Asian American & Pacific Islander Community

Thank you for attending this month’s AAPI PFLAG Connects: Communities meeting! These AAPI PFLAG Connects: Communities meetings take place every second Sunday of the month. Below are some of the resources we mentioned during the recent call you may find helpful.

January Meeting Resources:

PFLAG National Executive Order Explainers and Resources – Stay up-to-date on signed Executive Orders with helpful explainers from our many legal and policy partners and advocacy resources.

Good Queer News – A newsletter by transgender advocate and author, Ben Greene, with weekly roundup of Good Queer News stories and writings on resilience and hope.

Equality Federation – A national social justice, advocacy, and capacity building organization serving and supporting state-based lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ) advocacy organizations in the United States. Check out their state-specific member organizations.

Lambda Legal – A national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people.

ACLU – The American Civil Liberties Union, known as the ACLU, is a nationwide organization that fights tirelessly in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C., to safeguard everyone’s rights.

Election Outcome Joint Statement – A joint statement signed by 150 LGBTQIA2S+ organizations, including 41 PFLAG chapters and PFLAG National.

Mental Health Toolkit (TWLOHA) –  Mental Health Toolkit offering valuable support for LGBTQIA+ people facing the pressures of the 2024 U.S. general election from the organization To Write Love on Her Arms’ (TWLOHA).

LGBTQ+ Movies/Series:

• “Will & Harper” – A heart-warming film, “Will & Harper” is a story about friendship, allyship, and the journey to becoming your true self (Netlfix).
• “Heartstopper” – Teens Charlie and Nick discover their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school and young love in this coming-of-age series (Netflix).
• “Big Boys” – Jack Rooke’s comedy about two mismatched boys who strike up an unlikely friendship when they’re thrown together at university (BBC UK).
• “1946 | The Mistranslation that Shifted a Culture” – 1946 is a revolutionary documentary that chronicles how the misuse of a single word changed the course of modern history.
• “Love, Simon” – This touching movie shows us a young man and the process he went through discovering his sexuality (Hulu).
• “Pray Away” – Ex-leaders and a survivor of the so-called conversion therapy movement speak out about its harm to the LGBTQ+ community and its devastating persistence (Netflix).
• “Changing the Game” – This intimate story takes us into the lives of three high school athletes from across the US – all at different stages of their athletic seasons, each sharing their lives as transgender teens (Hulu).
• “Boy Erased” – The son of a Baptist preacher unwillingly participates in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents (Netflix).

LGBTQ+ Books/Podcasts:

• “Walking the Bridgeless Canyon” – Written by LGBTQ advocate Kathy Baldock, this book explores historical and current discrimination faced by the LGBTQ community from the Christian church and political sector.
• “The Savvy Ally” by Jeannie Gainsburg – The Savvy Ally provides a successful foray into the confusing and ever-changing world of being an ally to the LGBTQ+ community.
• “Red, White, and Royal Blue” by Casey McQuiston – What happens when America’s First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales?
• 100 Best LGBTQ+ Podcasts, by FeedSpot.

NQAPIA (National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance) – An alliance of LGBTQ+ Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander (AAPI) organizations.

Okaeri – An LGBTQ+ Japanese/Japanese-American organization based in California (available in English and Japanese).

PFLAG Online Resources – A collection of digital resources.

PFLAG Digital Publications – A collection of online publications in English and Spanish.

To find PFLAG support in your local area, please visit our Find a PFLAG Chapter webpage or feel free to reach out to Partnerships and Communities Coordinator, Victor Vizcarrondo Velez.