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History

 

NQAPIA was formed out of a roundtable meeting of leaders of each of the nation’s LGBT AAPI organizations in 2005.  Groups were engaged in tremendous work in their communities, but at the same time, faced many common organizational and organizing challenges.  Leaders identified and developed collaborative projects that would alleviate individual groups reinventing the wheel.  

 

NQAPIA was formed to support these groups and promote activism and advocacy at a national level and supported by the fiscal sponsorship of API Wellness Center until early 2010. NQAPIA is incorporated as a business entity in the state of New York, and received its 501(c)3 tax-exempt status from the IRS in August 2010.​​​​

Mission

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The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA), a national leader in the LGBTQ+ AANHPI* community, serves as a convener of community leaders and groups; prepares leaders to challenge systemic injustices; and advocates for LGBTQ+ AANHPI liberation across the United States and its territories. 

 

* LGBTQ+ AANHPI : Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans Queer + Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander

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