Did you know? There's hella API Lesbians in CA.

According to the Williams Institute, "more than 66,000 Asians and Pacific Islanders in California who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual and more than 14,500 APIs who are part of a same-sex couple; over 34% of APIs in same-sex couples in California are of Filipino descent; nearly a third (31%) of API women and 21% of API men within same-sex couples are raising children; API same-sex parents have fewer financial resources to support their children than those in married couples, with an average household income of $96,290 compared to $109,091 for APIs in different-sex married couples."  

Wow, there's a lot of API LGB folks in California!  Add two more cuz Faith and Tawny are now registered Californians :) Listen to our PODCAST for an update! 

Collide, Connect, Create - 5th Annual QA Conference

Berkeley, CA - QACON is an annual conference seeking to educate individuals and initiate discussion around the intersectionalities of the queer and Asian communities.  This 3-day conference includes workshops, keynote speakers, community performances, and social events aimed at bringing together those interested in queer and Asian issues.

California schools left to figure out gay studies mandate

Source: The Desert Sun

Photo Credit: Gabriel Ivan Orendain-Necochea

A landmark law requiring California schools to include contributions of gays and lesbians and people with disabilities in school curriculum technically went into effect in January.

But public schools have received little direction on the new law, leaving it up to individual schools and teachers to interpret how to teach it.

Right now, it's very loose and up in the air, said Demitrious Sinor, who teaches history at Desert Hot Springs High School.

(There's) no mandate of what to teach, how to teach, when to teach it.

Women at ‘Sisters Standing Up for Love’

LOS ANGELES – On April 22, 2012, API Equality-LA will present Sisters Standing Up for Love, a fundraising reception to celebrate and honor amazing contributions women have made to the Asian and Pacific Islander Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer movement. The event will be hosted by actress Tamlyn Tomita (Joy Luck Club, Glee).