U.S. Directs Public Schools to Allow Transgender Access to Restrooms

The guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice regarding accommodating transgender and gender nonconforming students under Title IX is a crucial component of ensuring that the rights of all students are protected! Read GLSEN’s statement on it here.

“No student should ever have to go through the experience of feeling unwelcome at school or on a college campus,” John B. King Jr., the secretary of the Department of Education, said in a statement. “We must ensure that our young people know that whoever they are or wherever they come from, they have the opportunity to get a great education in an environment free from discrimination, harassment and violence.”

H/T: New York Times

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Asian and Pacific Islander LGBTQ+ Resources

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Before we get on with the post, it’s important to note that these are two groups of diverse people who are very unique in many ways! However, in light of the month, (and mainly due to the fact that a lot of the resources available online are for both groups), here is a compilation of resources for Asian and Pacific Islander LGBTQ+ people! Other masterposts can be found here (and don’t hesitate to add anything if you have resources to contribute)!

GLSEN Pages:

Other organizations:

APIQWTC (Asian & Pacific Islander Queer Women and Transgender Coalition), which provides opportunities for Asian & Pacific Islander queer women and transgender people to socialize, network, build community, engage in inter-generational organizing, and increase community visibility
NQAPIA (National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance), a network of Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander LGBTQ organizations
Asian Pacific Islander Resource Kit by GLAAD (also links to other resources)

Historical information from the US National Park Service:

Some LGBTQ+ Asian/Pacific Islander Creators:

Jean Melesaine (queer, Sāmoan, artist, documentary photographer, and one of the founding members of One Love Oceania)
Ingrid Nilsen (half-Thai, lesbian, beauty vlogger and internet personality)
Kit Yan (trans/queer, Chinese-Hawaiian, playwright, poet, performer, and lyricist)
Chrysanthemum Tran (trans/queer, Vietnamese American poet, performer and teaching artist)
Chella Man (deaf, Jewish-Chinese, genderqueer, artist)
Patrick G. Lee (queer, Korean-American, journalist and filmmaker)
Pati Solomona Tyrell (queer, Sāmoan, artist/photographer based in Tāmaki Makaurau)

Other Helpful/Informational Links:

A collection of links to readings on Asian American gay and lesbian history
Being Asian/Pacific Islander & LGBTQ: An Introduction (an article by the HRC featuring research regarding important issues in the community, as well as links to other resources)
Gender Identity and Sexual Identity in the Pacific and Hawai'i
10 South Asian LGBTQ Books That Changed My Life (an article by Priya Arora)
Wikipedia’s Timeline of Asian and Pacific Islander diasporic LGBT history
Kumu Hina (a documentary about the struggle to maintain Pacific Islander culture/values within modern Hawaiʻi, told through the lens of Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, a Native Hawaiian māhū [someone who embodies both a male and female spirit], and an honored and respected kumu [teacher], cultural practitioner, and community leader)

GLSEN (Posts tagged US Department of Education)

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U.S. Directs Public Schools to Allow Transgender Access to Restrooms

Discrimination Doesn’t Belong in Schools!

Asian and Pacific Islander LGBTQ+ Resources