GAPSN Members

GAPSN Members

GAPSN in 2002, Photographer: Paul Lei

Special Thanks to the Photographer, Paul Lei

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Don't be shy! Put your smiling face in the GAPSN web site's gallery of member/supporter profiles! The GAPSN web site has a space reserved just for you, where your shining countenance can dazzle your cyberfans 24 hours a day. Our members/supporters are eligible to post a small mug shot (up to approx 40 × 90 pixels; we can resize it for you), an introduction (up to approx 500 alphanumeric characters, including spaces), and a link to your own personal web page, if you have one. If you don't have a personal home page, GAPSN can build a simple one for you on our web site, with a page of black text and a picture up to about 425 × 285 pixels. If this isn't enough for all you need to say, or if it won't accommodate your graphics preferences or the size of your ambition, or certain body parts, etc., we recommend the page-hosting services at: Geocities (now part of Yahoo), Homestead, or Tripod. Web Master Oscar H, Dec 21, 1999

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		Dennis Akazawa (Deceased Jan, 1989) In 1980 Dennis became a founding member of Asian/Pacific Lesbians and Gays (A/PLG). In 1985 Dennis joined GARP and quickly became an outspoken and involved member, facilitating raps, hosting fundraisers and greeting new members. That year he also joined a UCLA research study that was trying to learn more about the disease AIDS. More... GAPSN Board
		Noel Alumit (Updated Mar, 2002) Noel Alumit has been a GAPSN member for many years. Also, for the past nine years, Noel has worked for the Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team working to improve the lives of gay Asian men. Noel Alumit was born in the Philippines and earned his Bachelor degree from the University of Southern California and studied playwriting at the David Henry Hwang Writers Institute at East West Players. More... GAPSN Board
		Chi-Wai Au (Updated Jan, 2000) Chi-Wai recently returned to Los Angeles after completing his MFA in Poetry at the University of Oregon. He currently works as a Prevention Specialist at the Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team and serves as a member of Los Angelese County's HIV Prevention Planning Committee. GAPSN Board
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		Pei-Chi Chang (Updated Jan, 2000) Pei-Chi Chang is currently working at the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center as a Public Policy Assistant focusing against the Knight Initiative, the anti-gay and lesbian marriage due on the CA ballot in March 2000. Pei received his dual undergraduate B.A.s in Psychology and Sociology at UCLA and his dual graduate M.A.s in Public Policy and Urban Planning at Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. GAPSN Board
		Peter J Corpus (Updated Apr, 2005) Corpus has been a volunteer fundraiser for the Asian American Alliance Against AIDS and is a co-founder of both GAPSN and Barangay - The Gay Filipino Association of Los Angeles. Currently, he is the Membership Coordinator of the 2005 GAPSN Board of Directors and previously served in the positions of Co-Chair, Public Relations Coordinator and of course, Fundraising Coordinator. He also sits on leadership committees for the Philippine American Los Angeles Democrats and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. More... GAPSN Board
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		Cirilo Domine (Updated Jan, 2000) Cirilo Domine is an arts programmer at The Gay & Lesbian Center's Advocate Gallery in the Village at Ed Gould Plaza. He is an artist/curator who has participated in numerous group and individual exhibitions. Recent shows include "Genealogies, Miscegenations, and Missed Generations" at the William Benton Museum of Art in Connecticut. GAPSN Board

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		Steve Ginn (Updated Feb, 2003) Steve serves as GAPSN's secretary in 2002. In the early 90's Steve served for two years on the GAPSN board as secretary. When "A Place For You" was established, Steve was trained as one of the senior facilitators. A few years later, when GAPSN formed the Classic group, Steve became an active member and has remained so. More... GAPSN Board

