Our Mission...

Our mission, should you choose to accept it...

Although the needs of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered & Intersex (LGBTI) community throughout the United States are being made more apparent through time, it remains largely unaware that the LGBT community can be further subdivided demographically. Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders, Latin@/Chican@, African American and/or Native Americans who identify as Queer may face issues that are unique to their cultural/ethnic background. Asian Pacific Islander Queers @ UC Davis hopes to serve the UC Davis Community (as well as the surrounding areas) in hopes to bring attention to the needs and issues that API Queers Face. We serve to...

• Support fellow APIQs through open discussion of prevalent issues facing APIQs, provide access and reference to advice and counseling services, and provide a friendly network where APIQs can relate with peers.

• Increasing the awareness for the cultural context of API-LGBT issues through quarterly workshops open to the general public, quarterly open sessions of our group meetings, and social events open to the general public.

Even within the API and APIQ community, many groups remain underserved largely due to unfair and prejudiced beliefs about who is and who is not API. APIQ aims to address this disservice by actively outreaching to and retaining traditionally underrepresented API groups. APIQ hopes to provide a space for all people who ethnically and/or culturally identify as APIQ. These groups include, but are not limited to, Indian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Middle-Eastern, multiracial people of Asian descent, and those who have been adopted or raised by an Asian family.