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hello everyone and welcome to the 20th
Hunger Games yep oh the annual purge no
20th anniversary of the Asian and
Pacific Islander LGBTQ pride and
pavilion virtual stage welcome to my
mansion my name is Eric Maya you're
missed with a needy miss GAPA 2017 it's
been a long time a little bit about me
pronouns I use when I'm in drag is she
but if you see me on the streets with my
boy hair you can call me he all right and a
little bit more about me I am actually a
drag queen on the side but a daytime
sometimes at nighttime I am a nurse so
for all of you watching at home enjoying
your social distancing while you're
watching here with us wash your hands
and if you have to go outside wear your
mask be like one of those Queens I'd
like to keep it on please so I would
like to introduce our second emcee for a
virtual stream Jay so Jay is a gender
non-conforming South Asian affinely who
is practicing the art of storytelling
from trans centers of gravity in
November 2009 teen J percent of the
world premiere of Mahabharata a solo
telling of a great Indian epic adapted
by ether ready a South Asian American
playwright where the retelling
intentionally presents a non ciscgendered
male perspective that has otherwise
dominated a conversation of thousands of
Hindu years hashtag trans lives matter
for more information check out this link
below right there
awesome hi Jay how are you
doing well happy pride everyone my name
is J and I am super excited next I would
like to introduce our third MC for the
evening Anjali Rini Anjali we need coca
pronouns she they thrives in a community
showing up as a leader driving
accountability for trans justice keeping
connected to her Indian Asian roots she
co-founded and serves as the president
for Parivaar Bay Area the first South
Asian TG n CI centered queer trans
organization anjali serves on the board
for San Francisco Pride and also as the
Community Affairs Committee Chair
anti-romney holds an MBA and has been in
corporate America for over 20 years
she's an effective facilitator and a
consultant with diversity journeys
holding workshops across many inclusion
topics hi Andy hello Jay hello everybody
and my name is Anjali we are very
honored to be your MCS tonight if you're
wondering where our backgrounds are all
in Emerald it is because Emerald is the
jewelry to celebrate and a gift given
for the 20th anniversary so thank you
era for letting us into your my castle
until you it's not just the background
is the foreground you wearing well we
are so proud to wear the Emerald and we
are even more proud that we can continue
to provide the space and celebrate
intersectionality of being API and LGBTQ
it is the 20th year of the API LGBTQ
pride in pavilion stage and it has been
a place for our API community and all of
our allies and this year we are taking a
different approach and being with the
world and in still celebrating Pride
Month and doing it all virtually we have
great lineup for all of you tonight with
so many performances by amazing folks
these include syndicate dance team
groove Against the Machine with group
generations and squirrel friends local
Mocha Fapalatte GAPA daughter my goddaughter
hello and also my other GAPA daughter
Miss Shu Mai my part of our Bay Area House
of tees hanging sisters and has a Ciara
Joey diamond and Maddie B in these
unprecedented times we'd like to use our
platform to highlight an important
matter in light of what is going on
currently therefore we've also invited a
few members from the black community
such as Monique Campbell, Pearl Teese and
Keith Bell to discuss their thoughts and
opinions so stay tuned we sure have a
great program for all of you now let's
get this show started
you
a big part of Pride Month includes
reflecting and acknowledging our history
as a community let's take a trip down
memory lane
and take a look at the history of the
API pride pavillion and stage as you all
know we are celebrating the 20th
anniversary of the API stage if any of
you have been to the API stage during
Pride weekend I have you know how much
of a fantastic show it is taking place
on the stage behind a fantastic show
a spectacular human being Tita AIDA those
two words Tita AIDA has been spearheading
the API pride civilian stage with the
pride committee and the SF Ccommunity
Health Center for the last two decades
as someone who greatly rivers and looks
up to Tita AIDA all I can say is she's a
selfless leader that has been serving
this community for over 20 years I
vividly remember I had one of the pride
board meetings which I'm honored to
serve on the board with Tita
she mentioned you just look like me and
the way you think when I thought way
back then and that was such an
inspiration for me to know that I could
be a leader like her she is inclusive
she's filled with empathy and she is one
who drives to get us results and for us
to be able to live better lives thank
you so much Tita on behalf of the API
community on the San Francisco Bay Area
LGBTQ community we really see you and we
respect you thank you
hi everyone this is Tita AIDA with the
San Francisco Community Health Center
formerly known as API wellness and my
pronouns are she her and hers well I'm
here to welcome each and every one of
you for this very special presentation
that our agency's putting together as
you all know June is Pride Month here in
San Francisco and we are part of the big
celebration of San Francisco pride we
host a venue which is the Asian and
Pacific Islander LGBT Pride stage and
pavilion and guess what it's going on
for the past 20 years so it's the
anniversary 20th anniversary at this
time and we want to make it special and
we want to make sure that we continue
for the next 20 years you know
however these are unprecedented times
that are happening here in our country
in our city and we want to be aware of
that you know so we decided to go
virtual because we want to make sure
that our communities are safe our
communities are taking shelter in place
if they have to and we are still
struggling with Covid-19 you know it's
still around so but the folks here have
prepared something really very special
this is the first time we're going
virtual and we hope that you enjoy each
and every moment of it we also want to
make sure that we let everybody know
there that as Asian and Pacific
Islanders you know we stand in
solidarity with our African-American
brothers and sisters and siblings out
there so you know this is the time to be
united this is the time to be educated
and this is the time to really look deep
within our souls on how we relate to
each other so I hope you enjoyed this
presentation and I am very proud of our
team who put this all together and from
the bottom of my heart happy pride and
make sure that we are out there
celebrating our being API's
this year is very special for us here at
the agency and also for San Francisco
aside from the firm celebrating pride
and also the 20th anniversary of the API
LGBT Pride stage and pavilion one of our
community grand marshals is our CEO
which is Lance Toma and we are very
proud of all his contributions and how
he led our organization to be where we
are right now so it's a pleasure and an
honor for me to introduce one of my
idols you know Lance Toma
happy pride I'm thrilled to be with you
at this year's 20th anniversary of our
API pride stage and the 50th anniversary
of San Francisco's LGBTQ Pride
celebration it's such an honor to be a
community grand marshal this year but
what's been the pride and joy of my life
has been leading a remarkable
organization San Francisco Community
Health Center formerly known as Asian
and Pacific Islander Wellness Center I
really can't believe it's our API pride
stages 20th anniversary I remember
working with Tita AIDA on the concept in
2000 she was crystal clear from the
start I remember meeting Margaret Cho
for the first time our first celebrity
performer on our API pride stage that
year my son and I got to be right there
and it was magical I'm sure there are
folks out there who are with us that
year you've all been with us over the
years at some point because our API
pride stage has become legendary it's an
integral part of San Francisco Pride
celebration I know we're doing things
differently this year with all of our
virtual celebrations and activities for
this year's pride I miss being out there
on pulk and Golden Gate with all of you
but this year we must acknowledge all
that's going on in these crazy times
kovat 19 has made us aware that we must
be vigilant in our response to health
pandemics our LGBTQ communities know
full well whatever what it means to
respond to a life-threatening virus so
let's remember to take care of each
other and stay safe as we celebrate
Pride this year
let's keep fun and center all that's
going on in our country all the horrific
acts of police brutality of anti-black
violence to many of our trans siblings
of color being murdered it's all too
much to bear and beyond comprehension
black lives matter this is critical in
San Francisco community health center is
doing everything we can to support and
contribute to the black lives matter
movement
let's celebrate all our victories - it's
mind blowing what happened just last
week with the Supreme Court and
workplace protections for LGBTQ
community and with DACA
we have so much so many reasons to be
proud and hopeful our API queer
community is resilient powerful come
passionate and beautiful I absolutely
love all my API Queer sisters and
brothers and all of us in between let's
continue to fight let's continue to vote
let's continue to show up for black
lives matter and let's continue to love
and support each other happy pride
you
I see to Tita AIDA again you'll be seeing me
all throughout this presentation but you
know we're coming to the one of the
meats of this presentation as I said for
the past 20 years we've been producing
the Asian and Pacific Islander LGBT
