Good Corporate Citizens In 2016
Huffington Post, December 2016
This year, NBC Universal featured diverse newsmakers and Comcast carried the lines of major Asian international channels (such as Sinovision and Television Korea Channel 24, and Zee TV) that aired NQAPIA and the Asian Pride Project’s ground-breaking video commercials of Asian parents who love their LGBT kids.
CUNY TV, November 2015
Host and correspondent Ernabel Demillo interviews members of the “Asian Pride Project” and how they’ve created new public service announcements to raise awareness about gay issues within the Asian American communities nationwide.
This Powerful Multilingual Campaign Features Asian Parents Who Love Their LGBT Kids
Autostraddle, June 2015
What struck me as a particularly affecting and culturally aware angle is the campaign’s emphasis on family above all else. The campaign is not just about accepting LGBT APIA individuals, but about families coming together to support their children.
TV ads first to show Asian/America, South Asian parents loving their LGBT kids
Windy City Times, June 2015
In the first-ever media campaign of its kind, a series of multilingual Public Service Announcements ( PSAs ) will depict real-life Asian parents breaking a cycle of silence and shame to voice unconditional love for their LGBT children.
Powerful video campaign aims to tackle taboo on LGBT issues in Asian families
Pink News, June 2015
For the month of June, the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance joined with the Asian Pride Project for, to release encouraging videos of parents and their LGBT children as Public Service Announcements throughout the US.
Dallas Voice, February 2015
Two LGBT films will be screened at the festival, as a single program: The short documentary The Asian Pride Project, immediately followed by Fire in the Blood, a feature-length documentary about HIV/AIDS told through the story of an Indian man who is HIV-positive.
South Asians Tannistha Chatterjee, Viveck Vaswani attend DFW South Asian Film Festival
The American Bazaar, February 2015
The three-day festival kicked off with opening night film Brahmin Bulls on Friday, followed by shorts and documentaries Katiyabaaz/Poweless, Asian Pride Project, Fire in the Blood, and Tomorrow We Disappear and women’s programming Blouse, Happy Raksha Bandhan and centerpiece film Sold on Saturday.
Loạt ảnh thể hiện sự chấp nhận người tình đồng tính của con trong gia đình châu Á
Kenh 14, August 2014
Trong một cuộc triển lãm có tên “Our Portraits, Our Families” mới diễn ra, tổ chức Asian Pride Project đã đưa ra những câu chuyện cùng hình ảnh về sự khó khăn và cách tiếp nhận giới tính thật của con cái hay người bạn đời của những đứa con đồng tính tại các gia đình ở châu Á Thái Bình Dương.
Project Helps Asian Americans Come Out as Parents of Gay, Lesbian Kids
The Wall Street Journal, July 2014
…within Asian American communities, the biggest problem isn’t that conversations about LGBTQ social acceptance are challenging or toxic — it’s that very often, they’re not happening at all.
That’s why the work being done by the nonprofit Asian Pride Project… is so vital.
How Asian Families Learn to Welcome a LGBTQ Child’s Partner
Slate, July 2014
“If we want to change the culture of homophobia in Asian communities we have to help families process the coming out. There’s not a lot of information out there though and a lot of API families are immigrant families, so they don’t have the language for it. They’re not used to exposing their issues to other people,” said Aries Liao, the founder of the Asian Pride Project.
Sikh Family Comes Out in Support of Gay Son
Human Rights Campaign, July 2014
Harcharan Bagga, the father of a gay Sikh man, and his wife Kamlesh Bagga, came out in support of their son, pronouncing “family is still family, and love is still love.” The couple came out publicly in a video released by the Asian Pride Project an online space for family and friends of LGBT Asian and Pacific Islander people
Holebi’s en transgenders in Aziatische landen krijgen volop ouder support + 4 video’s
Holebi.info, July 2014
Het Asian Pride Project toont Aziatische ouders in support van hun holebi en transgender kinderen, die daarbij andere ouders en mensen in het algemeen oproepen holebi’s en transgenders te aanvaarden. Daarbij zijn er tal van video’s gemaakt telkens in de taal van de verschillende gemeenschappen.
Sikh parents speak out for LGBTI acceptance for the Asian Pride Project
Gay Star News, June 2014
The North America based Asian Pride Project has released a video in which an Indian Sikh family talk about their support for their gay son and urge other Asian parents to support their LGBTI children and help fight for their rights.
The Asian Pride Project: Highlighting Mothers and Grandmothers of LGBT Asian-Americans
GLAAD, May 2013
That Elena’s grandmother, or openly gay Ngoc’s Vietnamese immigrant mother, have shared their journeys to love and acceptance so publicly, is to be commended. Through their bravery and courage–among the many sacrifices they have made for both their LGBTQ and straight children — these women are helping inspire more conversation among Asian-American families about accepting their LGBT members, and helping to bring families closer.
Striving for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Visibility in our Asian American Communities
The White House, April 2012
Acceptance, acknowledgement and above all else visibility are the things Elena Chang and Suma Reddy strive for. Their work with the Asian Pride Project (APP) speaks volumes to their passion for and pride in the Asian American and Pacific Islander LGBT community.
White House honors ‘Champion of Change’ LGBT leaders from Asian Pride Project
LGBT Weekly, April 2012
The White House will honor Elena Chang and Suma Reddy Thursday as two of nine Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) leaders and organizations that are Champions of Change. The two honorees are from the Asian Pride Project (APP) and were chosen as part of the White House Initiative on AAPIs “What’s Your Story” Video Challenge.