CITY
OF
OAKLAND
CITY HALL
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1 FRANK H. OGAWA PLAZA •
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
94612
#LoveLife
REBECCA KAPLAN
NIKKI FORTUNATO BAS
Vice Mayor
Council President
District At-Large
District 2
Date: May 25, 2022To: Members of City Council and Members of the PublicFrom: Vice Mayor Kaplan and Council President Fortunato BasRe: Queer And Transgender Asian And Pacific Islander(QTAPI) Week Dear Colleagues on the City Council and Members of the Public, AswetransitionfromthemonthofMay-whenwecelebrateAsianAmericanandPacificIslander(AAPI)HeritageMonth- to themonthofJune- whenwecelebrateLesbian,Gay, Bisexual,TransgenderandQueer+(LGBTQ+)PrideMonth- pleasejoinmyselfandCouncilPresidentFortunatoBasin celebratingQueerandTransgenderAsianandPacificIslander(QTAPI)Weekfrom May 29 through June 4, 2022.
ThisresolutionshinesalightonOakland’sresilientandthrivingQTAPIcommunity.QTAPIWeekis a timeto reflectonthestrengthoftheAsianAmericancommunityinthefaceofcontinuedhardships,particularlyduringtheCOVID-19pandemicwhereexplicitactsofviolenceagainsttheAAPIcommunityareatanalltimehigh.ItisalsoatimetocelebrateintersectionalidentitiesaspartoftheLGBTQ+community. We knowQTAPIpeopleareimpactedbyunjustsystems,andtherehasbeena longdocumentedhistoryofQTAPIpeopleintheBayAreabeingsubjugatedtodiscrimination.
Inthewakeofthesechallenges,community-basedorganizationsacrosstheQTAPIspectrumhaveprovidedsupport,advocacy, andhealthandsafetyservicestotheBayAreaQTAPIcommunityforover45years.NewergrassrootsorganizationsformedattheturnofthemillenniumhavecontinuedtorespondtoongoingsystemsofoppressionbysupportingandorganizingQTAPIpeopleintheBayArea.Forexample,theBayAreaQTAPICoalitionincludesorganizationsandcommunitygroupssuchas Lavender Phoenix (formerly API Equality Northern California (APIENC)), AsianPacific Islander Queer Women & Transgender Community (APIQWTC), GLBTQ+ Asian PacificAlliance (GAPA), Parivar Bay Area, Prism Foundation, Red Envelope Giving Circle, APITransmasculine Anthology, GLBT Historical Society, San Francisco Community Health Center, SanFranciscoAIDSFoundation, Essense of Mana, NorthCountyOutreach,RIZESF,andmembersoftheRice Rockettes.
Thisresolutionhonorsalloftheseorganizationsandtheindividualswhomakethemgreat.WecommendtheBayAreaQTAPICoalitionfororganizing,mobilizing,andinspiringourQTAPIcommunity, andforupliftingthenumerouscontributionsmadebytheQTAPIcommunitylocally,nationally, and globally. City CouncilMay 31, 20221