What is the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA)?
How did it come about? NQAPIA, initially a network of leaders from 35 organizations, is an extension of the leadership body convened at the 2005 National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change roundtable meeting to build a sustainable LGBTQ Asian Pacific Islander (API) movement. This included (1) forming a foundation and connection for long-term working relationships, (2) identifying LGBTQ API organizational challenges, (3) facilitating the sharing experiences and best practices, and (4) exploring the possibility of collaboration (e.g., specific projects and programs, a national LGBTQ API organization, etc.). Participants at the roundtable meeting identified six key areas of work, formed steering committees to develop proposals, and formed a Working Group Committee (WGC) to act as an overall steering committee to move the work forward. NQAPIA is the only pan-Asian, multi-gender national LGBTQ API group right now, but our work is to support the organizations that involved in the ori