Pride stage and pavilion and how this
came about you know I don't want to say
it's a blur but I think it was really
more of like a call for place for API's is
to come together during Pride
celebration and at the same time you
know we have some amazing artists and
performances performers and that we can
definitely showcase and really you know
build our self-esteem as a community and
we have prepared as short
well not stuff short but it's a very
special montage that we put together for
you all to give you an a glimpse of what
happened in the past 20 years so here it
is
plenty years ago you know when I was
already with API wellness that time we
took care of our programs which are the
H HIV prevention programs and what I saw
in the API community especially the
evening I am a semca me that there was
really not a lot of mobilization that is
happening around HIV prevention and at
that time what was really really hot was
the Spice Girls which believe and I
thought I'm like hey you know maybe we
can come up with some kind of like a
drag true dance troupe that can kind of
like go out there in the community
entertain and at the same time educate
people about HIV prevention so at that
time I decided that I want to thank well
maybe if we they had the Spice Girls
maybe we can come up with the rice girls
and well uh you know they were born they
already ambassadors of HIV prevention
and education as Brandon and he was
composed it was really kind of like a
copycat of Spice Girls but they had very
unique names like jasmine rice puffs
fries fried rice you know basmati rice
and all those stuff and actually there
were peer leaders for the community from
for our agency here and they went out
and did outreach they went out and did
presentations demonstrations and pretty
much they were the face of the
organization in different fairs like
Folsom Street Fair Casa Street Fair and
even in shows or benefits you know so
and guess what we were able to find some
footages of the rice girls and I thought
there were all lost and everything but
we found one online
and I hope that you enjoy this you know
and here they are
you
20 years ago when we had two rice girls
you know they all were performing
entertaining and Miller comes to a point
in their lives where they you know want
to pass on the baton and thank God that
there were you know for some API folks
out there who saw this concept to be
very advantageous to bring awareness for
our cultural identity and we had a
performance specialist here whose name
is Alex and he was kind of like my right
hand when we did outreach when we did
defense for the organization and he
conceptualized the group called the rice
Rockets basically they're kind of like a
spinoff from the rice girls except this
this folks are very daring you know and
they're bigger actually times change you
know but the rice forecast has been
going out there raising funds for
different organizations they've been
going on for the past I believe 10 years
now it's just celebrated a ten year
anniversary as spice ruckettes and
they'd been on America's Got Talent
they didn't make it but you know just
that alone is an achievement you know
but the nice thing about this folks is
that they are continuing you know what
is known for our community to be very
creative innovative and at the same time
just you know contributing to make our
our communities more more shining and
more colorful so so here they are I want
you all to watch them and I believe I'm
not sure what this clip is but you know
some of the rice ruckettes if you want
to know is like este longa who leads the
band I mean the group and also
don't you wish you wash me Chi Chi cago
all those things you know so they came
up with some really fun names you know
so so enjoy this and yeah here they are
rice Rockets June 26 2011 it gets better
with time
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next on the itinerary we invited Bay
Area natives to come together in a brief
discussion around their experiences in
this conversation they touched upon
solidarity intersectionality an
addressing anti-blackness in the AAPI
community yes we need to talk about that
as well as other communities of color
here is Jay introducing the panelists
for today as well as our wonderful
moderator the black lives matter
movement to me means a moment of shame
and a moment of triumph shame because
after more than two centuries of
civilized existence espousing values of
liberty freedom and dignity in this
country this country continues to kill
I'm sorry
hunt black and brown American citizens
in its own backyard the next time we
send our gazillion dollar armies and
weapon systems to guard those
aforementioned values look in the mirror
at your own face BLM is also a moment of
triumph because you may hang us kill us
and put your knees on our necks but you
may never be able to erase us one Goes
Down and hundred will take their place
no justice no peace and the whole world
is watching what's behind those smug
white supremacist faces community
communities of color and allies will
show up and hunt white supremacy down
toppled racial injustice and ignite our
identities in all their authentic selves
in the annals of American history we
were always here but that's just me time
to introduce our panelists first I would
like to introduce Monique Monique
Duchess Monroe is a black trans woman
who has personal and professional
experience dealing with mental health
both working in the field as a mental
health counseling supervisor and over 20
years of personal mental health issues
she has a vast experience on how society
and worsen a person who has a mental
health condition and what coping skills
can be used to rectify the situation she
is also an entrepreneur a businesswoman
and a modern day hustler all things glam
she is next we have pearl Aria Villa he
aka royalties is a proud black and
Pinette trans woman and San Francisco
native she works for mental health
client rights advocacy and is one of the
ladies of Asia SF she's the host and
curate co-creator of trans voices at
strut with the San Francisco AIDS
Foundation she's the first and only
transgender woman that co-anchors the
San Francisco Pride Parade on the KPIX
CBS live stream she's on this year's
creative team as a writer
for the lesbian and gay freedom back Wow
the list goes on from hosting events to
winning pageants arias main goal is to
inspire trans youth
letting them know their lives are
precious last but not the least we have
Keith Keith Bell is an afro Samoan
creative and dancer born in San
Francisco and raised in Hunters Point
the intersection of being Pacific
Islander black and queer has always
influenced his art and how he carries
himself every day he hopes that by the
time the next bride rolls around we can
have many more conversations on what ABI
means to us Pacific are people without
Cove in 19 this conversation is
moderated by Jared Gonzaga Jared
pronouns he day is a queer Philippine
--ax whose passion is to serve queer
communities of color he currently holds
a position as the HIV prevention
coordinator at the San Francisco
Community Health Center and I have seen
his work up and close
how are you Jared oh thank you so much
for that Anjali um Thank You Jay
Angeline era happy pride
hi everyone its Jared and we are so
excited to share with you a brief
discussion I had with our wonderful
panels as a community it's important to
stand up for in justices and uplift
black voices to support the black lives
matter movement I want to give a trigger
warning that some of the topics we
discuss might be intense for some these
are really hard conversations for
conversations that needed to happen
nonetheless so I really appreciate you
all tuning in for this special segment
without further ado I would like to
introduce pearl Keith and Monique we're
doing so hi everyone thank you all for
tuning in thank you for joining us we
have pearl Keith and Monique here so
pretty much I just wanted to start off
and say hello how are you doing and have
you been doing during the COVID 19
pandemic
I've been doing pretty good I'm still
busy with work that hasn't changed I
luckily have an amazing partner and some
great roommates in Animal Crossing
so I don't feel like I've been she far
away from my friends and have been able
to stay connected in one way or another
yes with the Animal Crossing and how
about you Monique how have you been
doing I've been doing well I have been
working still as well and it's a lot of
activities going on at one time
so I've been remaining busy yes I've
seen that un / are both on doing trans
March stuff as well so thank you so much
for being here I know your schedules are
so packed then I'm happy to have you
here and have this conversation with you
both and how about you Keith how are you
doing just working
good good I hear that I hear that
especially with the masks I've been
seeing a lot of folks not wear masks out
there and I'm like how are y'all doing
that y'all have an immunity vaccine that
I don't know about but it's crazy to see
people still doing that out there but I
guess it's let's go into the questions
and get started with the conversation so
our first question in the last month the
black lives matter and black trans live
matter movements have gained an increase
in worldwide visibility and attention
across the world we have witnessed
powerful protests empowering rallies and
a movement for advocacy education and
reform how has a specific moment in our
time affected you personally in your
communities and in your work well now
I'm being asked to do more interviews
and discussions like this where we are
talking about like anti blackness and
stuff like that I had more more people
check in with me that don't normally
check in with me and I just it I just
think it's very performative in their
reactions with everything going on so
face whatever guilt
they may be feeling and I was like I
really don't know how to feel about that
because it doesn't necessarily feel
