We are all against it."Ībdel Aziz Bukhari, a Sufi sheik, added: "We can't permit anybody to come and make the Holy City dirty. "They are creating a deep and terrible sorrow that is unbearable," Shlomo Amar, Israel's Sephardic chief rabbi, said yesterday at a news conference in Jerusalem attended by Israel's two chief rabbis, the patriarchs of the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian churches, and three senior Muslim prayer leaders. They say the event would desecrate the city and convey the erroneous impression that homosexuality is acceptable.
Now major leaders of the three faiths - Christianity, Judaism and Islam - are making a rare show of unity to try to stop the festival. We’ll be speaking with them about their struggle to simultaneously challenge racism and homophobia, as well as the unique perspectives and voices that LGBT APIs bring to the national discussion on LGBT issues, such as anti-gay hate violence and marriage equality.International gay leaders are planning a 10-day WorldPride festival and parade in Jerusalem in August, saying they want to make a statement about tolerance and diversity in the Holy City, home to three great religious traditions. In honor of LGBT pride month, we begin tonight’s hour with a special roundtable with leaders and members of various LGBT API organizations in New York City. More than ever before, a growing number of LGBT APIs - that’s lesbian gay bisexual transgender Asian Pacific Islanders - are out and proud. WBAI Radio: Queering Asian America: a Pride Month Roundtable. Tonight we hear how Clara revealed to her own family and friends that she is a proud parent of a transgender son. APF revisits a broadcast from the archives with an excerpt from our 2013 Pride show featuring a roundtable that included Clara Yoon.
For the first time ever, the API Project of PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays New York City) also marched in New York City Pride on Sunday. Eileen of Q-WAVE (Queer Womyn Asian Visibility Empowerment), Dennis Chin of GAPIMNY (Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York), Priya and Karen of SALGA-NYC, Melanie Dulfo of APICHA and Miss LGBT Philippines-USA 2014, Chelle L'Huillier of Barangay New York talk about the importance of creating a space to gain acceptance within their own cultures while also gaining visibility in the mainstream LGBT movement. WBAI Radio: Behind the Lines with the Asian Contingent at NYC Pride 2014. NBC: Asian Women Giving Circle: Sisterhood, Service, and the Game-Changing 'Geh' 2014 HuffPost: Why The ‘Conservative’ Chinese New Year Parade Was Super Queer This YearĬolorlines: New Magazine Aims to Illuminate Asian Americans in All Their Complexity 2016 The Atlantic: Her Parents Wanted Her to Land a Cushy Job. New Bloom: LGBTQ ACTIVISTS RALLY AT STONEWALL INN FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY IN TAIWAN
International Viewpoint: Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act (HKHRDA): A Progressive Critique 2018Īdvocate: Queer, Asian, Visible, and Empowered at Last The Fader: 9 Pride events you should go to in NYC this weekend Rewire.News: Pride Online: How Queer Communities Can Celebrate Under Quarantine This Year 2019 Vice: Queer Asians Refused to Be Left Out of Lunar New Year CelebrationsĪutostraddle: Four Ways the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Affecting the LGBTQ+ Community If you have any other materials to add, please get in touch with us via the Contact Form.
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