Resources: Vietnamese Language
A queer path to Vietnamese food & tradition
Collective brings together elders with trans and queer young adults in the kitchen
By Leena Trivedi-Grenier
"As a kid in Saigon’s District 2, the floral, sweet smell of pandan cooking in coconut milk meant banh kep la dua (pandan waffles) to Trang Tran...."
http://digital.olivesoftware.com/olive/ODN/SanFranciscoChronicle/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=HSFC%2F2020%2F02%2F23&entity=Ar11200&sk=56B68674&mode=text#
Collective brings together elders with trans and queer young adults in the kitchen
By Leena Trivedi-Grenier
"As a kid in Saigon’s District 2, the floral, sweet smell of pandan cooking in coconut milk meant banh kep la dua (pandan waffles) to Trang Tran...."
http://digital.olivesoftware.com/olive/ODN/SanFranciscoChronicle/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=HSFC%2F2020%2F02%2F23&entity=Ar11200&sk=56B68674&mode=text#
Resources from NQAPIA
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http://www.nqapia.org/wpp/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/vietnamese.jpg Vietnamese Rainbow of Orange County
vietroc.org
Viet- ROC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Co-Chairs: Hieu Nguyen and Joee Truong Spokesperson: Van Truong Phuc Treasurer: Tai Phan Secretary: Nam Nguyen Public Relations: Peterson Pham Youth Advisors: Lucy Ngo, Tim Truong Parent Advisors: Ha Nguyen, Hai Nguyen |
Mothers of LGBT Children Speaks Out in Documentary Published in Vietnamese Television
Viet Rainbow of Orange County is a community-based organization founded by Vietnamese-Americans with a diverse prism of sexual orientations and gender identities. Through engagement, education, advocacy, and supportive services, VROC aims to empower their communities for a more equitable, safe, and unified Vietnamese diaspora and expand its voice in the broader society.
Contact Info: Viet Rainbow of Orange County P.O. Box #2 Garden Grove, CA 92844-0002 Phone: (657) 206-5428 Email: info@vietroc.org Website: www.vietroc.org A YouTube clip shared by V-ROC: "Con Gai Cua Me. Touching clip about acceptance and love from a group of mothers from Vietnam."
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Parent Support Group under Viet-ROC
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"We are LGBT"
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DOWNLOADABLE LITERATURE
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Resources from API Equality- Northern CA
norcal.apiequalityla.org
API Equality - Northern California was founded in 2004 in response to a 6,000 person rally against marriage quality that was organized by Chinese Christian leaders in the San Francisco Bay Area. It began as a national ad hoc coalition of API persons and organizations advocating for marriage equality. Today it is now a full-pledged multi-issue organization that actively promotes equality and justice in the Northern CA area and in the state's API and LGBTQ communities. Its sister organization is API Equality - Los Angeles.
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"Song That" - To Live Truthfully (w/ video in Vietnamese)
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songthat.com
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Songthat.com is a Vietnamese radio show program conducted in entirely Vietnamese language. It shares the latest news (celebrity and world-wide politics), medical research, and personal stories from the queer community. The Archives also include interviews from prominent Vietnamese entertainers who are queer-friendly.
To listen to this program, it requires a Real Media Player. The newest version of Real Media Player allows you to convert the podcasts to MP3. This resources was provided to us through connections of our very own, Marsha Aizumi, made in her speaking engagements across the country. She met an individual from MakeShift talk radio. We graciously extend our gratitude to both of them. Song That Radio is a forum
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Resources from API Equality LA
API Equality-LA is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights and social justice organization building grassroots community power and organizing for change in the Asian American and Pacific Islander (API) community. API Equality-LA envisions an inclusive, equitable, and just society where all LGBTQ API people can thrive. For more information about API Equality-LA, visit their website at http://apiequalityla.org/ |
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 asianprideproject.org
The excerpts and the video by Ngoc and his mom are borrowed from the Asian Pride Project. The Asian Pride Project is an online space for API LGBTQ, their families and friends. This project was created as a web-based space to share stories, experiences, in writing (with API languages) and also with video feeds.
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