QACON

03/21/2020

Hello community!

We hope you’re doing well in these trying times. We’re here with an announcement.

As you may have guessed or heard, QACON 2020 is not going to happen.

We were too short-staffed last year, and just weren't able to muster up enough folks to continue this year. Coupled with the current public health crisis, means we’ll be on hiatus for at least the rest of the 2019-20 academic year.

Our hope is that we will pick up again next year with QACON’21, with no further interruptions.

As always, we’re taking questions, concerns, and suggestions at [email protected]. If you are interested in being a part of our planning process, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at the same email!

Please stay safe!

Much love,

Kellyann & Aaron
QACON’19 co-chairs

09/06/2019

Hello, wonderful community!

We need your opinion on the future of this conference.

As you likely know, QACON requires dedicated management in order to ensure a streamlined planning process. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to locate co-chair candidates for QACON'20, and our pool of committee members is also on the smaller side this year.

We believe it is in the best interest of the conference to take a year to step back and focus on refining documentation instead of pushing a small committee to overexert themselves, but we think it's important to have community feedback on this as well.

If you have 1-3 minutes and want to have a say in the future of our conference, please fill out the link here:

https://forms.gle/4DZhgprx6MNLH8B28

Thank you very much for your help and perspectives!

As always, please direct questions and concerns to [email protected]

06/03/2019

Hello, beautiful community!

We're back with a message from Toshio Asai, a doctoral candidate studying gay Asian immigrants in the Greater SF area:

Hello!

My name is Toshio Asai, and I am working on my dissertation to understand the unique challenges and resilience demonstrated by the first-generation gay Asian immigrants who reside in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area. We hope you consider helping with our study.

You are eligible for this study if:

(1) You were born outside of the United States
(2) You are an Asian gay man who is at least 18 years of age
(3) You have been living in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area for at least past 6 months
(4) You are able to complete this survey in English

If you satisfy the condition and would like to help, please participate in our study. This online survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. Upon the completion of this online study, you will have a chance to win one of ten $30 Amazon eGift Cards.

This research has been fully approved through the Institutional Review Board at Northern Arizona University (IRB #1358470-1).

Participation in this study is completely voluntary. If you are interested in this study, please click on the link below to read more about the project in the online consent form. If the hyperlink is disabled, please copy and paste the following link to your internet browser.

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Please feel free to contact me ([email protected]) or Dr. Y. Evie Garcia ([email protected]) with any questions, comments, or suggestions.

Best Regards,
Tosh(io) Asai Ed.S., M.S.

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05/07/2019

Hello, beautiful community!

A very large thank you to everyone who made it to QACON' 19 for an excellent conference weekend! The attendance of the community is instrumental in making this conference successful, and we hope it brought you some measure of joy, community, or inspiration.

Have a wonderful year! See you May 8th - 10th for QACON' 20!!

05/05/2019

Hello beautiful community!!

We're running low on breakfast foods, and will be ending brunch at 12:30pm rather than 2:00pm.

Thank you for a most wonderful conference weekend! We hope to see you next year at QACON '20!!

05/05/2019

Hello, wonderful community!

Thank you all for attending the conference today - please come join us for the post-conference social at Spat's Berkeley (1974 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704), starting at 10:00pm tonight!

Make sure to bring your wristbands to be admitted!

05/04/2019

Hello, community!

Heads up, you can keep up with important conference events and updates by texting to (801) 657-3595 to join our QACON'19 Remind system!

05/04/2019

Post-Opening Night board games are happening in Eshleman 212, now through 9:30pm!

05/03/2019

Hello community--

Due to a scheduling hiccup, Opening Night performances will actually begin tonight at 5:30PM.

Early registration is still starting at 5:00PM, feel free to show up then and mingle with fellow conference attendees. And, if you can't make it to Hearst Field Annex A1 right at 5:30PM, never fear -- it's no trouble for folks to walk in between performances!

As always, feel free to message us or email us at [email protected] with any questions, comments, or concerns.

See y'all in three(!) hours!

05/03/2019

There 's only 1 (ONE!) more day until QACON '19 and we'd like to round off our performer's by showing y'all two more! We will have one more performer, but you'll have to come to Opening Night to find out!

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Meet Cal Raijin Taiko! A part of the UC Berkeley since 2005, this group of roughly twenty members is highly committed to practicing the art of taiko and sharing the culture of taiko with the community as the only Taiko group on campus!

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Meet Miss Shu Mai, a 2nd-generation Chinese/Taiwanese American drag performer that is currently Miss GAPA!

Come see them and our secret performer on Friday night, May 3rd, at Hearst Field Annex A1, 5:30-6:30 PM!

05/02/2019

There are only 2 (two!!!!) days until the conference, and we'd like to introduce another one of our workshop facilitators: Chino Scott-Chung!

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Chino is a Chinese and Indigenous Mexican American writer, currently working on a novel about an 8 year old “paper son” who uses false documents to immigrate to the U.S. during the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Chino is one of 5 facilitators of the workshop: "API Transmasculine Anthology; Join the Rice Bowl: Telling our Stories & Creating Our Art," another being Jai, which y'all met yesterday! This workshop invites you to join in the process of using writing and art as a source of power and liberation. Come as yourself to explore different themes, including identity, race, oppression, and medical transition!

05/01/2019

There are only 3 more days left until the conference, we'd like you to meet 3 of our performers for Opening Night on Friday, May 3rd, happening at Hearst Field Annex A1 from 5:30 - 6:30 PM.

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Step aside Rami Malek! There is no stopping Art Kahn as he pays fierce tribute to the legendary Freddie Mercury. This King of Queen will serve you some serious drag king realness. A self-identified “q***rean” (q***r Korean-American,) multi-disciplinary performer, circus theatre artist, and previous winner of the 17th annual SF Drag King contest, they will bring their arena-rock-sized talent to the QACON ‘19 stage as the fabulous “Mr. Fahrenheit!”

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Also introducing Cal VSA Lion Dance! A group of talented friends from the Vietnamese Student Association that are performing the traditional lion dance. A tradition spanning thousands of years to to bring good luck and dispel evil spirits. Come watch them demonstrate these mythical creature's movements.

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Finally, introducing a 2 parter: Jai Lei Yee! Jai is the only person performing and facilitating a workshop! On Friday, they will be bringing life to two poems. One of which is titled “Silver Love,” and the second one is called “Reconnection,” as well as a dance. They will be facilitating the workshop: “API Transmasculine Anthology; Join the Rice Bowl: Telling our Stories & Creating Our Art,” but more on that tomorrow!