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May 2008
05/03/2008 Saturday, doors open at 7:00 pm
UC Berkeley Queer and Asian (Cal Q+A) with GAPA proudly present:
The 1st ANNUAL COLLEGE NIGHT
Eureka Valley Rec Center Auditorium
100 Collingwood Street (at 18th St. - Castro District)
San Francisco , CA 94114
Join Cal Q+A and friends, at the official city after-party of their annual conference
Hip Hop / Top 40s music, dance floor, refreshments and entertainment will be provided
Free with valid college ID
$3 GAPA members, $5 non-members
Hip Hop and Top 40s by
DJ NuBelle and DJ OneTyme from Divas of Style Entertainment
Feature performances by
UC Berkeley's Main Stacks Dance Crew and Miss GAPA 2007
Giveaways from Club Dragon, The Crib SF and other sponsors will be made available to guests.
Free food and beverages provided.
Thanks to HYPHEN magazine for including COLLEGE NIGHT on its Events Calendar. Click here to see its other May Events.
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June 2008
06/01/08 Sunday, 6:00pm reception / 7:00pm program
American Idyll (The GAPA Show 2008)
SOMArts Cultural Center
934 Brannan @ 8th Street
San Francisco , CA 94107
Admission: FREE
GAPA presents American Idyll (The GAPA Show 2008), a queer arts showcase that looks at what it means to be gay and American when one is of Asian & Pacific Islander (API) heritage. Admission to the gala event is FREE, with a reception/mixer at 6:00pm starting things off for people to meet and mingle, followed by performances at 7:00.
We’re excited to have Miss Sugar Chapeaux as our emcee for the evening's show, as well as appearances by GAPA Men's Chorus, an instrumental interlude from Kevin Jim and Joyce Lee, exciting numbers from Keri Hanna with sbQA Dance NRG and members of Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu hula dance company, and the vocal stylings of Onat "Maya Kohlpa" Sanchez and Eric Claravall, among others. A highlight of the evening promises to be the premiere of a new theatrical work by Jordan de Peralta.
Helping celebrate GAPA’s 20th Anniversary, American Idyll is being produced in association with Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (www.apiculturalcenter.org) as part of the United States of Asian America Festival and with Queer Cultural Center (www.queerculturalcenter.org) as part of the National Queer Arts Festival. For more information, please email: gapashow@yahoo.com
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July 2008
07/19/08 Saturday, 7:00pm - 10:30pm
Runway Platinum: The 20th Annual Mr. & Miss GAPA Pageant
Herbst Theater
401 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco , CA 94102
Tickets: $20.00-$50.00
Commemorating GAPA's 20 years of activism and empowering gay API men to redefine their place in the LGBT community, our theme for Runway 2008 will be The Future — What does it mean? How will we get there? And, most importantly, what will we be wearing? Transgender activist and San Francisco Commissioner Tita Aida will once again lend her raw and unabashed emcee talent. Mister and Miss GAPA 2007 Katu Tubo and Buka Kay! will crown their successors at the conclusion of what is expected to be another fabulous evening of glamour and glitter.
The newly crowned will receive a sash, a crown and a $500.00 cash prize, as well as opportunities for public appearances during their reign. To get more info about Runway, please email: runway@gapa.org.
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Thanks for a Wonderful 18th Annual Banquet & Celebration! Many thanks to all the donors, sponsors, members, supporters, friends, and volunteers who made GAPA's "To Boldly Go!" Banquet such a fabulous success! See the photos from dannydan photography at Photos1, Photos2, Photos3. Read the SF Bay Times article by clicking here. Read the GAPA Lavender Godzilla article in the December Issue. Pictured: GAPA Co-Chair Robert Bernardo, Honorary MC's Channel 2 Reporter John Sasaki and Assemblymember Mark Leno, and Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker George Takei. |
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GAPA Runway Brings Out the Models
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GAPA & API Wellness Center Honored By Mayor Gavin Newsom
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Join the GAPA Men's Chorus
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GAPA goes global
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CHILDREN OF GAY COUPLES AND CHURCH GROUPS MARCH
AT THE 2007 CHINESE NEW YEAR PARADE
--Float Features 6-Ft Globe Celebrating the Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage
The Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA) and a broad coalition of
supporters featured children of gay couples and
church groups at this yearÂ’s annual, "Chinese New Year
Parade" celebration this Saturday, March 3, 2007 in
downtown Chinatown, San Francisco.
GAPAÂ’s float featured a 6-ft globe encircled by
rainbow-colored hearts that illuminates the 5
countries which have legalized same-sex marriage (the
Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, South Africa, and
Spain). Six Asian same-sex couples and children will
be wearing traditional, wedding attire from various
Asian cultures. They will be surrounded by dozens of
families, church groups, members of clergy and
marriage equality supporters. Marchers will be dressed
in festive, red ponchos emblazoned with Chinese
characters that illustrate support for marriage
equality.
"In this yearÂ’s parade, GAPA wishes to send the
message that Love Has No Boundaries," said Robert
Bernardo, GAPA President. "As we celebrate the Chinese
New Year, we want to show that everyone deserves the
freedom to marry, raise a family, and live a long
happy and prosperous life."
GAPAÂ’s theme this year is, "Love Without Boundaries,"
and the GAPA float will showcase how the Chinese
embrace same-sex couples as part of the global family.
Last year’s float featured a gay family tree—family,
picket fence, and a dog. Two years ago, it was a gay
wedding cake. The San Francisco Chinese New Year
celebration originated in the 1860's during the Gold
Rush and is now the largest Asian event outside of
Asia. This year is "The Year of the Golden Boar: Year
4705" and highlights include acrobats and the Golden
Dragon ("Gum Lung").
"Many Asian families and religious leaders strongly
support gay marriage," said parade organizer Clarence
Wong. "GAPAÂ’s coalition supports marriage equality
because we believe that same-sex marriage is a
fundamental civil and human right. Asians are indeed
a progressive community that cares about all types of
families."
The parade float and contingent was made possible by a
grant from the Horizons Foundation, and was also sponsored by the
Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, Chinese for
Affirmative Action, National Center for Lesbian
Rights, California Assemblymember Mark Leno, Center
for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry,
Our Family Coalition, and the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance.
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