genuine yeah you know yeah thank you for
that answer it's a very honest answer
and I think this is things that you know
folks need to hear and how about you
Monique how's how's everything been with
you in terms of like how has a specific
moment affected you personally your
community your friends your circles
um I feel like this this time has
definitely been enlightening to say the
least
I'm has definitely been an awakening
moment for a lot of relationships my
husband and I he's he's biracial and
he's he's fair complected and so seeing
the dynamic of how he grew up in him
understanding how much of a conflict
Society is and how much race does play a
part it's interesting to see how he
understands my perspective and how I
grew up and then seeing relationships
even in work and within like families
just it's just it's extremely
disheartening to see some people just
they've been races for a long time or
they've been transfer for a long time
and they've just been hiding it no more
I think so
and then how about you Keith like it
really I feel like seeing it on social
media as much as I do like a 22 year old
with Twitter like I feel like like
everytime a name pops up or something
happens I feel like I see it as my
parents probably won't get the gist of
it but I feel like my I feel like we're
all just like in this weird like
do we believe it hon saying we don't
believe it it's just like wow we're in
2020 and people are still getting Lynch
and then like my money's family like you
know like I feel like they're showing
their ass that's trying to be you know
progressive or forward about it and like
they show their ass trying to talk about
black lives matter and it's just a lot
it's very draining for me I think and I
think this whole movement everything
either makes people realize like I need
to get on this train or like hide and
you know just shut up I'm hoping for
better days by the end of the year yeah
definitely I mean I know right now with
everything happening out there it's kind
of a lot of things that I've been
hearing is that it's really hard to see
where everything's are going and you
know some days are really good days
especially when we're talking about
seeking justice but yet we still have
police officers like police officers
that um in Breoona Taylor's case and
Elijah McCain's case they're not
arrested they're not you know things are
not happening there so there's
definitely a lot more the work is not
done and that being said with it being
Pride Month I think we wanted to bring
the conversation around how we can have
you know the community especially the
API queer community support and as we
all know June is Pride Month and during
this time the community often comes
together to celebrate our differences
and our similarities we come together to
celebrate who we are who we love and how
we love words that come to mind when
describing the feeling this month brings
us is unity or solidarity but really
what does the word solidarity and
unity means you specifically during this
time I think people people need to do
the work I shouldn't have to play
teacher and I should I should feel
protected and not feel like I have to
defend myself and every space that I
take up and that like me just me just
like this thing is going to be a problem
that should not be a case
additionally like this is a movement
it's not a moment this isn't something
that we should just let die out like
this is something that needs to go on
past June
and that it if it dies out like it's
just it's almost like Heath was saying
like it was any of this real to begin
with it like it what it's a believable
like no nobody wants to feel like
they're not part of these communities
that we should feel part of and I feel
like that's something that's always
happened and is only only kind of
changing now and yeah I would say for me
solidarity specifically for like black
people of color and white people like
you know I would say especially like the
last two months I see people like this
is how you donate here this is how you
this like you want to March here's a
whole list for the month if you want
March you know from me personally like I
used to I don't want to say feel bad but
I would see like all the white people
when people posting all these things to
help all these black people animals and
I was like why am I not also reposting
these things but also it's like even
before all of this blew up like I was
you know for belief alert against police
brutality like pride 2017 me and my
friends literally got assaulted by the
police because of my friend I don't know
but you know like I would feel like you
know I feel like that solidarity for
sure because I feel like most of those
non black people my peoples followers
they're ignorant like like this type of
civil rights unjust and like like making
their brain have to think and have
opinions for themselves and like these
mom black people posting all these
resources I feel like that's probably
the best way to show solidarity if
you're not outright paying people like
just this past year in teenth I made
almost $200 just for posting like like
hey I'm black and a shooting team like
semi money and like people actually send
me money like that's the kind I want
because I don't care for like
performative posts and this this and
that like because it just doesn't really
do anything for me personally especially
in such like a trying time where you
know we need money
people don't have jobs I'm very lucky to
work and so that's personally what I
want to see more of thank you for
sharing thank you and how about you Moni
great question um solidarity for me and
unity right now means a little bit of
what they both said it's just
highlighting a lot of what is going on
right now and then understanding that
June yes it is Pride Month but it did
start not as a celebratory event and so
continuing on the fight and not just
taking a break in June and then
continuing in July it's still a fight
it's still a fight and so just
maintaining a solid foundation and and
understanding of what we're fighting for
and not wavering on it just because it's
a party
yes yes I love that I know and that is
something that I know folks are starting
to discover more like tapping into like
where did pride come from you know the
protest when we talk about Compton's we
talk about you know Marsha P Johnson we
talk about Sylvia Rivera and a lot of
folks are educating themselves on like
realizing well like me as a queer person
it really comes off of the work that
black and brown trans women have paved
the way for us to you know be able to
have these celebrations and be proud to
who we are and have this entire month
and that brings me to my next question
and I really want to start off with this
question with you all kind of focusing
on the what intersectionality means
so pretty much intersectionalities
acknowledgement that everyone has our
own unique experiences of discrimination
oppression and we must consider
everything and anything that can
marginalize people such as gender
identity race class sexual orientation
and I really want to take this time for
each of us to look at our own
intersections and how they framed how we
navigate through the world world
how has acknowledging your own
intersections influence your decisions
ideals and your truths and how has this
acknowledgment manifested itself and how
you perceive yourself and others
especially during this time well I feel
like I am being a black
and Filipino woman with all of these
intersections I've always been very
aware that like I'm not just like be
general by public and it's it's affected
everything that I do it's affected how I
travel whether it be for work or for for
vacation or just going to the grocery
store I have to know whether it's going
to be safe for me to go there to begin
with wherever that is and I don't think
it anything and how I perceived myself
per se but I I will say that I have
noticed as parts of my intersections
have changed as far as like being a
trans woman who have was gotten certain
surgeries like like done to my body and
face and how being someone who maybe
conventionally attractive now is getting
booked for things that she wasn't
getting booked before and it's hurtful
because it also makes me very aware of
how the world how the world treats
people like me and and it it's tokenism
like it's hurtful it's dehumanizing I've
said this in the the New York Times
article that you mentioned earlier
sexism is everywhere transmisogyny and
transphobia is everywhere racism is
everywhere and if you have intersections
like myself you can't go anywhere
without facing those things the public
yes
yes doesn't even wanna follow up with on
that intersectionality for me
it's always been a bit strange because
grew up in San Francisco
Hunters Point grew up with my two
sisters who are also someone younger
than me but you know we were raised
black like we ate Black American food
like we lived in like and you know like
personally growing up I never really
felt anything but black until I started
growing up and the churches and stuff
with my mom and her people and all that
and you know growing and you know to
this day like I joke about it but you
know I do tell like I for boats like
when I say I'm black it doesn't
necessarily mean like I'm just black but
I do joke about it a lot like I always
show up to people like I'm black and
like only black one of the reasons why I
only say that is because growing up like
what Polynesian it's like Pacific
Islanders period like they are so anti
black flag when I tell you they hate my
father gown like I just had to cut off
like the last cousins that I ever talked
to because no they said something about
black lives matter and I was like wait a
minute is halo ring so it's like y'all
are crazy
so I feel like for me growing up people
haven't really perceive me as anything
but black like if you're a stranger to
me like I would say ninety 90 percent of
