CAPITAL PRIDE 2008
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APIQS JUNE 2008 EVENT CALENDAR
June 9 - Pride Prep
June 10 - Pride Interfaith Service
June 14 - APIQS' Capital Pride Marathon
June 15 - Capital Pride Street Festival – table w/ APIQS
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MONDAY, JUNE 9
PRIDE PREP
Alright everybody, let's get ready for PRIDE!!! We need your help
& creativity - and we'll feed you too! If you'd like to hang
out and help us get ready for Pride by making APIQS materials for
the Pride
weekend festivities, please come over to Trang & Kim's house
on Monday, June 9, 6:30pm-9pm, Silver Spring, Maryland (metro: Wheaton,
Red Line).
We'll send you directions once you RSVP to Hy co-chairs@apiqsdc.org
Pizza and salad to be provided. And Trang and Kim make good salad
;-)
Hope to see you there!
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TUESDAY, JUNE 10
CAPITAL PRIDE INTERFAITH SERVICE
TIME: 7:30pm-9:30pm
LOCATION: Foundry United Methodist Church,
1500 16th St. NW, Washington DC (corner of 16th & P St.)
Please come to support Al-Fatiha, our ally LGBTQA Muslim organization,
and other LGBTQA communities of faith. This promises to be a lively
and diverse event with over 200 people, with various faith leaders
taking turns to share their reflections. Featured speaker will be
Rev. Archene Turner, and music will be provided by the Jubilee Singers
from All Souls Unitarian Church. People of all traditions are welcome!
Hy will be coming and would love the company. If you're interested
please email her at co-chairs@apiqsdc.org
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SATURDAY, JUNE 14
APIQS' CAPITAL PRIDE MARATHON
Join us for an entire day of Pride – from sharing some grub
w/other queer API & South Asian queer women, to the Dyke March,
to shouting out for the Pride Parade…come join us for it all
or just for one hour or two. Of course, non-API queer folks also
welcome so bring a friend, partner, family member for the fun too.
Please read on for the times and line-up. For general questions
about any of these events please contact Hy or Jen at co-chairs@apiqsdc.org
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11:00am-1:30am 3rd Annual APIQS Brunch
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It's our 3rd Annual APIQS Brunch to kick-off our festivities for
this year's Capitol Pride! This year, it will be before the Dyke
March since the march isn't starting until 2pm. If you've never
been to an
APIQS event, this is the perfect opportunity to come and hang out
with us!
Please bring your friends - they are totally welcome!
Please RSVP to Jaime at mashoomashoo@yahoo.com so we can get a
head count.
We will be meeting at Lauriol Plaza at 11:00am. Because Lauriol
Plaza doesn't seat a party until all members are present, please
aim to be on time. It would also keep us from feeling rushed and
allow us some really nice bonding time ;-) Should a problem arise
and you need to contact Jaime by phone, her cell is 202.431.8232.
Time: 11:00am
Address: Lauriol Plaza, 1835 18th St. NW (On 18th btwn S and T St.)
RSVP: Jaime at mashoomashoo@yahoo.com
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2pm Dyke March
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From the APIQS Pride Brunch, we will head straight to Dupont Circle
to join other groups of queer/LGBTQA women and march! It's a lot
of fun. Nothing like rallying with contingents of women that extended
from blocks and blocks.
If you're interested in joining up for the Dyke March, please contact
Hy or Jen at co-chairs@apiqsdc.org
It's our once in-a-year chance to show our solidarity, diversity,
and pride!
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6:30pm Pride Parade Kickoff
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And this is it! The long-awaited event of the day - the fabulous
and city-wide Capitol Pride Parade! In our contingent, we will be
marching with AQUA, Khush-DC, and Al-Fatiha. We'll be lining up
at
5:30pm to get ready. Details TBD after the Dyke March.
For more information please contact Hy at co-chairs@apiqsdc.org
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SUNDAY, JUNE 15
APIQS Table at the Capital Pride Street Festival 2008
The Capital Pride Street Festival continues to be one of the largest
one-day street festivals in the DC metro area. Please join us at
the booth and help us out as we share a table with KhushDC, meet
new
friends, rub on some APIQS tattoos, share some APIQS buttons, and
feel the PRIDE! It's a great way to let others know about APIQS
and promote visibility. After all, it's our day to shine!
