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  • Where are we now?
    Dear Members, Thank you again to everyone who came out and joined our marching contingent in this year’s San Francisco’s Chinese New Year’s Parade! We had the largest contingent ever in the 5 years that we have participated in the Parade. ...
  • Community Building Town Hall Meeting – Forum on the No on 8 Campaign
    Come join API Equality and a whole host of organizations for a Community Building Town Hall Meeting in San Francisco on the No on 8 campaign at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Thursday, February 26, 2009 – 6:00 p.m. to ...
  • Chinese New Year Parade – Thank Yous!
    Hi Everybody, I just want to take this opportunity to all of you bringing your members to march at the parade. An estimated count has us with about 75 marchers. I hope you all enjoyed yourselves that evening and ...
  • BREAKING NEWS! California Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Prop 8 Legal Challenge on March 5
    The California Supreme Court announced today that it will hear oral arguments on Thursday, March 5, 2009 in the Proposition 8 legal challenge. On November 19, 2008, the California Supreme Court agreed to hear the legal challenges to Proposition 8 and ...
  • Chinese New Year Parade – Come March with Us!
    Come march with API Equality at the 2009 Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade! This will be the fifth year that the API LGBT Community and our allies are marching in the Chinese New Year Parade.  Let’s continue to show the ...
  • API Equality Bids a Fond Farewell to 2007
    As 2007 draws to a close, API Equality is proud to reflect on its accomplishments this year. Among other things, 2007 marks the year that API Equality joined with Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), one of the nation’s oldest and ...
  • API Allies Show Love at Holiday Fundraiser
    On December 8, 2007, over 250 API allies of marriage equality came out to support API Equality at HOLIDAY LOVE 2007, a fundraiser hosted by Emi Gusukuma, Emily Lam, Tina Lee, Steve Ngo, and Richard Pio Roda at Zebulon Bar ...
  • SAVE THE DATE: API Equality Community Forum Follow Up – December 15th 2008
    Hey Folks, The state legislature yesterday introduced a non-binding resolution supporting the repeal of Proposition 8 on the grounds that it was a revision of the state Constitution and not a simple amendment, similar to the basis for the ...
  • Post Election Debrief 11/22 and Upcoming Events
    Hey Folks, Now that the election is over and the passage of Proposition 8 is sinking in, we want to let you know that we are not giving up the fight for marriage equality! Despite last week’s loss, we have achieved great ...
  • Let California Ring
    Every day gay and lesbian Californians are denied the freedom to marry the person they love. Let California Ring is a public education campaign to open hearts and minds about the freedom to marry and the respect, support, protections, and ...
  • Not This Time – We Will Not Give Up
    Dear Friends, There is no other way to say it. Sadly, fueled by misinformation, distortions and lies, millions of voters went to the polls yesterday and said YES to bigotry, YES to discrimination, YES to second-class status for same-sex couples. And ...
  • We Are Under Attack!
      Dear Members:   Beginning last night and continuing this morning a coordinated cyber attack on the No on Prop 8 website prevented some donors from being able to contribute.  This attack is being investigated by federal authorities.  Fortunately, there was no ...
  • Senator Dianne Feinstein
    Senator Dianne Feinstein talks directly to voters about what Prop 8 really is — discrimination.     The Senator is a trusted and respected voice that will resonate with voters.   She joins the chorus of leaders ...
  • They need to know!
    Dear Members, Our Secret Weapon We have built a fantastic tool for you to spread the word about how unfair and wrong Prop 8 is. Email everyone you know and care about and get them to help us defeat Prop 8.  It is easy. ...
  • 8 Ways to Defeat Proposition 8!
    Hey Folks, Here are 8 simple things that you could do to help us Defeat Proposition 8!  1. ORGANIZE a house party and invite your friends.  House parties are critical for supporting the campaign’s strategy to win, as they raise money, recruit ...
  • Double your impact — New $1 million match!
    Dear Members, Double your gift. Donate before midnight on Sunday. Read. Act. Forward. Philanthropist Steve Bing and Equality California believe we can win if we can meet our goal to flood the airwaves with our message They are so ...
  • Thank you – We did it!
    Dear Supporters and Members, Thank you to all the organizations and their members who came out to join our Truth Squad in Chinatown yesterday.  Four years ago, anti-gay extremists mobilized scores of conservative Chinese Christians to the streets in San ...
  • Our New Ad Fights Back!
    Our New Ad Refutes Their Lies   The opposition has raised over $25 million to “swiftboat” and smear us with television ads that tell lies — that we are attacking children and churches. That is why we’ve ...
  • CRITICAL: Two polls show we’re losing
    Dear Members, What is your equality worth to you? The fight for civil rights is never easy. Throughout history, every successful civil rights movement was built on the sacrifice of men and women who believed so passionately ...
  • Discrimination
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