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TGI Network of Rhode Island
TGI Network of Rhode Island’s mission is to serve the needs of the transgender, gender-variant, and intersex (TGI) communities in Rhode Island and surrounding areas through support, advocacy, and education. We seek to be a resource for TGI people navigating their life journeys as well as the legal and medical systems through our own programs and through collaboration with other organizations. In addition, we seek to serve as a resource to professionals working with the TGI community and as a liaison between the TGI and LGBT communities as well as the community at large.
Transgender Equality Resource Page
The National Center for Transgender Equality has phenomenal resources on their website. They are broken down into five categories.
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
National Center for Transgender Equality
The National Center for Transgender Equality is a national social justice organization devoted to ending discrimination and violence against transgender people through education and advocacy on national issues of importance to transgender people.
By empowering transgender people and our allies to educate and influence policymakers and others, NCTE facilitates a strong and clear voice for transgender equality in our nation’s capital and around the country.
hotpot! Philly
A Philadelphia-based group working to build community for Queer Asian + Pacific Islander lesbian, bisexual women, trans*, gender variant/queer/non-conforming identified folks through social gatherings, political action and good food. We came together in Philadelphia in 2009, and as we experience continual self-examination and transformation, we are gratefully challenged by the diversity of our experiences. We seek to be sensitive, intentional, and inclusive in our mission, especially around the myriad of gendered, ethnic, and national cultures within our community. This tension is an ongoing conversation that we honor.
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.
API Equality – Northern California
API Equality – Northern California works at the intersection of the Asian & Pacific Islander (API) and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) communities to empower community members, advance civil rights policies and protections, and promote respect and understanding for cultural and community diversity.
They have a youth internship program to train future leaders, they are focused on cultivating intergenerational conversations, and provide workshops + trainings about LGBTQ APIs in a variety of communities.
API Pride – Portland, OR
Founded in 1993, API Pride (formerly Asian Pacific Lesbians & Gays) is a group led by and for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent in Oregon. We provide safe and supportive environments and opportunities to celebrate, educate and bring our communities together.
Website
Contact: apipride (at) gmail (dot) com
API Pride Council
The Asian Pacific Islander Pride Council is a network of Asian and Pacific Islander Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer organizations and alliances whose mission is to provide and cultivate support, resources and advocacy to the Asian Pacific Islander, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and mainstream communities of Southern California.
Website
Contact: contact (at) apipridecouncil (dot) org