Public trasnportation in Providence is tough on Sundays (RIPTA). I had to make my way over to PrYSM's office for a seaQuel meeting. seaQuel stands for Southeast Asian Queers United for Empowerment and Leadership. Here's their mission statement:
"provide a safe and supportive space for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, queer and questioning (GLBTQQ) as well as straight SEAA (Southeast Asian American) youth where they can lead healthy lives and develop their leadership and organizing skills to become involved in creating social change in their communities. seaQuel builds the leadership skills of SEAA youth, brings cross-cultural and inter-generational dialogue on sexuality to the SEAA community, and seeks to challenge the larger GLBTQQ community's definition of diversity."
This was my first seaQuel meeting ever, and my first time ever at PrYSM's Office. I definitely had a warm welcome. The staff are professional, but the space defintely can make one feel at home. From my understanding, seaQuel meeting runs bi-weekly.
For more about PrYSM click here.
For more information about seaQuel click here.
seaQuel is also on Myspace!
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Sunday, March 8, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Self-Defense for LGBTQ
This is probably very awkward for a first entry:
We still have a long way in the war against homophobia. Just a few weeks ago in New York City (NYC), a man allegedly killed a man he had mistaken was gay because the man was walking arm-in-arm with his brother. I believe he is being charged for 2nd degree murder with hate-crime status. That reminds of what happened to me about two months ago in NYC. One of my best friends and I were walking home arm-in-arm in the cold, and as we crossed the street, a man in a car yelled out as us "fucking faggots."
Sometimes you might find yourself in one of these hostile situations, so maybe it isn't such a bad idea to pick up a few self-defense skills (remember SING from Miss Congeniality?). Project Connect and the Center for Anti-Violence Education (CAE) are holding two workshops on self-defense for LGBTQ identified persons at the Asian & Pacific Island Coalition on HIV/AIDS (APICHA) . Click here to view the Facebook event information.
Click here for a CNN article on the alleged hate-crime above.
We still have a long way in the war against homophobia. Just a few weeks ago in New York City (NYC), a man allegedly killed a man he had mistaken was gay because the man was walking arm-in-arm with his brother. I believe he is being charged for 2nd degree murder with hate-crime status. That reminds of what happened to me about two months ago in NYC. One of my best friends and I were walking home arm-in-arm in the cold, and as we crossed the street, a man in a car yelled out as us "fucking faggots."
Sometimes you might find yourself in one of these hostile situations, so maybe it isn't such a bad idea to pick up a few self-defense skills (remember SING from Miss Congeniality?). Project Connect and the Center for Anti-Violence Education (CAE) are holding two workshops on self-defense for LGBTQ identified persons at the Asian & Pacific Island Coalition on HIV/AIDS (APICHA) . Click here to view the Facebook event information.
Click here for a CNN article on the alleged hate-crime above.
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