Asian/Pacific American Archives
About the Project
**The interactive map shown on the introduction page attempts to represent the web of interconnections among the diverse members of the New York Asian/Pacific American community. One by one, our archives survey adds points to the map. Participate in the survey and help us create a richer map of the documentary heritage of New York Asian America!
The collections described on this website are located in the homes of artists, activists, scholars and businesspeople; the offices of social service organizations, theater companies, labor unions and arts organizations; and archival repositories in the New York City metropolitan area. Some are accessible to the public, but many are not.
About Archives
Deep in the closets, basements, and storage spaces of every house usually lies several boxes of programs, flyers, buttons, and other ephemera from movies, performances, plays, museums, or other events or places that a person attended or organized and wanted to remember. In the most casual definition, this is an archive or archival collection.
National Center for Lesbian Rights
The National Center for Lesbian Rights is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, public policy advocacy, and public education.
What We Do
NCLR is a non-profit, public interest law firm which litigates precedent-setting cases at the trial and appellate court levels; advocates for equitable public policies affecting the LGBT community; provides free legal assistance to LGBT people and their legal advocates; and conducts community education on LGBT legal issues.
Who We Serve
More than 5,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families in all fifty states each year, including LGBT seniors, immigrants, athletes, and youth. And our impact litigation serves all LGBT people in the United States.
National Office
870 Market Street Suite 370
San Francisco CA 94102
P: 415.392.6257
F: 415.392.8442
E: info (at) nclrights (d0t) org
Queer Philadelphia Asians (QPA)
QPA (Queer Philadelphia Asians) is a grassroots organization whose goal is to empower Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Asian and Pacific Islanders in the Philadelphia tri-state area, through a variety of social, educational, peer-support, cultural, and political activities. We collaborate with other community organizations to help educate the API and LGBT communities on issues of race, sexuality, and gender.
Website
Contact: info@qpaonline.org
Khush DC
KhushDC is a social, support and political group that provides a safe and supportive environment, promotes awareness and acceptance, and fosters positive cultural and sexual identity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning (LGBTQ) and additional gender or sexual minority South Asians in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Website
Contact: visit the website
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.
Gay Asian & Pacific Men of New York (GAPIMNY)
Founded in 1990, the Gay Asian & Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIMNY) has provided a safe and supportive social, political, and educational space for gay, bisexual, and questioning men and transgender people of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage in the Greater New York Metropolitan Area. Meetings are held on the third Friday of each month at The LGBT Community Center. GAPIMNY is a membership-based organization whose goal is to empower Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Asian and Pacific Islander’s through a range of social, educational, peer-support, cultural, and political activities. We work in coalition with other community organizations to help educate the API ethnic and LGBT communities on issues of race, sexuality, gender, and health.
Website
Contact: gapimny@gapimny.org