Aria Sa id, president of San Francisco s Transgender District, said she "had no idea this was happening until now" when asked about Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis new advisory council.
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What they are doing is out of the ordinary. Even though non-straight relationships have been decriminalised in India, they are far from being normalised in most parts of the country
San Francisco will mark the country s first Queer and Transgender Asian and Pacific Islanders Week this month with a series of events between May 22 and 29. Organizers are already planning for more cities, especially in the Bay Area, to follow suit next year.
The seven days of rallies, panel discussions, and a drag show will also see the launch of a new project aimed at ending transphobia within the LGBTQ+ Asian and Pacific Islander community. The QTAPI Week comes amid an uptick in violent attacks and harassment of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders during the COVID pandemic.
As the Bay Area Reporter s Political Notebook was first to report last week, leaders of the GLBTQ+ Asian Pacific Alliance, which recently held several rallies in the city s LGBTQ Castro district to protest the rise in AAPI hate, and the Bay Area QTAPI Coalition came together to propose the inaugural QTAPI Week. GAPA Chair Michael Trung Nguyen told the B.A.R. the dates were purposefully chosen so the week fe
Amid Indiaâs Covid Crisis, a Community Mobilizes
Friday: Indian-Americans are finding ways to help as relief efforts amp up. Also: A lotus ritual offers healing.
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People waiting for empty oxygen cylinders to be refilled in Delhi last month.Credit.Atul Loke for The New York Times
Good morning.
As California moves toward reopening, another crisis is unfolding halfway across the globe. India recorded about 410,000 coronavirus cases on Thursday, a new global high, and 3,980 deaths, the highest national daily death toll in any country outside of the United States. Experts believe the true number of cases and deaths is much higher.