the time you're gonna assume I'm black
which is what I'm treated as but when it
comes to the Pacific Islanders it's
always it's always like a interrogation
where I like are you sure like you're
someone or you know like you know I
don't really see it or you know I don't
want to believe it so for me it also
that's also probably one of the reasons
why I'm like you know what what is
solidarity besides education not from I
feel like in terms of intersectionality
uh it's been it's been a great like ride
but you know also its shun me it's
definitely shifted me from learning more
about Polynesian culture like it's cool
to have it but you know like that
they're literally that NT black to the
point where I'm like dude I literally
stopped learning language just because I
was like it's kind of pointless like you
know like this black
coming to you likes a little bit doing
the whole Lucia band and you have like
these you have like these unchecked like
nasty feelings about me
you know it's like you know which is why
I'm just like I'm but it's like so it's
more like a safety not even really a
safety thing but like when I say like
I'm black I'm just like you know if I
had to choose because you know a API can
be that anti black like I would you
because it can be black it's been pretty
much my life until I was 16 17 so you
know I definitely agree with that but on
the other side of that I've also had to
fight for my blackness as well yeah
that's okay yeah totally tell you on
that sorry
no worries thank you both for sharing
and you moaning it's just interesting to
hear other's perspectives and then to
touch on the point of intersection
excuse me I'm sorry I'm just listening
to both points and I'm mixing everything
up back to touch on the point I've
acknowledged that my plight for change
or to understand things is a lot
different from other people and then
sitting back and listening I have I have
a feeling that you all are younger than
me I'm well into my 30s but to listen to
to listen to you all it's very
interesting it's enlightening I grew up
in Oakland and I grew up around Black
Panthers and so my understanding of who
I am as a person is completely different
and then my introduction into the world
is completely different expect
especially when it comes to acceptance
I've always heard as scrutiny I'm in
terms of like my resting face it's
uncomfortable to look at or my skin is
extremely dark and it's compared to it's
the ugliest things in the world and so
it's it takes a toll and then when I
hear when I hear this term it's like we
didn't have that when I was younger it
sounds like he was it was created so
that it can include mixed races and when
we do that we
take I feel like we take a lot away from
what it what it means to be black in
America and so in in a sense you know in
a little little sense it does sting a
little bit when I hear people bring it
up because in a way we're negating what
the actual the actual problem of the
issue is we're trying to get some type
of acceptance by adding different races
or adding different things I mean
growing up in the time that I grew up in
it was popular to date Polynesian women
or Filipino women it's still a popular
thing mm-hmm
but the reason the reason being is
because lighter means the closest thing
to acceptance and so for me for me it's
it's a discussion that needs to be had
but I feel like we're negating the
actual issue it's problematic for me to
be in America for people that look like
me to be in America but everybody else
they pass my skin tone doesn't
unfortunately I love you being really
very very real with that and I think
that is you know definitely a big issue
that communities are having in terms of
the conversation and Mike as myself
being a P I know that colorism is very
real in the API community you know you
go down to back to the Philippines where
I'm from it's always like Collider you
are the better you are that's just how
it is out there and I'm feel like
they're bringing that over here as well
and then it plays into the just like you
said Monique when it comes to dating
like people of color especially in
dating and everything it just it gets
very blurred the lines get very blurred
and that brings me to my next question
and as in Asian Pacific Islander folk oh
yeah feel free yeah this is checking
back on intersections and also including
the intersection of like a being like a
transgender woman and everything going
on black lives matter I just spoke at a
Juneteenth rally and I had to talk about
how sometimes my trans miss somehow like
takes
for me being black like we could talk
about black lives matter and George
Floyd and Brianna Taylor but then what
about Dominique sells what about Mina
pop what about twenty McDade you know
these black trans people who were killed
or and jana door Jana Dior who would
beat up in front of a TV but we can't
talk about them like what about their
black Lenni of speech you need to be
they need to matter just as much as the
fists black lines that people want to
run a tional e protest about so I think
internet intersectionality can can you
know can really bring up some issues but
yeah to speak on your point I've also
noticed that it seems like the person
who gets heard the most is the prettiest
or the popular yeah so tokenism as you
mentioned before but incidents like why
are we feeding that and we know that
that's going to be that's going to be
the result and if we are going to feed
that feed it with people that's going to
be giving a message that's going to be
fruitful yeah we have a lot of people in
leadership in our position trans women
of color in leadership that should not
be there giving the wrong message but
but they continuously get get the
bookings they get this they get their
faces out there and that's their that's
their reasoning they want to get their
face out there but for the wrong so we
don't have women like us that are
stepping up and their voice is being
shared and heard throughout the world so
other people the other kids that are
coming up underneath as they can see
like hey I have something outside of
just going from hotel to hotel right now
exactly love that thank you so much for
sharing that and okay and then so into
the next question as an API person it is
safe to say that I have witnessed anti
blackness that is rooted in our
community I've seen it firsthand even
coming in the Philippines I've seen it
here I've seen it how there have been
some things that I've said within
families that are just playing out
racist and wrong and so really what it's
been found is that
- intergenerational differences has been
especially difficult to address and hold
conversations around town say blackness
racism the colorism that plagues this
community as well as many other
communities of color so I want to take
this time to answer ask the difficult
question that some viewers at home might
find uncomfortable but I really don't
give a fuck so we need to start
somewhere with this and we need to start
addressing that there is anti blackness
in our communities so with that
have you experienced racial
discrimination prejudice and or anti
blackness from other communities of
color and if so how has that impacted
your relationships with those
communities or with people from those
communities everywhere everywhere it's
in within every community it's you know
as well it's like I said earlier
transphobia and misogyny and like I've
been I've been called a nigger by other
trans by the trans women that I work
with you know I mean like I I don't know
a black person who has not faced
discrimination from from from any from
everyone from any and everyone from any
background yeah I feel like I feel like
I could go on and on about different
racist things that I've come into
contact with but I also think that
continuing to feed into those
conversations just brings up trauma for
black people who have had to experience
those things and it's not fair for them
to have to relive these experiences over
and over again although it is important
to talk about it but at the same time I
don't want to relive me being called
nigger every time I have one of these
discussions because I like to go back to
the first question you know experiencing
racism it's like you know especially in
this day and they're just like how could
you not be black and experience some
sort of micro or macro aggression like
it for me like if I'm not in an office
meeting like you know it's weird shit
like I work at a tech place like I go
through stupid microaggressions every
day like I literally had like this one
white man
come and sit in front of me and just
stare at me for like almost ten minutes
like after the eighth minute I literally
was like hey what's up like and he just
walked away like you look so fuckin like
ashamed
so to go back and answer the question I
guess it kind of goes back to
intersectionalities to like being black
in supply for my poly family like I
wasn't probably enough and then like I
haven't even talked about the gay thing
like my like I have hello brothers and
sisters and like you know if they don't
if there's not one reason to you know
just credit me you know we'll go back to
the gate thing because like you know
there's only like two out queer people
my family me and my younger 18 year old
sister so it's like yeah how could we
not I mean it's such a shame too like
it's like we even go from here it's also
like everyone who sees the racism going
on and they're like when I was called a
nigger at work that's it exactly
it was another girl exactly I want to
speak to your point oh yeah there was
another girl up in there there were two
other girls up in there and all of a
sudden they didn't hear it
no one with a light-skinned black or a
berry like come back right but she is
mixed with white she is mixed with white
but speak to her intersections that
individual I don't even I don't even you
talk about but but it's it's their
complacency within the race it with and