When: Sunday, June 15
Where: Btwn. 7th and 3rd Streets and Constitution Avenue on Pennsylvania
Ave. NW
RSVP: If you are interested in helping, please email Jen at co-chairs@apiqsdc.org with 1) your name, 2) your cellphone, 3) preferred time shifts - please see time shifts below:
Shifts - We'll need at least 3 folks per shift:
10-11am Set-Up
11am-1pm
1-3pm
3-5pm
5-6pm Break-down
Post-Pride dinner afterwards... Place TBD
Aight, that should be everything! Let's get ready! See you soon
and HAPPY PRIDE!
This week's Metro Weekly's events photo album features picutres from the recent Pride and Heritage event at Apex.
Lookin' good y'all!!
Asian Pride and Heritage @ Apex (39 pictures)
http://www.metroweekly.com/scene/index.php?k=1016
Here's the article leading up to the event. Congratulations friends!
"A Season of Pride" and "2008 D.C. Pride & Heritage Honorees"
http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=3430
Don’t miss out on the biggest, baddest queer API event
of the year!! Pride & Heritage is a celebration of our
Asian heritage plus our pride as LGBT and queer
persons. It’s gonna be a big party at Apex – we’ll
have an awards ceremony to honor API queer activists
and ally organization. There’ll be light refreshments
and our entertainment will keep you riveted.
Afterwards you can dance to your heart’s content all
night long!
Tickets are now available on sale at:
www.dcprideandheritage.org -- get your discount by
purchasing early. $15 for a single ticket, $25 for a
pair.
Don't forget we'll be honoring our own Trang (API
Queer Activist) and Hy (Emerging Leader)! Please read
our press release at www.dcprideandheritage.org or
read below.
* API Pride & Heritage Awards on May 10th!!*
* API PRIDE AND HERITAGE 2008
* SATURDAY, MAY 10
Brought to you by the Pride & Heritage Planning
Committee [APIQS / AQUA / KHUSHDC / NAPAWF-DC]
* AWARDS CEREMONY + PARTY!!
When: 6:30 pm
Where: Apex
1415 22nd St NW
Metro: Dupont Circle
Tickets & Info: www.dcprideandheritage.org
Press Release ****************************************
LGBT ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDERS CELEBRATE COMMUNITY
LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS
Trang Duong, Joseph Truong, South Asian Americans
Leading Together, and Metro Weekly to receive awards
at May 10 event marking Asian Pacific American
Heritage Month
WASHINGTON D.C. – Local organizations serving and
supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
(LGBT) Asian/Pacific Islander (A/PI) communities will
honor Trang Duong, Joseph Truong, South Asian
Americans Leading Together (SAALT) and Metro Weekly
for their work to empower the community during
their ninth annual Pride & Heritage celebration.
Emerging leaders Ninad Jog of KhushDC, Linh Hoang of
AQUA and Hyacinth Alvaran of APIQS will round out the
evening’s list of awardees. The celebration will take
place at Club Apex, 1415 22nd Street NW, in Washington
D.C. on Saturday, May 10, 2008, at 6:30 PM.
Trang Duong likes to be "part of the solution" and is
involved with several DC-metro area community
organizations, including Asian/ Pacific Islander Queer
Sisters (APIQS), Lesbian Services Program (LSP), and
Pride & Heritage. As Co-Chair of APIQS, Trang has
revitalized APIQS with Second Saturday events and
implemented a partnership with the A/PI Domestic
Violence Resource Project to conduct anti-homophobia
trainings. Currently, she works as a physician
assistant (PA) for a community health center in D.C.
Trang also practices her skills as secretary and
newsletter diva for her professional organization, the
Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay Physician Assistance Caucus.
Joseph Truong has worked with and supported the
community both professionally and personally for the
past 8 years. He is proud to have chaired AQUA, metro
Washington DC's gay/bisexual Asian men's group, and
has helped lead the coalition building among the local
LGBT API community groups, an effort to create a
collaboration that would eventually become more
formally recognized as Pride & Heritage.
