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A ? group for Gay Asian men and non-Asian men — who prefer to date and meet Asia guys (all ag) — Southern California (or beyond). A/PGF is an non-prof, social and tnal group tablished for gay Asians and iends who share an tert Asian cultur and experienc.
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By Roy Liebman, Publitns ChairAsian/Pacific Gays and Friends (A/PGF), one of the olst ntuoly-existg gay Asian anizatns the Uned Stat has reached a great tone---s 30th anniversary. It was born out of a profound need for gay Asians to have a fom which to discs problems and needs of mutual ncern, and to look for solutns to the issu facg them. Among the were their perceived stat as sometim ls than full members of the gay muny at large, and the differenc between Asian-Amerins born the Uned Stat and those g here om Asian untri.
Prr to 1980, throughout the gay scene of Los Angel, Asian men were rarely seen at most of the bars, clubs and bathho that nstuted the social scene for gay men. A few venu, such as the River Club and Mugi’s, were the only plac for groups of gay Asians to meet and, needls to say, they were not venu for ser discsn.
As a rult, there did not exist a great sense of muny among gay Asian men.
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Many felt ia of formg an anizatn for gay Asians had been discsed for some years before 1980, but an important impet me om gay liberatn pneer Morris Kight, who then had an Asian partner. And so 1980 the anizatn was born as Asian/Pacific Lbians and Gays (A/PLG). Other major goals clud buildg solidary between Asian gay men and lbians and between native Asian-Amerins and those who had emigrated om other untri.
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This realy fally led to the name beg changed to s current form, Asian/Pacific Gays and Friends, the onset of the AIDS epimic shortly after the foundg of A/PLG, the entire gay muny had to put their differenc asi and e together to fight the surge.
Other problems gay Asian anizatns me to beg but A/PGF ntu to flourish.
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It now featur more monthly activi than any other gay Asian anizatn the Uned Stat and ntu to add more. It will ntue to be a place where gay Asians and their iends n e together to share both their unique and mon bonds. As an example of the valu of A/PGF, the first statement reads: “To provi a support system for gay men and women of Asian/Pacific Islanr scent their relatns wh their fai and muni so as to unrstand and accept each other wh rg and pri.
***The thor of this article is bted to Eric Wat’s 2002 book The Makg of a Gay Asian Communy: an Oral History of Pre-AIDS Los Angel for much of the rmatn about the history of Asian/Pacific Gays and Roy Liebman, Publitns Chair. Andrew Ahn’s father once told him that there were “no gay people Korea.
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In a culturally nservative muny, where gog to church and buildg a fay were heavily emphasized, Ahn felt his gay inty kept him “om beg able to participate Korean culture. ” Then, he started equentg GAMeBoi, a weekly Asian Amerin gay party at Wt Hollywood’s Rage Nightclub.