rape the complacency is too much is too
much I can't handle it it makes me upset
and like no you're my skin too I think
you know what it's I think it's a lot of
it's a lot of those people who are
uncomfortable those are the people that
I like to talk to because if you're
uncomfortable that means that you're not
doing nothing to change it until it
affects you and so if you're waiting on
the wayside then you just might as well
sit there in the boat and let the
Titanic
because you're not helping at all and if
you you got an effect you have to be
change if you want changed and so it's
too many people picking up phones and
recording what's happening instead of to
me instead of people actually acting and
this happened 500 years ago there was
too many slaves and not enough owners
but somehow slavery went on forever and
ever
was too many people complaining but not
enough people acting so yes to answer
your question yes I'm as a dark-skinned
person take out my own agender and how I
how I identify this is America yes I
have faced discrimination in every every
definition of it so with that being said
we know it happens we continue to have
discussions about it but what are we
doing to change it yes yes and that's
that's exactly what I wanted to do with
this is you know let folks at home and
that question be in their minds mummy
what are you doing to change what are
you doing to address it what are you
doing to not stay on the sidelines and
watch it happen but actually being part
of it you know being pardoned making the
change happen how are using your
platform your privilege your power to
support and uplift the black community
across this nation and across the world
because it's happening everywhere and I
think right now we're seeing that with
the protests that are not just happening
here in this nation but happening
worldwide that it happens everywhere so
I mean thank you so much for all of you
sharing those you know your answers with
those questions and I know there's
definitely a need for more conversation
to happen you know more folks need to be
addressed there needs people need to be
held accountable and people really just
need to check themselves and who they
are and how they go about the world
so with that really I want to close this
off by giving each of you an opportunity
to share an important message that you
feel folks at home should hear and so
what would you like to say and what
would you like to say to someone out
there the younger are er younger Keith a
younger Monique you know someone who's
watching this and looking at themselves
or once needs to hear something
important what would you say to them
don't sit here and buy what they tell
you is
well you need to find out what's
beautiful in you and you need to don't
let that go
embrace yourself because no one is gonna
be no one is gonna be kind to you if you
you you have to find you have to find a
way to love and be kind to yourself
because there's gonna be so many reasons
that people tell you not to and it's
it's a struggle it's not easy but it is
so worth it it is so worth it
I recently I recently listened to the
voice-over of the documentary that I'm
doing for the trans March and for the
first time in my life I said oh my god
I died actually don't hate my voice and
it's like I've always had issues with my
voice and it almost made me cry because
like it made me realize you really need
to learn how to love your voice because
people are gonna sit here and talk about
it but does that mean you have to agree
with them and hate yourself with them no
don't do that don't do that find a way
to love every bit of yourself
because you're worth it that's what I'm
told thank you I would have told a
younger me I would say that right after
me and my friends got assaulted like my
friends were thrown into like fucking
the class bus stop by mission and
Dolores where the high school is right
where they train in the crosswalk and
like honestly I wish like you know the
day after literally the day after like
you know we shut down Mission Street and
like you know we sat outside their
police station you know we cause a lot
of noise through like a group of like
kids who just got beat up by the police
but I wish it wouldn't have taken
something happening to me to have that
fire under my ass only because
it's like I mean I know about police
brutality all this shit like you know
you get so desensitized to it and then
it happens to you and I wish I would
have kept that fire going I feel like
since I've gotten older and I'm trying
to like become more independent and like
it's hard doing it all by yourself and
like you have these two you have like
literally like this like silent lung
killer and you have like racism that
like we have to go out and track every
day like I wish I woulda took the
strength that I had from when I was 19
and 20 to still be a leader like you
know I'm glad all the non black color
and white people are posting how to help
and do this and I feel like I fallen off
from that simply because life is already
kicking my ass
I just wish I had the strength that and
resilience that I did back there and I'm
not saying I still can't go out there
and protest but you know for me mentally
I feel like it's more than a mental
thing for me since the beginning of
everything coated and all the thank you
and money thank you I would like to say
to the viewers that this is history
repeating itself and those that don't
know their history are doomed to repeat
and if you don't have children
now then think about the children that
you will have in the grandkids a
grandkid hopefully you're here to enjoy
them but make sure that you're willing
to do what's hard now to enjoy what's
beautiful later what I would say to my
younger self I would definitely say that
baby girl you got it keep from truckin
they are mad and if they're mad that
means you're doing something right and
to all of the babies out there if
they're mad continue making them mad and
if they want to be famous turn that
phone on and make up famous don't get
mad with them
age of Technology ignorance is a choice
so go out there and do your own research
absolutely ignorance is a choice you
know ignorance only blissful until
people like me make you famous right and
I'm going pretty fast and then that's
all you got well thank you all so much
for your time I appreciate you doing
this and having this conversation with
me it's I know it was brief and I know
there's a lot more conversation that
needs to happen but I really want to
thank you for doing this and really just
having something like this for the
communities are really here and
listening to and hopefully they hear the
message that you're all bringing to them
do educate yourselves do the work change
needs happen yes thank y'all so much
Thank You teri monique pearl and keith
for this discussion we absolutely need
to talk about what we can do in the API
community to find anti-blackness
understand with every black life every
black trans queer life out there it is
our responsibility we cannot look away
people in communities of color
people in March nice communities cannot
look away to the black moment to the
needs of eradicating the atrocities and
the racism that's being meted out to our
black brothers sisters and everyone in
between so thank you for that discussion
again now we are ready to present to you
all the talented performers who crafted
up some beautiful videos for you all to
enjoy
I'm going to pass the mic back to era
all right Thank You Anjali and again
thank you to the panelists for the
important conversation
remember black trans lives matter and
remember the first break that was thrown
for our freedom was from a black trans
woman get that in your hand
okay who's excited to see some more
spectacular performances I can't hear
you from Twin Peaks hello hello all
right
for our first performer on the digital
stage we have a funky dance team reppin
Oakland Bay Area the groove against
machining established in 2007 is a
competition level hip-hop group composed
of telling dancers from the Bay Area and
beyond anything I can apply to them
dance grieve generations is an all
ladies dance company representing fierce
and talented female dancers ready to
entertain every time squirrel-friends
as defined in the urban dictionary is a
good female friend a tight girl buddy
just like me and Mimi you are not BFFs
but you are close enough to share the
casual crap of daily life talking about
crap on daily life we all represent in
the groove studios in Oakland California
every white boy can you come a rude boy
boy is your big enough
yeah
I'm bulletproof
no one's allowed the way women like
introducing its only nature I love the
danger
Oh
prejudice no the song about it like the
handle
Oh
ha
this is a group generation experience
you
night shadows we find is a bed.but
daylight it's so close don't you worry
Oh
so motion you seem to get but the hi I'm
golden
Oh
we decide
Oh
Oh
you
all right isn't that amazing they
perform so good I want to be part of
that crew right now all right next up we
have a pretty new group of drag ladies
representing Asian and Pacific Islanders
the House of Sierra which started out as
group of friends playing around with
tattered wigs and broken heels were just
mostly almost involved into a bond of
sisterhood and support each other in
their love for the drag arts these girls
not only hail from but also in LA and
NYC please give it up for the
underneath the city lights few rules
don't apply and you can keep a girl
Chicago club looking for work all the
time gonna make that shake that money on
a dime for sure the daddy shaking
working just fine
up on the table
okay girls let's show them how it's done
it ain't over till we say we've only
just begun
I hope you enjoyed a performance today
as it would have marked the 50th
anniversary of Pride celebration in San
Francisco but during these crazy times
our generation has been faced with an
ongoing crisis of Koba 19 racism and
