LGBT American people of Asian descent (Wikipedia)
A little challenge to anyone reading this is to create a wikipedia page for someone you know who should be on this list. Please give us an email when it’s up and we’ll announce your hard work!! Visibility is an ongoing fight.
Wikipedia Asian American Lesbians
Staceyann Chinn
Jenny Shimizu
Urvashi Vaid
Merle Woo
Alice Wu
Helen Zia
Wikipedia Asian American Transgender or Transexuals
Injustice at every turn: A look at Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander respondents in the National Transgender Discrimination Survey
The National Transgender Discrimination Survey [NTDS] examined 6,456 transgender and gender non-conforming people’s experiences of discrimination in the U.S. The survey results demonstrate that transgender and gender nonconforming people face unrelenting discrimination in virtually all aspects of their lives.
One of the most important findings was that the combination of anti-transgender bias with structural and interpersonal racism meant that transgender and gender non-conforming people of color, including those who are Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander [API], experience particularly devastating levels of discrimination. In response, the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance [NQAPIA] has partnered with the National Center for
Transgender Equality [NCTE] and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force to offer this report on discrimination against API transgender and gender non-conforming people.
CHINESE // HINDI // KOREAN // TAGALOG // TAMIL // VIETNAMESE
http://www.transequality.org/Resources/ntds_asianamerican_english.pdf
Transgender Equality Resource Page
The National Center for Transgender Equality has phenomenal resources on their website. They are broken down into five categories.
NQAPIA
The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance is a federation of LGBTQ Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander Organizations. NQAPIA seeks to build the capacity of local LGBT AAPI organizations, invigorate grassroots organizing, develop leadership, and challenge homophobia, racism, and anti-immigrant bias.
Q-Wave
Q-Wave is dedicated to strengthening the voices of lesbian/bisexual/queer women and transgender/gender variant people of Asian descent. We strive to build a supportive, progressive community by promoting visibility and empowerment through social, political, and educational organizing.