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<!--:en-->Annual Lunar New Year Banquet!<!--:-->Annual Lunar New Year Banquet!

Annual Lunar New Year Banquet January 28, 2012 API Equality-LA rings in the Year of the Dragon at our Annual Lunar New Year Banquet, to be held on Saturday, January 28, 2012.  Once again, members of API Equality-LA and our friends and allies will parade through the streets of Los Angeles’ Chinatown in the 113thMore…

113th Golden Dragon Lunar New Year Parade113th Golden Dragon Lunar New Year Parade

We cordially invite you, your friends and family to march with API Equality-LA in the 113th Annual Golden Dragon Parade to celebrate the Lunar New Year! Join us as we welcome the Year of the Dragon and provide an LGBT presence at Chinatown’s largest celebration! As the only LGBT contingent in the Golden Dragon Parade,More…

Use Your Sweet Tooth for a Cause–Buy Girl Scout Cookies!Use Your Sweet Tooth for a Cause–Buy Girl Scout Cookies!

Recently an Asian American young woman from California, named “Taylor,” made a youtube video encouraging folks to boycott Girl Scout cookies. Why? Because the Girl Scouts organization allowed a transgender girl into the fold. Well, the Asian Americans at API Equality-LA support Girls Scouts and their commitment to all girls. Girl Scout Cookie season startsMore…

Activist of the Month: Rachel K. SoActivist of the Month: Rachel K. So

A majority of API Equality-LA’s work is done through each of our all-volunteer committees. API Equality-LA wouldn’t be the leading API LGBT organization that it is today without the contributions of all of our volunteer activists. Most of that work happens without any reward. To recognize stellar volunteer activists, the media & website committee selects aMore…

default_pictureSenator Leland Yee Petitions for a Higher Grade—and Gets It!

You may remember that Equality California had scored state senators and assemblymembers on their support for LGBT rights. See original blog post here. All of the Asian American politicians scored 100 percent—an A plus! All of them except for Senator Leland Yee, who scored a 92 percent. We assigned him the dubious grade of A-minus. Well,More…

<!--:en-->Activist of the Month: Eyre Kungwankrai<!--:-->Activist of the Month: Eyre Kungwankrai

A majority of API Equality-LA’s work is done through each of our all-volunteer committees. API Equality-LA wouldn’t be the leading API LGBT organization that it is today without the contributions of all of our volunteer activists. Most of that work happens without any reward. To recognize stellar volunteer activists, the media & website committee selects aMore…

default_pictureFAIR Act Needs to be Protected (Originally published in the Pacific Cititizen)FAIR Act Needs to Protected (Originally published in the Pacific Cititizen)

  by Lori Kido Lopez I don’t remember exactly how old I was when I learned about the Japanese American internment in school. But it must have been a clear lesson, because I always knew it was an important part of our country’s history, as well as my own family history. It was the reasonMore…

Use Your Sweet Tooth for a Cause–Buy Girl Scout Cookies!Use Your Sweet Tooth for a Cause–Buy Girl Scout Cookies!

Recently an Asian American young woman from California, named “Taylor,” made a youtube video encouraging folks to boycott Girl Scout cookies. Why? Because the Girl Scouts organization allowed a transgender girl into the fold. Well, the Asian Americans at API Equality-LA support Girls Scouts and their commitment to all girls. Girl Scout Cookie season startsMore…

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01/28/2012 113th Golden Dragon Lunar New Year Parade

We cordially invite you, your friends and family to march with API Equality-LA in the 113th Annual Golden Dragon Parade to celebrate the Lunar New Year! Join us as we welcome the Year of the Dragon and provide an LGBT presence at Chinatown’s largest celebration! As the only LGBT contingent in the Golden Dragon Parade,More…

01/28/2012 Annual Lunar New Year Banquet!

Year of the Dragon Annual Lunar New Year Banquet Annual Lunar New Year Banquet January 28, 2012 API Equality-LA rings in the Year of the Dragon at our Annual Lunar New Year Banquet, to be held on Saturday, January 28, 2012.  Once again, members of API Equality-LA and our friends and allies will parade throughMore…