police brutality as we take the time
safely tucked away in our homes to
reflect on Pride and what it means for
the LGBTQ community and as personally we
need to take notice of the countless
black trans lives lost that go unheard
unreported and underrepresented the
black lives matter movement that we see
today is finally shaking society at its
core and we're finally waking up but
somehow we're still sleeping on our
black trans sisters brothers and those
in-between do not forget that the lives
of the black trans community were at the
forefront of the fight for our rights to
exist today as your approaches continue
for the black lives matter don't just
live in the moment but continue to live
for the movement I urge you to not let
the countless lives lost and those
powerful voices get lost in the wind
because we're all in this fight together
so do what you can either protesting
safely on the streets donating and
causes or educating not just those
around you but continue to educate
yourself so today I wish you a happy
Pride and remember that we depend on you
to ensure that all black lives matter so
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last performance group looked like there
are a lot of fun recording that I hope
you're also all having a lot of fun so
far
let us know in the chat next up we have
another dance team representing the Bay
Area syndicate is a noun and the
dictionary defines it as a group of
individuals or organizations combined to
propose promote some common interest
syndicate represents unity passion and
hard work with members from all over the
Bay Area syndicate truly embodies what
it means to come together as a family
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through this common interest syndicate
hopes to be an inspiration for people
everywhere to band together and work
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black back we never lack black with that
strap coming tribe through but if we
back back is going clap clapping that
stack I never tap tap if I'm like a ho
you act act like you like that oh I
never backtrack a fine cuffing which you
can't sit with us but you like the dog
on my pretty bridges how's the Diddy
bitches got a melee bitches all Co
Philly bitches I'm Achilles bitches yo
pop who the fuck was smoked but I keep
keep it real dude Billy Mac is your baby
there just to lightly though I ain't
fucking cuz I want em for him take I
hide
got six got me walking around like I'm
Michael don't paint my hair cuz I'm
Tyson Jordan
Angela hi welcome to the party colourful
even get makeup this be in his house
back just like a Bob baby welcome to the
party party would Bob what
baby baby don't slow it's all sweet
handle shit
zombi worthy
as the Chasen mucho dinero
I came in da is he a start period that
like she can't be serious they see that
plane in theory is they wanna know who
Larry she's like enough only one enough
Oh
Saturday
Oh
cuz your man is the P word your man is
just a viewer you manage
Saturday
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
I
my husband
don't mind all I got is one thing
so much energy from those dance teams
who is ready for our first music artists
performance of the night yeah at the age
of four MattyB started singing in front
of family and friends at social events
she was in love with the idea of
becoming the best singer Maddy has had
the honor and privilege to sing the
national anthem and the NBA Golden State
Warriors game and at the MLB Oakland A's
Filipino heritage night she is no
stranger to the stage let's give it up
for the singing sensation Mary
take it away from
if you
even a few can
Oh weird
Lutie
not see the rules
Thanks
so hard not soon
and
ah
well you're gonna wear that you make
everything I can do
first time making me
Huda started
baby
hi everyone if we only stand by and hope
for the best
or wait for others to act change will
never happen we all need to work
together to eliminate racism it might be
scary to take that first step
but just know you are never alone there
are so many resources and people who can
get you started and be there for you
like Barack Obama said we are the change
we see love you guys
Stacy alright awesome performance so now
let's move on to our next entertain her
I'm so proud of her she is my Gabba but
as I make her deaf a grand grand grand
daughter and think oh my god I'm sold
I can't remember anything anymore
alright she is sweet dark and guaranteed
to keep you up all night just like when
I'm drinking coffee on double shifts at
work mocha frappe latte is the mother of
the house of dolls here to spread her
blend of horror facts and fill forever
she goes definitely to filth yeah I know
you ditched behind no as the reigning
Miss Gabba she hopes to help lead the
community towards sex positivity self
love and self expression I'm very glad
to introduce our next entertainer the
reigning Miss gotto once again Miss
mocha latte
never my gods in a bottle every time it
occurs if I'm a mind
Haven but a man
don't
never five anise would be
baby
my feeling
was wrong who was I it doesn't matter
it'll fit over times but I
I'm gonna go now
different with you
I wanna kiss you
I see
yeah
Oh
No
son listen on your way
me I would put my pride aside if you
could promise to be with the way
hoping that you think about us sometimes
I'm still
leave
in heart
when I fall in love
away
everybody told me if it was
did I feel
Oh me
golden heart
another day
still feels like I could fall to pieces
when I hear
see
what's another break up to me I could
said another
notice I've been doing just fine
and the tears of all judging orders but
you know
he did you notice I've been doing
every single day
still feels like I could follow faces
when I hear your name hoping to still
that you feel
Oh
what's another breakup to a girl
I could find it
I've been doing tests
and the taste of all judge you notice
did you notice
notice
nervous
all these songs for you baby
you know what is reality what is true if
truth is subjective
in a world so overcome with agent and
grade
what is their dullest
all right isn't she amazing that's my
granddaughter GABA I'm gonna cry but no
my makeups gonna go crazy all right
another pride and joy of - gaba miss shu
mai is a second-generation Taiwanese
companies American drag queen originally
born and raised in the Bay Area she now
lives in LA well she kind of still lives
here because I always see her even the
bay before the lockdown anyway so she
now lives in LA where you can catch her
hosting and performing a Game Boy oh my
god the Filipino acting just came out
their Game Boy in West Hollywood I want
to go there one day and she also
co-produces LA's first monthly API drag
show cold send nudes literally send me
nudes later she also represents Prison
Foundation as Miss Kappa 2018 she hopes
to use drag as a way to build community
along queer api's and explore the issues
that are prevalent within our community
once again my other pride and joy I'd
like to introduce to you our next
performer Miss
let's get down to business
to step on the sea did they send clowns
when I asked for Queens for the saddest
bunch I ever met but you can bet before
we're through
any
make a queen out of you
first you glue your eyebrows or do not
first fine then you paint your MA
then your eyes you love
not like that you crusty crunchy fool
you look like a garbage chute somehow
make a queen out of you
never gonna learn how to paint my face
what is this about some padding girls
liable for thinking this was where
now for my looks is it leather or lace
oh my got my tuck is sagging time for
the show let's go you better tell your
Queens be fierce as a pop star diva
queen left straight from a car to make
up well discover how we use drag to
celebrate our true
time is racing towards us tell the show
begin
lip-synch for your life
from the crowd
on your way
but you're stumbling in those the latter
stay away go home how could I
I made the Queen out of you
be a queen waiting fierce as a pop star
d queen left straight from a cartoon
makeup well discover how we use drag to
celebrate our true
a pop star to be a queen laughs straight
from a cartoon queen all this makeup we
will discover how we use drag to
celebrate our true
hi everyone thank you so much for tuning
into my performance today
happy pride and in the spirit of pride I
think it's important that we remember
that pride in itself is a rebellion it
is resistant and we carry that spirit
through us as we are supporting the
black lives matter movement right now
it's important for us also to support
the lives of black trans folks who are
facing systemic oppression and are
systemically at higher rates of violence
than any other population here in
America so it's important that we
continue to get the spirit of Pride and
continue the spirit of resistance by
supporting this movement keep your foot
on the gas and don't forget to rest rest
is an important ingredient and there is
no revolution without rest and rest is
radical in the face of capitalism so
please make sure that you are taking
care of yourselves so that we can keep
our foot on the gas and continue this
revolution make sure you're still
donating to organizations donate to
black trans organizations donate to
other organizations fighting for justice
making sure that you are not only
putting your money where your mouth is
but also making sure that your actions
match that as well so get involved in
your city council meetings your Police
Commission meeting just get involved in
signing multiple petitions a day
reaching out and calling your governors
and elected officials with unique and
organic messages not just a template
it's important that we all continue this
work because we are not free until all
of us are free with that happy pride
thank you so much again for tuning in
and I'll catch you later
thank you for beautiful performance from
- miss GABA Queens
speaking of Queens next we have au
revoir Bay Area Anjali who is the
president and co-founder of Bolivar Bay
