June 22, 2002 - Volume 2 Number 7

SPECIAL LGBT EDITION

ASIANS & PACIFIC ISLANDER LGBT PRIDE.02
A&PIWC's Community Events Diva TITA AIDA has once again organized a truly impressive lineup of talent for this year's ASIAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER PRIDE STAGE. Curious to learn which band will soon release there sophomore album "Why You Wonder" or what Australian Pinay Diva will be flying in from Down Under to make an exclusive appearance at the A&PI Pride Stage.

Find out about the more than 28 performers who will be appearing live
<http://www.apiwellness.org/v20/pride2k2/index.html>

ReUNION to benefit A&PIWC
The Official Saturday Night Dance Party for San Francisco Pride
ReUNION is celebrating its 5th Anniversary in a new and exciting location. Join over 3,000 of your closest friends on the eve of San Francisco's Pride Parade in the City's renowned Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. DJ Neil Lewis (Magnitude) fills the remodeled auditorium with an acoustic performance that will never let you down while world-renowned lighting specialist, Alan Parkinson (Sydney's Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras), captivates you in lighting that will illuminate your soul. This event is produced by the Noble Beast Foundation, a 100 percent volunteer-run organization. A&PIWC is one of five organizations benefiting from the event.

For more information visit
<http://noblebeast.org>

DYKE MARCH
The 10th annual San Francisco Dyke March will take place on Saturday, June 29, 2002. The Dyke March is women only: all women and trans-folk are welcome. This year the Clean & Sober and Women of Color Contingents will lead the march. Men are encouraged to stand on the side and cheer the women on. 3:00 pm The event begins at 3:00 pm with entertainment and speakers in Dolores Park (Dolores Street @ 19th Street, San Francisco). At 7:30 pm the Dyke March steps off from Dolores Park

PAYING ATTENTION: Essays from A&PIWC's regular column in Asian Week on sexual diversity.
A&PIWC-staffer Mazdak Mazarei recently penned an article on his experience growing up in America. You can read 'Moving Past Aladdin: The search for queer Iranian role models" online at:
<http://www.apiwellness.org/v20/newsandfeatures/iranianrolemodels.html>

Activist Myron Dean Quon Esq. reviews "The Making of a Gay Asian Community - An Oral History of Pre-AIDS Los Angeles." Historian Eric Wat encapsulates the growth and building of the gay Asian Pacific American men's community in Los Angeles, spanning from the 1960s to the early 1980s.
<http://www.apiwellness.org/v20/newsandfeatures/entireapa.html>

Originally, the film "The Importance of Being "Mahu‚" started out as a short film project on present day Mahu [transgendered people of Hawai'i] and Drag Queens in Honolulu". However, as we began to gather personal narratives and research we encountered a vast history that we couldn't pass up. Hawaii sporadically produces films critical of colonization but never has a film been produced about the acceptance of Mahu."
<http://www.apiwellness.org/v20/newsandfeatures/mahu.html>

The current issue of RICE COMBO -- A&PIWC's HIV Prevention Œzine - is devoted to A&PI women. Here are a few recent articles. The current issue as well as all past issues are available online.
Shin Yi Tsai, A&PIWC Youth Prevention Case Manager offers readers her "Top 10 Safer Sex Tips for Queer Womyn"
<http://www.apiwellness.org/v20/ricecombo/top10.html>

In "Maui Log: Day 9" Grace Villarin Duenas talks about discovering Hawaii's shared history and struggle with the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and other colonized cultures... "With each breathtaking turn comes a painful heartbreaking reminder that this land is constantly violated by the greed of foreign interests. When we first arrived here, a local reggae-rap song asked about "Where did all the Hawaiians go?" I find myself asking the same question."
<http://www.apiwellness.org/v20/ricecombo/mauilog.html>

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