Asians and Friends Chicago has announced their March 2011 series of social events. Included are two interesting gatherings:
The start of AFC’s new Dining Club and a GAM-TV Premiere Tea Party!
Wed. March 16, 2011: AFC’s first Dining Club gathering at 7 p.m. at Sun Wah Bar-B-Que at 5039 N. Broadway in Chicago. Part of a new, periodic gathering of those interested in trying new dining establishments, AFC members will experience new restaurants, critique them amongst each other and then nominate and decide on the next gathering place. The bill will be split evenly and thoughts from the group will be posted on the AFC Web site. Come join in this exciting new adventure. RSVP by noon on Mon., March 14 to secure a spot via AFC’s hotline: (312) 409-1573.
Sat. March 26, 2011: GAM-TV Permiere Tea Party, 3 p.m. at @mosphere Bar, 5355 N. Clark in Chicago. Free admission. Cash bar. GAM-TV, a fledgling, new, grass-roots web channel based here in Chicago, is debuting its first “season” of three different series–a musical documentary; a news-profile series on Chicago-area gay, Asian men (GAM); and a comedy drama about a gay, Chinese-American 20-something making his first real, social and romantic contacts. Then later, if you’d like to be part of a group intending to go to a neighborhood (Andersonville area) restaurant for dinner at about 5:30 p.m., please call our hotline to RSVP, (312) 409-1573.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
i2i Hosts Literary Sharing Evening
The GLBT Asian and Pacific Islander group in Chicago called i2i held an evening of poetry, narrative and story sharing this past week at a cafe in the Andersonville neighborhood of the city.
Here's a few words recapping the event from one of the organizers, Dwight O.:
I just wanted to thank folks for their delicious participation in STORY OF MY HEART on Sunday! And thanks to my co-presenter Ryan who also helped to bring some new folks out. There was an amazingly diverse group of stories. Some common themes arose including the pervasive influence of the internet on queer dating, and the great diversity of desires that we humans have.
Below are just a few of the highlights from a dozen fascinating stories told. Some people had written out their comments, some talked off the cuff. But the stories were all filled with humor and tenderness and unexpected twists. This made for an entertaining event which shined a bright light on queer asian love and sex in the new millennium. If you weren't there, you missed a good one. Sorry I can't mention each story, but this will give you a taste:
-- Gurl-gurl flirtations on a bus between an Asian woman and an Iraqui woman. Lots of ambiguity and humor came from each woman being clueless about each other's cultures.
-- Real-life confessions of a gogo dancer boy who worked the Gaysian nights at Wilde Pug. Can a relationship based on mere sexual titillation grow into something more?
-- One guy (not the pining romantic type) stumbles onto true love on Match.com. He is puzzled when his boyfriend asks him to move in with him. "Why? I have my own apartment."
-- A woman is unsettled when she awakens to her first attraction to another woman during an otherwise uneventful academic conference.
-- An HIV negative man embarks on his first relationship with an man who is HIV positive. He's surprised to discover that the barriers to their love have nothing to do with HIV status.
-- In the fluid sexuality of the gay male community, the notion of "having an affair" seems almost quaint, borrowed from straight culture. But for one man, that's what it was.
-- "No string attached (NSA)" means sex without expectations, without reciprocation. But sometimes you still get more than you bargained for.
We had 15 attendees in the cozy back room at Winston's which filled us to capacity. People loved the room with its purple walls and inviting atmosphere. Half of the attendees were brand-new or pretty new to i2i, which is great. Some folks who were just coming out commented how inspiring it was to hear so many different experiences. Afterwards people recommended that STORY OF MY HEART be presented on a more regular and frequent basis. So maybe we could do this again in 2011. Watch the listserv. And we'll be posting photos from the event on the website shortly.
Here's a few words recapping the event from one of the organizers, Dwight O.:
I just wanted to thank folks for their delicious participation in STORY OF MY HEART on Sunday! And thanks to my co-presenter Ryan who also helped to bring some new folks out. There was an amazingly diverse group of stories. Some common themes arose including the pervasive influence of the internet on queer dating, and the great diversity of desires that we humans have.
Below are just a few of the highlights from a dozen fascinating stories told. Some people had written out their comments, some talked off the cuff. But the stories were all filled with humor and tenderness and unexpected twists. This made for an entertaining event which shined a bright light on queer asian love and sex in the new millennium. If you weren't there, you missed a good one. Sorry I can't mention each story, but this will give you a taste:
-- Gurl-gurl flirtations on a bus between an Asian woman and an Iraqui woman. Lots of ambiguity and humor came from each woman being clueless about each other's cultures.
-- Real-life confessions of a gogo dancer boy who worked the Gaysian nights at Wilde Pug. Can a relationship based on mere sexual titillation grow into something more?
-- One guy (not the pining romantic type) stumbles onto true love on Match.com. He is puzzled when his boyfriend asks him to move in with him. "Why? I have my own apartment."
-- A woman is unsettled when she awakens to her first attraction to another woman during an otherwise uneventful academic conference.
-- An HIV negative man embarks on his first relationship with an man who is HIV positive. He's surprised to discover that the barriers to their love have nothing to do with HIV status.
-- In the fluid sexuality of the gay male community, the notion of "having an affair" seems almost quaint, borrowed from straight culture. But for one man, that's what it was.
-- "No string attached (NSA)" means sex without expectations, without reciprocation. But sometimes you still get more than you bargained for.
We had 15 attendees in the cozy back room at Winston's which filled us to capacity. People loved the room with its purple walls and inviting atmosphere. Half of the attendees were brand-new or pretty new to i2i, which is great. Some folks who were just coming out commented how inspiring it was to hear so many different experiences. Afterwards people recommended that STORY OF MY HEART be presented on a more regular and frequent basis. So maybe we could do this again in 2011. Watch the listserv. And we'll be posting photos from the event on the website shortly.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
SE Asian LGBTQ Census
Organizers of a special survey are in the final countdown to completing the first ever national census of queer Southeast Asians in the US!! If you haven't yet taken this and identify as LGBTQ and Southeast Asian (meaning from a country impacted directly by the Vietnam War: Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia), please take this survey and spread the word!!!
Thank you!!
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QSEAnetworkcensus
Thank you!!
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QSEAnetworkcensus
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