Area what is fun about the area Patti
Bahr
is you hurry where is me pari where is
all of us party we're means family in
Hindi it is about coming together
and providing and giving platform and
voice to those that are almost always
left behind the trans gender
nonconforming intersex
South Asian lives in this world in this
country in this San Francisco Bay Area
party where was a vision that wanted to
do exactly that and proud to say that
along with Sanjeev and Amin I have been
able to bring Parivaar to a place where
we are able to support and grow our
family our curry work together we are
unapologetic in going beyond sisters and
reclaiming those spaces that are not
just in the LGBT community but also in
the intersectionality of South Asian
community and lives to be able to uplift
and showcase what it means to be trans
what it means to be queer while still
also being a South Asian so it is
ensuring two particular things that the
South Asian Diaspora is beyond folks
from just the parts of India Pakistan
and Bangladesh the South Asians are
everywhere in this world and to is to
uplift the trans gender non-conforming
intersex voices that are so important
and so fragile in our South Asian
communities parivar is fiscally
sponsored by the LGBT Asylum project and
we're very grateful for their support
and has been leading the Covid
Coalition for the San Francisco Bay Area
and supporting our LGBTQ communities
across intersectionalities with
financial and general relief support
check out Parivar on Facebook
Instagram Parivar Bay Area and also
our website ParivarBayArea.org
perfect and for me Pariviar means community
Parivar means mirroring of strengths
and virtues of identity parivar means
even if you're running away from me a
mother now
even if you seek refuge in this country
come in be unapologetic whoever you are
whatever gender expression you might be
Parivar opens its arms and says you're
welcome and by looking at each other and
looking at each other strength like
Anjaili so proudly leads us we can stand
proud in this country and we can stand
proud wherever we are because we are
part of body bar you are family and
speaking of body bar it's time now to
introduce our next artist from Parivar
Bay Area Kamani Sutra a South Asian tell
you gay gender queer bearded drag artist
from Washington DC transcends Western
drag expectations' by their performance
repertoire and their aesthetic senses
comedy is now bringing the funny and
comic part of two ladies from Big Bash
Stowe who got into fight for dustbin
hashtag okay give it up for Parivar
wife doctor please today I plan to add
them on my eyes deal with it the rich
have arrived black out their crew please
sit on oh you can just love because my
entrance is very humorous
dr. Liu er gets carsick or I'm me too
same pinch nice boat ah hmm nice fellows
call me call me after you yeah don't
laugh too much
your job will come drop down you are
nice nice not very nice
you must leave and you stay because
Boies here you know what every comedian
keeps talking about that why did the
chicken cross the road
well I will tell you why did all the
chicken cross the roads I'll tell you so
that it could be on my Caesar salad on
my plate in my home cooker maybe Caesar
salad maker oh yeah so fans to also
equally
I tell you
some quarter - man some
you interested in a BJ horny you are you
a top are you a top yoga hey Lisa value
sneaker Vinny Alberta yeah yeah yeah
very curious about Bushnell opera but I
hear Sunni and don't act smart with me
I've come for my sister-in-law's
function is this the question that you
should be asked
I'm sorry I kicked you can't pick it by
mistake get up if it bothers you we'll
make it up
you don't tell me what to do I can tell
you there's been you not tell me what to
do or what are you gonna hit me
do you want it I know what you're asking
for it you're dying for it get off my
back got it do you want it
dying for it money get off my back you
show he died he bachmann in fatima hala
dunya taker sati hekia
havior I'm sorry ecliptic by mistake you
can't take it by mistake then pick it up
if it bothers you
no you pick it up you can tell me what
to do I can tell you what to do you
can't tell me what to do
that's it you can tell me what to do
you're dying for me get off my back
got it she's just a girl and she's on
fire hotter than a fantasy only like a
highway she's living in a world and it's
on fire fill a catastrophe but she knows
she can fire
and she's on kicking my mistake she's
just a girl I keep on picking my mistake
she's just a girl and she keep on
picking my mistake
she got
the clouds and she's not backing down
this girl is on fire
Wow wasn't that the performance comedy
Sutra does not do anything less than
that and I can speak about that from my
heart and seeing it up close about their
journey of crusading and trailblazing
back it back home in India or here their
work is exemplary so thank you comedy
Sutra and this is a fine example of why
we exist as a curry bar it is about
creating a platform for those voices
that are often relegated to being just
performers just those that can provide
some entertainment we are much more
beyond that we are leaders we are South
Asian queer trans gender non-conforming
intersex leaders and parivar is so
grateful for every other organization
that has inspired us to come this far
and our next performer as well is a
great inspiration for us for me as a
community leader party where is also
supporting two support groups at the
San Francisco AIDS Foundation gusta go Andrew
brew which happened a few times every
month supporting and creating space for
a community conversation for a casual
hangout so we can talk about things that
are very uncomfortable to be spoken
about the anti blackness which I'm still
learning and I'm still doing trying to
do my part to better serve my black
brothers and sisters especially in the
trans community to talk about sex to
talk about mental health
these are very important topics and
again we come together as a community
and support each other and I couldn't
have say any less about Pearl Teese
who heads the haus of Teese has founded
the Haus of Teese and they are our next
performers
hause of Teese was founded by Pearl Teese
in 2017 with hopes of forming
connections with the chosen family again
family is so important a family that
shares a passion for performing arts
coming from a background that has been
uplifted by their community this sisterhood
hood at the house of t's between
creative individuals not only thrive in
entertainment but also take pride in
showing up advocating fundraising and
being involved within and for their
communities
their performance video features
Pearl Teese, Amora Teese, Aria Teese, Ari Bella
and Juanina million please give it up for
the Haus of Teese
like there's always they turn look
inside your heart and I look inside
the line
Thanks San Francisco Community Health
Center for having the house of tees we
appreciate you having us it means so
much to us and we love what you guys are
doing you guys continue keeping an eye
out for what these San Francisco
Community Health Center is doing for you
our last performance for the night is a
music artist by the name Joey diamond
chances are you may have heard of joy
diamond and if you haven't you're surely
willing in your future joy diamond is a
YouTube hit sensation with 40 42 million
views
Joey diamond is a hit YouTube sensation
with 42 million views and 220,000
subscribers Joey's popularity and
celebrity began to swell earning him
spots on Sean Kingston world tour the
Melbourne take over to 2011 and other
opportunities to perform around the
world
Joey's global appeal has garnered him
loyal fans from around the world to
include the United Kingdom Australia
Austria Belgium Canada Germany Italy
Philippines South America and every
corner of the globe where you will find
the computer screen Joey also performed
on this very stage last year let's give
a warm welcome back to Joy Diamond who
will be performing his original song
philosophes a round of applause for joy
fucking laughing
fucking
you
it's time to hit reset on what we know
about HIV HIV and AIDS are not the same
thing there is no cure for HIV but you
can live a healthy life treatment helps
make it possible who should get tested
for HIV
everyone they are now more ways than
ever to protect yourself protect the
people you care about and help prevent
the spread of HIV testing prevention and
treatment add up to stopping the virus
talk to a health care provider and get
reset and help stop the virus calm watch
the videos share the information
it's HIV education for everyone because
there's something everyone can do
I can't believe we are almost done with
the show let's give a shout out to our
community partners for this event I have
to say the Bay Area is so lucky to have
so many different API organizations we
are proud of collaborating with them and
appreciate their support for today's
livestream also a very big shout-out to
Gilead yet for sponsoring this event
remember everyone should be on PrEP
our community partners this year include
Asian Health Services, APIENC, API cutesy
The Connection,
Gameboi SF, GAPA org
Prism Foundation, PARIVAR Bay Area
Project Ohana in the bay, Rice Rockets
Alliance Health Project UCSF and UTOPIA
here are words from some of our
community partners are you like ok here
we go one two three hello hello hello we
want to do a big shout out this is UCSF
Alliance health project many people just
call us AHP we want to do a big shout out
to San Francisco Community Health Center
congratulate you on your 20th
anniversary with the API stage with
pride this is absolutely wonderful we
also want if people know about our
reopening of our HIV STD and HCV testing
services into life we're aiming for July
7 so please look us up at AllianceHealthProject.UCSF.edu and
make an appointment we'll be happy to
see you again so one two three guys
let's get together and wish them
