GAPIMNY

Steering Committee

hotqueerasiansstickerKiwi Nguyen, Co-Chair

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ty Matsunaga, Co-Chair

Native New Yorker and Tokyoite, Ty joined GAPIMNY in 2017. Touched by the eye-opening space the organization fosters, he is excited to play a supporting role in empowering the Steering Committee and QTAPI community at large. You can often find him highly caffeinated at cute coffee shops, the movies, the swimming pool, or at Japanese restaurants.

 

 

 

 

 

Kevin Chen

Kevin Chen, Communications Chair

Kevin joined GAPIMNY in 2016. He grew up in the good ol’ Hudson Valley before moving to the NYC area after college. He enjoys learning languages (10 and counting), weight lifting, and songwriting. He works at Squarespace as a senior software engineer.

 

 

 

 

 

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Ira Briones, Wellness & Safety Chair

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Van Anh, STAR*Fruit Collectivehotqueerasianssticker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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xoài Pham, STAR*Fruit Collective

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Malaya Manacop, STAR*Fruit Collective

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jason WuJason Wu, Political Co-Chair

Jason has been part of GAPIMNY’s Steering Committee since 2015.  He was born and raised in NY and previously lived in  Los Angeles.  He currently works in civil legal services fighting gentrification and displacement of low income communities of color, and is an active member of his union.  He is excited to organize with GAPIMNY members towards collective liberation.

 

 

 

 

 

hotqueerasiansstickerBruce Wang, Social Co-Chair

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hotqueerasiansstickerAlphonse Tam, Social Co-Chair

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Johanes Atmaja, Finance & Fundraising Chair

Johanes Atmaja has been part of GAPIMNY’s Steering Committee since 2018. He was born in Indonesia  and moved to New York in 2007. He is passionate about ensuring a safe and secure space for fellow queer immigrants in NYC and beyond. He loves to eat out, read manga and travel. His favorite quote is “Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval.” George Takei

 

 

 

 

Binh Hoang, Member-at-Large

Formerly the Finance Chair and Co-Chair, Binh is now a Member-at-Large with GAPIMNY. He’s an avid reader, anime enthusiast, and EDM concertgoer. He’s still trying to one day become a data scientist Jigglypuff, so if you know a thing or two about Python, R, or statistics, please help him.

 

 

 

 

 

ryanRyan Shen, Member-at-Large

Ryan Shen has served many years in leadership of queer Asian organizations — GAPIMNY, Q-WAVE, and national organization NQAPIA. He’s contributed to The Gaysian Diaries in hopes to raise trans Asian visibility and awareness. He also has many years of experience working in IT and is interested in chatting with members about careers in tech.

 

 

 

 

 

hotqueerasiansstickerJason Kwong, Member-at-Large

Jason joined the Steering Committee in 2009 and has served as Co-Chair and Health and Communications Chairs. Before moving to New York, he worked with the queer API community at A&PI Wellness Center and Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA) in San Francisco, CA. He works in public health conducting health care research and policy. He has been helping organize Poongmul Movement Builders, a queer API Korean drumming group, since 2012. He is also a part of Asian American Impact Fund, a New York giving circle. During the summer, you can find him around Flushing training with his dragon boat team.

 

 

 

Patrick LeePatrick Lee, Member-at-Large

Patrick is a queer Korean American filmmaker and journalist. He’s currently working on films about Asian American coming out stories, LGBTQ self-representation, and queer Asian history. He also works with the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance and helps produce a monthly pan-Asian drag show in New York. Patrick’s favorite snack is peanut butter.