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Asian and Pacific Islander LGBTQ+ Resources

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Before we get on with the post, it’s important to note that these are two groups of diverse people who are very unique in many ways! However, in light of the month, (and mainly due to the fact that a lot of the resources available online are for both groups), here is a compilation of resources for Asian and Pacific Islander LGBTQ+ people! Other masterposts can be found here (and don’t hesitate to add anything if you have resources to contribute)!

GLSEN Pages:

An article about supporting LGBTQ+ Asian and Pacific Islander Students 

PDF with a timeline of important moments in history for LGBTQ+ Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders 

7 Events in LGBT History to Recognize This Month

“Why Educators Should Recognize Queer, Asian Identities in School Curriculum,” an article by Becca Mui

Other organizations:

APIQWTC (Asian & Pacific Islander Queer Women and Transgender Coalition), which provides opportunities for Asian & Pacific Islander queer women and transgender people to socialize, network, build community, engage in inter-generational organizing, and increase community visibility

NQAPIA (National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance), a network of Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander LGBTQ organizations 

Asian Pacific Islander Resource Kit by GLAAD (also links to other resources)

Historical information from the US National Park Service:

Full study

(Chapter 9) Sexual and Gender Diversity in Native America and the Pacific Islands

(Chapter 11) Breathing Fire: Remembering Asian Pacific American Activism in Queer History

(Chapter 18) LGBTQ Civil Rights in America

Index

Some LGBTQ+ Asian/Pacific Islander Creators:

Jean Melesaine (queer, Sāmoan, artist, documentary photographer, and one of the founding members of One Love Oceania)

Ingrid Nilsen (half-Thai, lesbian, beauty vlogger and internet personality)

Kit Yan (trans/queer, Chinese-Hawaiian, playwright, poet, performer, and lyricist)

Chrysanthemum Tran (trans/queer, Vietnamese American poet, performer and teaching artist)

Chella Man (deaf, Jewish-Chinese, genderqueer, artist)

Patrick G. Lee (queer, Korean-American, journalist and filmmaker)

Pati Solomona Tyrell (queer, Sāmoan, artist/photographer based in Tāmaki Makaurau)

Other Helpful/Informational Links:

A collection of links to readings on Asian American gay and lesbian history

Being Asian/Pacific Islander & LGBTQ: An Introduction (an article by the HRC featuring research regarding important issues in the community, as well as links to other resources)

Gender Identity and Sexual Identity in the Pacific and Hawai'i

10 South Asian LGBTQ Books That Changed My Life (an article by Priya Arora)

Wikipedia’s Timeline of Asian and Pacific Islander diasporic LGBT history

Kumu Hina (a documentary about the struggle to maintain Pacific Islander culture/values within modern Hawaiʻi, told through the lens of Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, a Native Hawaiian māhū [someone who embodies both a male and female spirit], and an honored and respected kumu [teacher], cultural practitioner, and community leader)

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Go On a Coffee Date with Connor Franta

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“DISABILITY PRIDE” – “WE CAN’T PARK HERE BECAUSE YOU DID,” Eric von Schmetterling representing ADAPT, March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights, Washington, D.C., April 25, 1993. Photo © Fred W. McDarrah. ADAPT (formerly Americans Disabled for Accessible Public Transit and Americans Disabled Attendant Programs Today), established in the 1970s in Denver, is a grassroots organization within the disability rights movement that emphasizes direct action to bring greater visibility to the fight for the rights of Americans with disabilities. On July 26, 1990, twenty-six years ago today, as a result of the work of organizations like ADAPT, President George H.W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). While disability rights advocates emphasize that much work remains, the ADA widely was considered a remarkable first step toward the ultimate goal of equal access for Americans with physical and mental impairments. #lgbthistory #lgbtherstory #lgbttheirstory #lgbtpride #queerhistorymatters #haveprideinhistory (at Washington, District of Columbia)

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Join Brendon and GLSEN in helping create safe and inclusive schools for all at glsen.org/panic 

oh btw i met brendon urie and he was super sweet but also took off his shirt twice infront of us so thats fun

thanks so much to chris tuttle at glsen for thinking of me!!

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Head back to school with a pack of brand new rainbow composition books for your GSA! Register your GSA for all the lastest GLSEN resources and a chance to win 10 notebooks!

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Trump’s nominee for Supreme Court Justice, Brett Kavanaugh, is a threat to safe and inclusive schools for LGBTQ students. Oppose his confirmation THIS WEEK by texting THREAT to 21333 

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Did you know each of our National School Climate Survey reports shows how school climate has changed for LGBTQ students since 2001? Take a look at glsen.org/NSCS for more info about LGBTQ students’ experiences.

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Is anyone starting a GSA next year, or coming back to an existing club? If you need activities for your meetings, head over to glsen.org/gsa! 📷: @mysonwearsheels on Instagram

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How are you participating on the 27th?

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Bayard Rustin helped Martin Luther King Jr. achieve his vision of a more equitable society, even after King was assassinated 50 years ago.

As America prepares to observe the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination today, there is one name you may not hear: Bayard Rustin. A close confidante and mentor of King, Rustin was a key leader of the civil rights movement and chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. He proved to be a transformative figure in the fight for racial justice, even introducing King to the Gandhian principles of nonviolence that would come to define the struggle. He also happened to be gay.

Rustin understood that we are all connected. His commitment to solidarity and passion for organizing made him a natural fit for the labor movement. He launched the AFL-CIO’s A. Philip Randolph Institute to extend the fight for economic justice to people of color. He knew that achieving a just society required securing jobs and freedom for all Americans. That vision for an inclusive, empowered coalition resonates just as powerfully decades later.

“I think the most important thing I have to say is …  try to build coalitions of people for the elimination of all injustice,” Rustin said in the final years of his life, reflecting on the continuing fight for social change. “Because if we want to do away with the injustice to gays, it will not be done because we get rid of the injustice to gays. It will be done because we are forwarding the effort for the elimination of injustice to all. And we will win the rights for gays or blacks or Hispanics or women within the context of whether we are fighting for all.”

Read more.

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Wondering how you can break the silence for LGBTQ students at your school? Send your administration a custom demand letter before Day of Silence! 🌈🔊 It only takes 5 minutes to generate a letter and have your voice be heard!

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We ❤️ Keiynan in Love, Simon!

I knew that I wasn’t straight, but I didn’t know if I was gay, I didn’t know if I was bisexual - I didn’t feel comfortable having that conversation with myself. I was 20 when I came out the first time. It got to a point where I had fallen in love with a friend, and one of my other best friends had sort of noticed. And there were rumors going around in the dance world back home. It was breaking my heart. I was going crazy and I didn’t know what to do. I was lying and lying and lying, and doing everything I could to hold on to my secret. Because I hadn’t figured it out yet, and so it felt like everyone else was deciding it for me and they knew better than I did. It was really scary.

Coming Out Stories: Keiynan Lonsdale

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Ahead of the release of Love, Simon — a rare mainstream film about a high school student's coming out process — GLSEN National Student Council Member Imani shares a few considerations about coming out, from one queer youth to another.

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For any students, teachers, administrators, parents, and allies who are participating in the National School Walkout tomorrow, take a minute to understand your rights with this awesome comic from Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and National Coalition Against Censorship ⚡

If you or someone you know is in crisis, we’re here to support you 24/7 at: 866.488.7386 🌟 Text and chat available at: TrevorProject.org/Help 📲

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Questions about students’ protest rights?

ACLU experts will be live tomorrow, Tuesday, March 13 at 4pm EST (1pm PST) to take your questions about students’ rights to protest.

Ask your questions now!