together with wisdom I have to pride one
two three
hi everyone we are APIENC a Bay Area
grassroots organization of trans and
queer Asian and Pacific Islander folks
my name is Sami and I used a them
I'm jazz elation her I'm young you see
them and we're so grateful to be joining
the API Pavilion at Pride this year and
first off we just want to affirm that
black lives matter black trans lives
matter and black folks at the
intersection of so many different
identities matter in all their ways just
as black power and black resistance
matters that has been a commitment of
our organization and will continue to be
forever this month we have been working
to uplift the demands of black folks
from around the country and to move
resources to support black lives so if
you want to join us we're raising ten
thousand dollars for black LED
organizations in the Bay and across the
nation and we would love your support
and getting there yeah we're also
working hard this summer to do some work
with our dragon food network creating
some mutual aid to connect people to
resources and also practicing ask me for
help with some workshops if you're
interested let us know thanks jazz also
as many of you know we've been working
for the past year and a half on the
first ever needs assessment of trans API
people living in the Bay Area even in
the queer and trans API communities the
needs and experiences of our trans
community members can be overlooked or
invisible as so we hope that this
project will be a chance to uplift that
and really affirm that our communities
here exists and that we matter and we
also just want to end with gratitude for
the movement for black lives organizers
who are leading this work to transform
our world transform our systems our
schools in our neighborhoods every
single day and reaffirm our commitment
to sharing resources with this movement
and making sure our resources are
abundant educating ourselves and our
community members and moving and deep
solidarity in the best ways that we can
thank you all thank you
hello and happy pride to all you viewers
out there this is Estee Longa
representing the rice market as May is a
month for Asian and Pacific Islander
heritage and June is a month for Pride
both also represent opportunities to
recognize that our struggles and
liberation are inextricably connected as
one of the first Asian and Pacific
Islander dragged troops we started
through community with the recognition
that not all spaces are created
equitably currently we house one of the
few events that cater to the AAPI
community in a Bay Area where almost 30%
of our population identifies as API it
is with this understanding and context
that we stand in solidarity with events
like the Asian and Pacific Islander
Pride pavilion and stage our hearts are
breaking over the senseless and tragic
event that led to the death of most
recently George Floyd as well as the
countless others who have shared the
same fate we continue to condemn the
cycle of violence by the police and
other law enforcement agencies against
our black and brown brothers and sisters
not only do black lives matter they are
essential they are beautiful they are
necessary there are many great black
Queens who have inspired us led us and
supported us the drag culture that we
participate in office not only made
great by the contributions of black
people but it would be nothing without
it to the black community we see you and
stand with you we stand as comrades with
the understanding that our mutual
liberation depends on dismantling white
supremacy and anti blackness we hope
that others will come to understand this
as we do to all of you out there stay
safe stay strong and stay vigilant be
the best queer lgbtqia+ person you can
be we hope to see you all again soon
hi my name is Michael and I use he and
pronouns and I am the chair of GAPA
Tony vice chair of GAPA hi this is
Marcos he/him/his I'm the secretary of
GAPA Danny Chung I proudly served on the
board for GAPA org this is Roland
Mendoza he/him pronouns and your current
GAPA social chair John Wynn legal
counsel hi I'm Olga and I'm Danny Juan
and we met through gaba men's chorus
yeah nothing like romance through songs
I'm also currently the treasurer of
GAPA and I'm the membership chair as
I look back at the API pride Pavilion
stage I'm so grateful to have been able
to host and perform at the stage in 2017
as Juicy Lou it was it was an amazing
experience and I never forget it
my favorite memory from the API pavilion
was one year when we took the GAPA sign
we had in the Walgreens window and
literally carried it from the street
through the crowd directing people to
the pillion pavilion they were asking us
what it was but was thank you for the
past 20 years of giving a nice space to
the QT API community to be seen heard
and celebrated may there be many many 20
years more to go
happy 20th anniversary congratulations
happy Anniversary happy 20th anniversary
API Pavillion happy anniversary happy
20th anniversary API Pide pavilion happy
20th anniversary API pavilion a happy
20th anniversary API pride pavilion
you're an amazing space and I am so
grateful for you
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so oh my god Anjali where did she go
looks like we are nearing the end of
this livestream and I have lost my
co-presenter oh hello welcome to the
show hello welcome back looks like we
are nearing the end of the livestream
except you're swimming in honey you're
just dreaming in the hole emerald
mansion right Here I am
how can we forget it is the 20th
anniversary of the API pavilion at San Francisco Pride and we
Piazzi who I'm thirsty I'm thirsty for a
lot of pride action I don't want to go
Anjali what do I do
well what we can do is we can build
community we can come together as a
community that exists and power really
moves forward mmm and how do we do that
Anjali how do we bridge community by
following social distancing but not social isolation yes by staying alive
surviving by thriving by enjoying our
full authentic selves by checking up on
each other by making that phone call by
sending that text message we can
continue to be the powerful LGBTQ API
community we can exist because we are
the community that is going to prevail
and try after all of this is over and we
can thank you enough for tuning in
tonight that's right and over to you
this is Jay and Anjali signing out let's
do it again
this is J and Anjali passing the mic of to
- Ehra Ehra oh wow it's been three hours
now I'm alright
yeah oh I'm so tired anyway yes this is
Ehra thank you so much for tuning in to
our virtual API pride ability in end
stage I hope you have a wonderful
evening please stay safe and from a
nurse please wash your hands wear your
mask when you're going out and stay the
fuck home if you're not doing anything
important outside okay I don't want to
take care of you in the hospital
and to close out the event please enjoy
Chico Chi's music its amazing stay put...Happy Pride Everyone! I miss you all, virtual hugs!
on the API pride Pavilion stage excited
me
you cannot forget Fantasyland listen
never said boo from impact in the chase
it
lead from the magnus chase on my tracks
and this mine I'm a serger this mouth
the dirt is it okay it doesn't stuck in
this place
oh you can meet us but all you can take
I fell for the taste I fell for the
chase
again
my Buddha Sasana so any more bombing you
and I could just let it go
hey that's just holiday
let's go
nigga wanna try and catch me
I'm calling oops uh me ain't nobody
stopping me mother used to just take
some paper you could try you could see
ya girl got these niggas into fear young
Freddie off the road but looking like a
joke and I'm gonna get a 5 to the 1
oh sorry TT if you were bad faggot with
some bad
let me do a bad back it was somebody let
me
let me let me
area what up if you ain't back to town
take a shot
bring it up like the cost of living now
on my nigga side and the rents tonight
I guess commit the killer fuck you film
it what is the T what is the gardener
left asking me honestly niggas looking
like a comedy cuz they y'all can depend
all my bitches going up like a parked
car all I might make a stereo with the
heart are one of my fag is looking fishy
get the chart are too many way for us to
get it that's alright busy busy your
baby's safety thumbs up his baby's
Vanessa van G to tell you bitches crazy
like now just life anathema to where's
the
let me let me
pull the two-thirds candy paint windows
all black sea's they gonna say
so a solid
you know deep down you know money if you
go down
I just want to take a moment to honor
our transistors who came before us we
fought first safer world one where we
all deserve to exist freely we would not
be celebrating pride every gene had not
been for black and brown trans women and
gender non-conforming humans who rose up
and rebelled against the militarized
police force in San Francisco in 1966
and what would become the competence
cafeteria riots and several years later
in New York City at the Stonewall riots
in 1969 against the NYPD we must
acknowledge and honor this history and
the many black and brown trans folks who
have been on and continue to be on the
frontlines of our collective movements
unfortunately as we've seen in the last
month not much has changed as we have
witnessed countless black humans
murdered at the hands of the police
in cities nationwide and again more of
our black trans sisters have been taken
from us by people with the same white
supremacist mentality as those killer
cops today I honor Marsha P Johnson
Sylvia Barrera our living legend miss
major I uplift the names of Tony McDade
Nita pop Dominique Remmy fells Ryan
Milton and the countless black and brown
trans folks who have lost
lives to state violence and white
supremacy I see you I honor you and I'm
committed to fighting for and beside you
no one is free until black trans people
are free all black lives matter black
trans lives matter
you
