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  • Party for Pride and Heritage

    By on May 18, 2011

    Organizers of Pride and Heritage, an annual celebration of the LGBT Asian-American and Pacific Islander community, are switching gears this year, hosting a sort of...

  • AQUA's New Board

    By on March 23, 2011

    Washington's gay Asian group, AQUA, welcomed its new board of directors last weekend with its first potluck for the new term. ''We have the whole...

  • Out on the Water [video]

    By on May 24, 2010

    Two LGBT teams raced in the 9th Annual D.C. Dragon Boat festival Saturday and Sunday, May 15-16, on the Potomac River. Out to Paddle, which...

  • Pride & Heritage Hero

    By on May 19, 2010

    Few embody the intersected identities of being gay and being of Asian ethnicity as vividly as Ben de Guzman. Whether serving for a time as...

  • Linh Hoang

    By on April 15, 2009

    There is very little to Linh Hoang that is not on the move. Emigrating from Vietnam at age 10, that flight across the Pacific to...

  • Honored with Pride

    By on May 14, 2008

    D.C. Pride and Heritage, a celebration of the local Asian/Pacific Islander GLBT community, honored Metro Weekly May 10 for empowering the local A/PI GLBT community...

  • Dragon Quest

    By on May 7, 2008

    Using the Out2Paddle calendar, 2006 was Year One. That was when this dragon-boat team, affiliated with Asian/Pacific Islander Queers United for Action (AQUA), made waves...

  • A Season of Pride

    By on May 7, 2008

    Yes, pride season is once again upon us, with Youth Pride, Black Pride and Capital Pride. And the local Asian/Pacific Islander GLBT community has got...

  • The Aqua Decade

    By on November 14, 2007

    It's an exciting time to be gay and Asian, says Linh Hoang, a 25-year-old native of Vietnam, who lives in D.C. ''We have a supportive...

  • Row Your Boat

    By on May 23, 2007

    Out 2 Paddle, a gay rowing team sponsored by metropolitan Washington's Asian/Pacific-Islander Queers United for Action (AQUA), took the gold at the sixth annual Dragon...

  • New Year, New Mix

    By on May 2, 2007

    The local Asian/Pacific-Islander GLBT community is an expansive mix, reflecting cultures from Pakistan to Fiji, from the tropics to the high Himalaya. The nearly infinite...

  • Visibly Proud

    By on May 3, 2006

    In many ways, Pride is about being seen, being visible. And that's one of the goals behind Pride & Heritage, D.C.'s annual celebration of the...

  • Asian Queers United for Action (AQUA)

    By on April 12, 2006

    Members of AQUA at a recent happy hour event Mission: To serve gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning Asian and Pacific Islanders (API) in the Washington,...

  • Bhangra, 'Boxer' and Brunch

    By on May 11, 2005

    With the flowers blooming and the calendar filling, it's clear that GLBT pride season is upon us. From April's Youth Pride celebration to Memorial Day...

  • Asian Queers United for Action (AQUA)

    By on January 21, 2004

    Members of AQUA at thegroup's monthly happy hour (Photo by Michael Wichita) Mission: To promote a positive image and welfare for queer Asians and Pacific...