Professionally, he has worked with National Youth Advocacy Coalition
(NYAC) for 4 years, DC-MAPS (DC Men of Asia Prevention
Study) at Georgetown University, and he is currently a
project officer with Management Systems International,
an international development firm based in Washington,
DC.
SAALT is a national, non-profit organization dedicated
to fostering civic and political empowerment among
South Asians in the United States. A staffed
organization with an office in the Washington DC metro
area, SAALT reaches its mission through policy
analysis and advocacy; community education; coalition
building; and leadership development. SAALT's programs
and policy advocacy use a social justice framework
with an emphasis on identifying and addressing issues
affecting marginalized members of our community, as
reflected by the experiences and guidance of local
community-based organizations and advocates.
Metro Weekly published its first issue on Thursday,
May 4, 1994 with the goal of providing the D.C. gay
and lesbian community with a magazine that was both
entertaining and informative. While the first issue
was produced at a dining room table by Randy Shulman
and Sean Bugg, it grew quickly, assembling a small
staff of talented and dedicated writers, designers and
photographers that established Metro Weekly as one of
the most vibrant gay publications in the nation. The
magazine went on to win numerous awards for
journalism, design and community service. During its
14 years of publication, Metro Weekly has grown to
meet the changing needs of the D.C. metro area GLBT
community.
“SAALT has found a way to be socially active in an
inclusive framework and systematically connect local
issues to national and global trends. They have worked
hard to create a space and voice for the LGBT
community in their multi-layered projects. In DC,
Metro Weekly has been a central medium for community
news and has been exemplary in consistently covering
diverse LGBT issues specific to the API community.”
said Daniel Phoenix Singh, a Pride & Heritage
committee member. We are excited to be honoring these
wonderful community members and organizations.
“Both Trang and Joseph have served as personal and
professional role models for the Queer A/PI community.
We’re very proud that we can come together and
celebrate their many contributions and unwavering
support,” said Pride & Heritage committee member
Benjamin De Gusman.
This event is a collaboration of Asian/Pacific
Islander Queer Sisters (APIQS), Asian/Pacific Islander
Queers United for Action (AQUA), KhushDC, and the D.C.
Chapter of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s
Forum (NAPAWF-DC). Since 2000, local organizations
have put on programming and celebrating API lgbt
leaders and communities during May, recognized
federally as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
For more information on the events or for sponsorship
information, e-mail info@dcprideandheritage.org or
visit the website www.dcprideandheritage.org. To
interview one of the awardees, call Benjamin de Guzman
at 202-422-4909.
Just ran across this Metro Weekly article about KhushDC and wanted to share.
"Namasté: Building the South Asian GLBT community locally with KhushDC" by Will O'Bryan
Hope to see some of you there!
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Announcing KhushDC's Second Annual Women's History Month Event!
"Dancing at the Intersections: Understanding Gender Variance in S. Asian LGBTQ Communities"
SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2008
In observance of Women’s History Month, KhushDC invites you to a conversation on gender, gender identity and gender expression.
Join us at “Dancing at the Intersections: Understanding Gender Variance in S.Asian LGBTQ Communities” and witness a stellar gathering of poets, performers, dancers, activists, and scholars from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India and other South Asian countries for an open conversation, sharing of stories and performances!!
This year we are proud to have with us: Babra Khan (NYC), Bijli (NYC), D'Lo (LA) and Sudarshan Belsare (Boston). The open conversation will be moderated by activist/scholar Svati Shah (Wellesley College, MA).
When: March 29th, Saturday, 6.30PM;
followed by DINNER and our signature
JALWA Party!
Where: RNR, 717 6th St NW Washington DC, 20001
Info: Divya at president@khushdc.org
Shiva at sibli56@yahoo.com
Ph. 301.405.8498
ALL ARE WELCOME!! SPREAD THE WORD!!
TICKETS on sale at: www.khushdc.org
Ticket prices range from $20 to $40. A limited number of free tickets are available for those who are unable to afford them. Please contact board@khushdc.org for more information on free tickets.
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.
Event made possible by generous contributions from Advocates for Youth (www.advocatesforyouth.org), The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (www.thetaskforce.org), Office of LGBT Equity, UMD (www.umd.edu/lgbt) and individual donors.
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