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Resources for Asian Pacific Americans

General Information

Organizations

Books

Asian American Sexualities: Dimensions of the Gay and Lesbian Experience. Russell Leong, Ed., Routledge, 1995.

Be Yourself: Questions and Answers for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Questioning Youth. PFLAG. In Japanese.

Beloved Daughter (Chinese Family Letter Project). Mandarin Asian Pacific Islander Lesbian/Bisexual Network, 1993.

Making of a Gay Asian Community: An Oral History of Pre-AIDS Los Angeles (Pacific Formations: Global Relations in Asian and Pacific Perspectives). Eric C. Wat, Rowan & Littlefield, 2002.

Q & A: Queer in Asian America (Asian American History and Culture). David L. Eng, Ed., Alice Y. Hom, Ed., Temple University Press, 1998.

Restoried Selves: Autobiographies of Queer Asian/Pacific American Activists. Kevin K. Kumashiro, Ed., Harrington Park Press, 2003.

Take Out: Queer Writing from Asian Pacific America. Quant Bao, Ed., Hanya Yanagihara, Ed., Timothy Liu, Ed., Asian American Writers Workshop, 2001.

The Very Inside: An Anthology of Writings by Asia and Pacific Islander Lesbians and Bisexual Women. Sharon Lim-Hing, Ed., Sister Vision Press, 1994.

Films

Mango Souffle 2002. http://www.mangosouffle.com/home.html

Coming Out, Coming Home: Asian and Pacific Islander Family Stories. API-PFLAG Family Project, PO Box 640233 San Francisco, Calif., 94164. apipflag@aol.com

There Is No Name For This: Chinese In America Discuss Sexual Diversity. (Living Well Project, (http://www.apiwellness.org/) Asian PFLAG). Language: Mandarin, Cantonese & English, Subtitles: Chinese & English.

Flesh & Paper. 1990. Pratibha Parmar.

Fresh Kill. 1994. Shu Lea Cheang, Director.

Sambal Belacan in San Francisco. 1997. Madeleine Lim.

Khush. 1999. Pratibha Parmar, producer and director.