GAPA - GLBTQ+ Asian Pacific Alliance

GAPA is a 501c(4) non-profit social welfare organization. For 33 years, we have been a vanguard for the QTAPI community in the San Francisco Bay Area. We engage in direct social, cultural, professional, and political programming to uplift AAPI LGBTQ+ people. GAPA is Our Community, Family, and Home. Our Mission We envision a powerful queer and transgender Asian and Pacific-islander (QTAPI) community that is seen, heard and celebrated. Our mission is to unite our families and allies to build a community through advocacy, inclusion and love. Our Values UNITY: We connect, organize, and advocate to band together our community identities in the interest of creating a powerful and united QTAPI nation. We are strongest together. VISIBILITY: We show pride and resilience in everything we do for our community and each other. We are present; we are seen and heard for our diverse individual and collective truths. ABUNDANCE: We act and react from a place of plenty, strength and hope. We add to and amplify the efforts of allies. We believe that opportunity is limitless, and that yes, we absolutely can. INTEGRITY: We are guided by honest and strong principles. It shows in the accuracy and truthfulness of our work. We set a great example of how to be an active member of the community.