The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance's three-day conference, "Transgress, Transform, Transcend," is happening August 14-16 in Seattle at the University of Washington. The conference will showcase the leading lights in both Asian American/ Pacific Islander and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer communities.
Each day of the conference will be opened by a keynote address, given by keynote speakers Mia Mingus (Co-Executive Director of SPARK Reproductive Justice Now), Dakota (Seattle Youth Poetry Slam Series Finalist), and Vega Subramaniam and Mala Nagarajan (plaintiffs in a Washington state lawsuit for marriage equality).
The conference also features a full schedule of plenaries, workshops, caucuses and social activities. Speakers and presenters include: Miriam Yeung National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum), Darlene Nipper (National Gay and Lesbian Task Force), Kris Hayashi (Audre Lorde Project), musical artist Danny Morito Katz, and performance group Good Asian Drivers, and API Equality.
For further details on the conference, including the full schedule, programs and workshops, and registration information, go to the NQAPIA website here. Online registration (= cheaper) ends on August 5, so if you intend on going, make your plans soon.