Category: Blog

Black Lives Matter.

May 28, 2020 — — By sammie

We, as trans and queer Asians and Pacific Islanders, believe that everybody has a role in dismantling anti-Blackness.

Image description: Vince stands on the sidewalk, smiling and holding a sign that says "Trans is Beautiful" in pink lettering and surrounded blue hearts.

I attribute my survival to the healing that comes with community.

April 22, 2020 — — By APIENC

I don’t remember the year; I was 24, maybe 25, when I went to visit a friend in St. Vincent’s Hospital on 7th Ave in New York City. I never found him. The hospital was overrun with AIDS patients and didn’t have enough beds, so those who didn’t have a room laid on gurneys in

Image description: a pier jets out into marshy land, the sky is partly cloudy. there are trees in the background.

Three Takeaways on Environmental Justice from PGM ONE

June 7, 2019 — — By APIENC

Environmental and climate justice work is an emerging part of APIENC’s organizing and politics. APIENC’s TTAC (Think and Take Action Cohort) brings together and inspires queer and transgender Asian and Pacific Islander (QTAPI) people in the SF Bay Area to engage and take action to stop climate and environmental injustices, particularly as they affect Black

Image description: Black italicized text over orange brushstroke pattern that reads "APIENC @ SF PRIDE". In the background is an image, for the most part hidden, of TGNC API people marching and holding a banner that reads "NO PRIDE FOR SOME OF US WITHOUT LIBERATION FOR ALL OF US."

Honoring Our Legacies: APIENC at SF Pride

May 28, 2019 — — By APIENC

APIENC won Community Grand Marshal of SF Pride 2019 by public vote. This is an honor and a responsibility. With increased police presence, heavy corporate involvement, and impact on the local underhoused communities, SF Pride is far from its radical roots. When we won, we didn’t know what to do. But we wanted to be

POP! People over Pride: Training Camp for LGBTQ API Youth – APPLY TODAY

February 25, 2019 — — By sammie

POP! Camp is BACK! This summer, APIENC and NQAPIA are hosting our second People Over Pride (POP!) Camp for LGBTQ Asian and Pacific Islander Youth. POP! Camp is an intensive 4-day LGBTQ API training camp for youth ages 14-20 to grow into organizers and activist. We’ll be talking about what it means to create change,

This Has Been a Messy Year: Practicing Healthy Accountability

February 6, 2019 — — By sammie

Avery Nguyen (they/them) is a member of APIENC’s Core Committee, and our Trans Justice Committee. After our retreats with the Wildfire Project, Avery wrote this reflection to share with the APIENC community. This has been a messy year. Besides the harms and injustices that have been affecting me indirectly, personally this year has been one

2019 Summer Organizer Program – Apply by March 1st

February 1, 2019 — — By sammie

Do you want to work with trans, gender nonconforming, and queer API people and communities? Do you have a commitment to social justice? Are you ready to transform, learn concrete community organizing skills, and work to build movements for change? The application for APIENC’s (API Equality – Northern California) Summer Organizer Program is now open!