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LGBTQ AAPIs and Cancer: Another Unspoken Taboo
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- Into the Light: The Realities of Sexual Abuse, Violence, and Trauma of QAPI Bodies
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LGBTQ AAPIs and Cancer: Another Unspoken TabooDid you know that some cancers are more prevalent amongst LGBTQs, AAPIs, and people with AIDS? Even today people are afraid to reveal their fears and concerns. Learn about the risks, signs, and symptoms of sexually transmitted cancers. Review emerging best practices for cancer care across the continuum (from prevention to treatment to end-of-life) for LGBTQ individuals and populations, and share your input before these national guidelines are published. Voice your AAPI concerns. PresentersShail Maingi, MD, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY Sean O’Mahony, MB, Rush Medical Center, Chicago, IL Samir Narang, MD, Project Director/Marketing Manager, EngageNYC, Brooklyn, NY
PresentersMandy Hu, Board Member, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, San Francisco, CA Alison Lin, Board Member, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, Philadelphia, PA SCE White Oak B Foundations of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis B among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Communities This workshop will provide foundational skills necessary to understand HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis B in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities. Workshop participants will leave with increased skills to describe the Immune System and the Liver in its relationship with HIV/AIDS and Viral Hepatitis. Participants will discuss scope of diseases, risk factors for transmission, screening methods, and prevention efforts. Emphasis will be placed on current national and regional promising practices in HIV and Hepatitis B prevention and education among AANHPI communities. Presenters Ben Cabangun, Capacity Building Manager, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, San Francisco, CA Jacob Smith Yang, Senior Director of Capacity Building, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, San Francisco, CA Matthew Johnson, Hepatitis Program Director, Asian Health Coalition, Chicago, IL SCE Cardinal The Ties that Bind: Coming Out, Family Acceptance, and Intergenerational Dialogue in Our Families of ColorStudies have shown parents of color can become the strongest allies of their LGBTQ children; however, some barriers to acceptance still remain strong in API communities. This workshop will initiate a conversation by and for queer people of color to explore how the dynamics of family rejection and acceptance play out in their communities, share and discuss strategies to deepen the understanding and support for family acceptance within the queer movement, and advocate for LGBTQ people for color and their families less exposed to LGBTQ advocacy. PresentersGeneva Musgrave, Diversity and Inclusion Program Educator, Lambda Legal, New York, NY Edwin Tablada, EPA & Community Education Assistant, Lambda Legal, New York, NY SCE Illinois A Our Naked Stories: From 1750 to NowUncover yourself! This workshop will demonstrate how our own stories are part of the greater narrative of the historical intersections of Asian American identity, queerness, and immigration. Learn how to use your own stories for change and to win victories for our communities. PresentersTony Choi Nebula Li, Staff Attorney, Community Activism Law Alliance, Chicago, IL SCE Illinois B Youth Leadership and OrganizingAPI Equality-LA Youth Leadership Council will provide a workshop on youth organizing and leadership development, based on its own model of organizing and training sessions, to provide tools and best practices for youth and young-at-heart who are interested in building sustainable youth leadership in their communities. PresentersKimler Gutierrez, Program Manager, API Equality-LA, Los Angeles, CA Tower 603 Into the Light: The Realities of Sexual Abuse, Violence, and Trauma of QAPI Bodies“Into the Light” presents some of the history and current realities of sexual trauma in the Q/AAPI community, including definitions and statistical data. Attendees will have the chance to explore their own history of sexual trauma and its impact in their personal lives, community, and the larger LGBTQ movement. This workshop offers space for sharing, finding community and healing. We will discuss and identify community needs and missing resources, build awareness, and discuss what healing could look like for individuals and communities. *Additional resources, support, and debrief space will follow the workshop for anyone who is interested. PresentersChong Moua, Shades of Yellow, St. Paul, MN Teng Yang, Leadership Circle, Shades of Yellow, St. Paul, MN Joann Vue, Leadership Circle, Shades of Yellow, St. Paul, MN
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