Supporters
API Equality has worked with over 75 API organizations across the country to support marriage equality for same-sex couples. We continue to actively work in partnership with many of these organizations to champion the issue within our API communities. Below is a partial list of API individuals and organizations that currently support marriage equality:
Individuals
Margaret Cho (comedian)Dr. David Ho (AIDS researcher and TIME Magazine's 1996 Person of the Year)
Rep. Mike Honda (U.S. congressman)
Alec Mapa (actor/comedian)
Norman Mineta (former U.S. Transportation Secretary and U.S. congressman)
Sandra Oh (actress)
Yoko Ono (musician)
Amartya Sen (economist and Nobel laureate)
George Takei (actor)
Amy Tan (writer)
Esera Tuaolo (former NFL player)
Helen Zia (writer and activist)
Organizations
API Equality-LAAPI Equality-SF
Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area (AABA)
Asian American Institute
Asian American Justice Center (AAJC)
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)
Asian American Psychological Association (AAPA)
Asian American Queer Women Activists (AAQWA)
Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF)
Asian and Pacific Islander Family Pride (API Family Pride)
Asian and Pacific Islander Lesbian, Bisexual Women, and Transgender Network (APLBTN)
Asian and Pacific Islander Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (API PFLAG)
Asian and Pacific Islander Queers United for Action (AQUA)
Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center (API Wellness Center)
Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice (ACRJ)
Asian Law Alliance (ALA)
Asian Law Caucus (ALC)
Asian Lesbian Bisexual Alliance of Seattle (ALBA)
Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team (APAIT)
Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County (APABA)
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance-Alameda
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance-Los Angeles
Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California (APALC)
Asian Pacific Americans for Progress-Los Angeles
Asian Pacific Bar Association of Silicon Valley
Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (APILO)
Asian Pacific Islander Pride Council
Asian Pacific Islander Queer Sisters (APIQS)
Asian Pacific Islander Queer Women & Transgender Coalition (APIQWTC)
Asian Pacific Islander Unitarian Universalists
Asian Pacific Islanders for Human Rights / 'Ohana House (APIHR)
Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council (A3PCON)
Asian Pacific Women's Center (APWC)
Asian Women’s Shelter (AWS)
Asian Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership (AYPAL)
Asian/Pacific Bar of California
Asians and Friends - Washington
Barangay
Center for the Pacific Asian Family (CPAF)
Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA)
Chinese Progressive Association (CPA)
Chinese Rainbow Association (CRA)
Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Faculty (CAPALF)
Filipinos for Affirmative Action (FAA)
Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA)
Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIMNY)
Gay Asian Pacific Support Network (GAPSN)
Honor Thy Children
Institute for Leadership Development and Study of Pacific Asian North American Religion (PANA Institute)
Invisible to Invicible
Japanese American Bar Association (JABA)
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
Khmer Girls in Action
Khush DC
Korean American Bar Association of Southern California (KABA-SC)
Korean Community Center of the East Bay (KCCEB)
Korean Resource Center (KRC)
Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA)
My Sister’s House
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA)
National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (NAPALSA)
National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF)
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (NAKASEC)
Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA)
Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA)
Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego (PALSD)
PFLAG Northern California Chinese Chapter
Philippine American Bar Association (PABA)
Satrang
South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow (SAALT)
South Asian Bar Association of Northern California (SABA-NC)
South Asian Bar Association of San Diego (SABA-SD)
South Asian Bar Association of Southern California (SABA-SC)
South Asian Network
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)
Southeast Asian Community Alliance
Southeast Asian Community Center
Southern California Chinese Lawyers Associations (SCCLA)
Trikone
Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California (VABA-NC)