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		Alex Hoa (Updated Apr, 2002) After attending GAPSN Lunar Celebration in 1992, Alex Hoa had the pleasure and the privilege to serve on the board as social chair. Until 1996, he had hold various board positions and worked in different committees. He was a recipient for 1995 GAPSN Angel Award. He is continuously proud to call GAPSN his first home, his first family. GAPSN Board
		David Hong (Updated June, 2000) David Hong is a second generation Chinese American, born and raised in the Midwest. He has been active with GAPSN from the very beginning when the group was formerly known as GARP and is a GAPSN Co-Founding member and continues to be active in the gay API community on his own. David has held numerous Board Positions with GARP/GAPSN and has actively served on several committees. More... GAPSN Board
		Oscar H (Updated March, 2003) Oscar is GAPSN's first and only webmaster, having served in that capacity since the last millenium (Dec 1999 to be exact). Not only a nerd, he has also served as social director for both GAPSN and Asian Pacific Crossroads of Orange County. Oscar is a native of the island nation of Formosa (Taiwan) and moved to the U.S. in 1983. GAPSN Board
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		Jeff Kim (Updated Jan, 2000) Jeffrey Kim is Deputy Director of the Legal Services Department of L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and has been a staff member of the Gay & Lesbian Center's Legal Services Department since 1992, and currently manages the Anti-Violence Project and Immigration Law Project. Jeff has been a member of GAPSN since 1992. In 1993, he was appointed political action coordinator; in 1994, he was elected co-chair; and in 1995, he served as membership coordinator. More... GAPSN Board
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		Patrick Mangto (Updated Jan, 2000) Patrick works for the LA Gay & Lesbian Center's Youth Services as a program coordinator for HOPWA. He is the incoming Political Affairs Chair for Trikone-LA, helped form Queer Awaaz, and has been involved with South Asian Network. Patrick is a Board member of Immigration Equality-LA of the Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force. He is a past chair for Political Affairs for APGF. More... GAPSN Board
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		Val Parayao (Updated Jan, 2000) Val Parayao was born and raised in the Philippines. He has a degree in Biology, but changed career paths in his senior year. Val currently works as a small business banker for the Bank of America. GAPSN Board
		Richard Peng (Updated Feb, 2003) Richard Peng is partly responsible for the social events of GAPSN through the year 2002. He grew up in Huntington Beach, CA. He also considers himself an endurance runner. He is the vice president of the LA Frontrunners, a gay and lesbian running club. Richard is an exercise physiologist. He got his Bachelor degree at the University of Arizona and continued on for his Masters degree at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. More... GAPSN Board
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		Myron Quon (Updated Jan, 2000) Myron is a Staff Attorney for Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., fighting sexual-orientation and HIV/AIDS discrimination. Myron has been the Managing Attorney of the Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County. Myron is Chair of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association's Civil Rights Committee, Vice-Chair of the California Bar's Ethnic Minority Relations Committee, and Co-Chair of the LGBT Committee of the Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council. GAPSN Board
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		Tani (Updated Jan, 2000) Tani was born in Singapore. Tani was sent to Australia to finish high school and then to study at Sydney University. He quickly began ballet lessons, on scholarships with Anna-Ruth Turner and voice lessons with Sir Harold Williams at the N.S.W. Conservatorium of Music. Tani then moved to New York where he first formed his own dance company. He returned to California to enter the Master's program in Dance at UCLA. GAPSN Board
		Andre Ting (Updated Mar, 2002) Andre Ting has been a community leader for over 20 years. In 1980, he was a founding member of Asian Pacific Lesbians and Gays, the first Asian gay organization in California. In l990, he became a board member of Que Viva! (VIVA), a gay Latino performing artists group. He belongs to GLADE, a gay staff organization in a large California community college district. He was chair of the Chinese Rainbow Assn. for the past 2 years. Mr. Ting is co-chair of GAPSN. More... GAPSN Board
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		Eric Wat (Updated March, 2000) Eric C Wat is a Hong Kong native, transplanted to Los Angeles in 1982. He wrote an oral history of the gay Asian community in Los Angeles before the 1980s for his M.A. in American Studies, which he received in 1999 from CSU Fullerton. Currently, he lives in Silverlake. GAPSN Board
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