Philly Asian Queer

Philly Asian Queer PAQ is a volunteer organization that engages LGBTQ+, Asian American folks in the greater Philly area

06/01/2026

💜 Violet is Spirit 💜
AAPI Heritage Month in Pride Flag Colors

• Yuri Kochiyama – activist engaged in numerous political causes; worked with Malcolm X and Black Power organizations for racial justice; leader of the Asian American Movement in the 1960s; advocate for political prisoners, including reparations for WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans
• Grace Lee Boggs – activist, philosopher, and writer; engaged in theorizing and organizing for civil rights, labor under the threat of automation, Black Liberation, and dialectical humanism, emphasizing self-transformation as a requisite for systemic change; Ph.D. in Philosophy from Bryn Mawr College
• No Model – East Coast hardcore punk band depicting the struggles of Korean adoptees, attacking Western imperialism and the exploitative practices of international adoption
• Lyle Prijole & Kai Dana Rene Sorem – human rights activists and community organizers who visited the Philippines in solidarity with farmers resisting land grabs and systemic neglect; among the 19 individuals killed on April 19, 2026 by the Armed Forces of the Philippines

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05/30/2026

💙 Blue is Serenity 💙
AAPI Heritage Month in Pride Flag Colors

• Ocean Vuong - poet, essayist, and novelist; works include Night Sky with Exit Wounds (2016), On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (2019), and Time Is a Mother (2022)
• Keanu Reeves - actor, comic book creator, bassist, philanthropist; his films include Bill & Ted’s Exellent Adventure (1989), My Own Private Idaho (1991), The Matrix (1999), and the John Wick franchise (2014-present)
• Saburo and Michiyo Inouye - managers of a hostel in West Philadelphia to help hundreds of displaced Japanese Americans relocate after WWII internment and also provide housing for foreign students at University of Pennsylvania
• Blue Scholars - Seattle-based hip hop duo focused on socioeconomic struggles, challenging authority, and youth empowerment

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05/29/2026

💚 Green is Nature 💚
AAP Heritage Month in Pride Flag Colors

• Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu – teacher, filmmaker, and community leader dedicated to preserving and promoting Native Hawaiian language and culture
• Lan Dinh – Farm and Food Sovereignty Projects Director and Co-Founder of VietLEAD, a community organization serving the Vietnamese and Southeast Asian communities in Philadelphia and South Jersey with direct services, education, advocacy, and organizing
• Ruth Asawa – modernist artist known for looped-wire sculpture inspired by natural and organic forms; art education advocate
• Charles Lee – Environmental Justice activist, Principal Researcher of “Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States,” a groundbreaking 1987 report showing the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards on minority and low-income communities

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05/28/2026

💛 Yellow is Sunlight 💛
AAPI Heritage Month in Pride Flag Colors

• Helen Zia - journalist and activist for Asian American and LGBTQ+ rights; founder of American Citizens for Justice, an Asian Pacific American civil rights advocacy organization
• Sal Khan - founder of Khan Academy, providing free online educational resources since 2004
• Mary Yee - Philadelphia-based activist; founder of Yellow Seeds, a student organization and bilingual Chinese-English community newspaper published between 1972-1977
• Corky Lee - community organizer and photographer who documented key events in Asian American political history

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05/27/2026

🧡 Orange is Healing 🧡
AAPI Heritage Month in Pride Flag Colors

• Amanda Nguyen - astronaut and founder of Rise, an advocacy organization aimed to protect the civil rights of sexual assault survivors
• David Ho – physician-scientist in HIV research who pioneered combination anti-retroviral therapy, transforming HIV from terminal diagnosis to chronic condition
• Mandy Mango – Philadelphia-based sexual health nurse and drag queen featured in season 18 of RuPaul’s Drag Race
• Robert A. Nakamura: “Godfather of Asian American media;” director of Japanese American films Manzanar (1972) and Wataridori: Birds of Passage (1976); founder of Visual Communications, a media arts organization creating and preserving works by and about Asian Pacific Americans

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05/26/2026

❤️ Red is Life ❤️
AAPI Heritage Month in Pride Flag Colors

• Alice Wong – disability rights activist, writer, editor, and founder of Disability Visibility Project, an online community dedicated to creating and amplifying disability stories, culture, and media
• Kiyoshi Kuromiya – Philadelphia-based activist involved in anti-war demonstrations, gay liberation, and AIDS advocacy; founder of Critical Path Project, an informational newsletter and 24-hour hotline about HIV/AIDS and treatment
• Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak (Silk Sonic) - Grammy Award-winning musicians; hit songs include Leave the Door Open, That’s What I Like, and Bubblin’
• Mira Nair – Indian-American filmmaker, director of Salaam Bombay (1988), Mississippi Masala (1991) and Monsoon Wedding (2001)

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05/25/2026

In commemoration of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and leading up to LGBTQ+ Pride Month, PAQ honors significant AAPI community leaders, activists, scientists, artists, and more—in the colors of the rainbow pride flag, with special mention to any Philadelphia connection! From red to violet, life to spirit, we celebrate the strides, tenacity, and verve of our communities in every hue. ***r

Come join PAQ at 's Philly Pride March June 7, and march through the streets to show Philly who we are. Exact location...
05/20/2026

Come join PAQ at 's Philly Pride March June 7, and march through the streets to show Philly who we are. Exact location will be revealed with the RSVP! PAQ will be covering limited festival tickets so please tell us if you need one! RSVP in our bio! ***r

Philadelphia Asian & Q***r (PAQ) will be attending Sunday Service Karaoke May 31 at from 4-6pm! It will be hosted by...
05/10/2026

Philadelphia Asian & Q***r (PAQ) will be attending Sunday Service Karaoke May 31 at from 4-6pm! It will be hosted by , one of PAQ's proudest drag partners, and excited to support an incredible local drag event. There will be reserved tables for PAQ, and you're invited to sing your heart out and be in community. PAQ will provide light appetizers and soft drinks. Main entrees and alcoholic beverages will be pay-on-your-own. RSVP in our bio! ***r

Join PAQ as we start up our monthly craft night again, May 21st at 7-9pm . This month we are just doing a general meetu...
05/08/2026

Join PAQ as we start up our monthly craft night again, May 21st at 7-9pm . This month we are just doing a general meetup - no theme! We will have supplies available to do paper crafts like zines or collage, but we encourage others to bring your own crafts to work on. RSVP in our bio! ***r

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1612 S Broad St
Philadelphia, PA
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