A synopsis of Asian American’s in the state of Washington covering immigration and migration.
Courtesy from the Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest. A curriculum for this topic was created by Matthew W. Klingle.
Founded in 2006, the Movement Advancement Project is an independent think tank that provides rigorous research, insight and analysis that help speed equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. MAP’s work is focused on three primary areas:
Policy & Issue Analysis
LGBT Movement Overviews
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MAP’s work helps educate and persuade public audiences (such as policymakers, allied organizations and funders, media and the American public) and helps support LGBT movement audiences (including LGBT organizations and advocates, and LGBT funders).
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By articulating the need for change and outlining solutions in a comprehensive and compelling way, MAP enables these audiences to better understand the need for change, become motivated to act, and take effective action: Policymakers can better understand the challenges facing LGBT Americans, feel more compelled to take action, and more effectively advocate for solutions that best achieve equality.
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From the Mesothelic era to the 21st centery. Geek out and see what wikipedia has determined to be a part of the LGBT timeline.
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
The National Center for Transgender Equality has phenomenal resources on their website. They are broken down into five categories.
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 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.
SMYAL supports and empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth in the Washington, DC metropolitan region. Through youth leadership, SMYAL creates opportunities for LGBTQ youth to build self-confidence, develop critical life skills, and engage their peers and community through service and advocacy. Committed to social change, SMYAL builds, sustains and advocates for programs, policies and services that LGBTQ youth need as they grow into adulthood.
Website: http://www.smyal.org/
The influx of both foreign-born and second generation APIs prompt those in the the social and mental health services an increased level of concern, as they attempt to accommodate the needs of a culture of individuals who generally avoid the use of their services. Development of a culture-specific framework for delivery of services is a matter of ongoing research and strategic implementation. In providing access to a culturally-specific resource, the variety of cultural representations of the API community must be taken into consideration: the differences in faith, educational level, socio-economic status, health condition, political ideology, past or current military background, home language, sexual orientation, gender identity, and generational and acculturation levels. Being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) and/or having an LGBT family member in the API community is not a new phenomenon.
