or homos.
08/12/2010 at 7:10 am
Interested! a
12/12/2010 at 7:21 pm
peace, visibility project:
would love to contribute to this dope work & effort. please feel
free to contact me via email or by phone, 773. 814.6503.
i am committed social justice, joy, and laughter, plus
anything connected to food, youth advocacy, and
queer/trans people of color.
please see my following additional sites:
http://brownroundboi.tumblr.com/ http://recipesforthepeople.blogspot.com/
i hope you are well and warm. i look forward to working with the
visibility project and hearing from you soon.
*to ruckus,
k. ulanday barrett.
———————–
voted for CAMPUS PRIDE HOT LIST 2009
published in KICKED OUT an
anthology of LGBTQ homelessness.
educator, performance poet, martial artist, speaker.
http://www.kaybarrett.net http://www.myspace.com/inthealong http://www.campuspride.org/hotlist2009.asp
14/12/2010 at 7:47 pm
Hi Mia. My sister Mandy said you can contact her and she may be able to participate on Jan 2. She lives in Long Island. Her email is mandyny13@aol.com
Love ya
Matthew
27/12/2010 at 4:46 pm
Hi, I'm Roshan, and I'm a biracial Indian and White genderqueer person, and I'd love to be involved in this project! I'm from Tucson, AZ, so I don't know how many APIA queer people you'll find here, but I'd love to participate.
13/01/2011 at 7:50 pm
Currently living in Cambridge Mass for college, half Korean/half white, native Californian, radical, Marxist gentleman with a pretty, foreign ladyfriend.
14/01/2011 at 6:33 am
i am very much interested in your project, would love to participate, and got your link off of OkCupid. i am a Korean-American adoptee and have met/talked with others who are lesbian as well. it is just another layer in the sexual orientation conversation.
please let me know if you are ever in the Northern California area, specifically Sacramento.
thank you,
~T
19/01/2011 at 1:14 am
I'm totally interested in participating! I'm located in New York City.
19/01/2011 at 10:55 pm
There are lots of Asian LGBT people in Chicago. I'm one of the writers for The L Stop. Maybe we can do a double interview if you visit.
(Sadly, our website isn't up yet. Our webby people are still tweaking it).
19/01/2011 at 11:28 pm
Would love to participate if you ever come to New York! There are tons of queer Asian orgs here who I'm sure would be interested as well (q-wave, salga, gapimny, etc.)
20/01/2011 at 8:48 pm
Desde México en espera de mas información, cluamua_88@hotmail.com. julio ponce, me encataría participar.
07/03/2011 at 5:05 am
Hi there! I'm a queer femme second-gen Korean American in Providence, in my last semester studying Literary Arts and Ethnic Studies. I know a bunch of us queerazns here at Brown would love to participate in this project. I hope you'll get in touch if you'll be in the area anytime soon! frances_choi@brown.edu.
best,
franny
04/04/2011 at 8:55 pm
hello. i am a queer, mixed race, asian american woman who would love to be a part of your project! i live in brooklyn, nyc 9 months of the year, and northampton, ma the other 3.
additionally, i am a social work masters student who is beginning the journey of writing my thesis about asian american queer identity, and i would love to eventually speak with you and any of your participants that are interested. this thesis work will really kick off in the fall, but i would love to dialog with you about some of your thoughts leading up to this project.
best,
anastasia
aytaketomo@gmail.com
22/04/2011 at 4:21 pm