Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 14:51:09 -1000 From: Mia H H Lam Subject: call for submissions (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 14:43:12 -1000 From: Agnes Harley To: aplb@QueerNet.ORG Subject: call for submissions hey gals, i have a friend who works for apicha (api coalition on hiv/aids) in nyc who is putting together a newsletter issue on api issues for the lesbian aids project (lap) of gay men's health project (GMHC). they are looking for submissions by november 15. here's the info and her contact info. OTHERS AMONG OTHERS: A LAP Notes Newsletter:"In Our Own Words Series" Asian and Pacific Islander Lesbian, Bi, Transgendered Women Who Have Sex With Women (LBTWSW). A Call For Writers What does HIV have to do with API LBTWSW? We are often the lowest priority in health research and programming even though HIV/AIDS is an emerging concern to our overall health and wellness. As API LBTWSW, we are faced with silence, the model minority myth, cultural stigma, & marginalization from our communities and society. The issues construct barriers to our own healthcare and perpetuate a false pretense that we are not at risk. This is why, in this issue of LAP Notes, we are dedicating this issue to our health and wellness. We would like to invite you to join us and contribute to a special issue dedicated to women's health , created by and for API LBTWSW. Contribute and demand that your health needs be addressed. Suggested Topics: -How is HIV/AIDS infecting and affecting queer API women? -Bringing HIV/AIDS education into the home -Bringing stories from home -STD's Sex work/sex industry -Why are there many queer women in the HIV/AIDS field when we may not be infected directly? -What is our relationship to other communities of color? -Access of healthcare -Addressing the issues of safer sex, round table discussion -Motherhood and families -Immigration/asylum -domestic violence -Barriers and discrimination -Cultural barriers/taboos -Queer youth/elderly queer women Please note that the above are only suggested topics. PLease feel free to identify other topics, specifically those of importance to your particular community. For more information, contact Emiko Otsubo @ 718.457.9662 x13 or e-mail: eotsubo@apicha2.org Submission guidelines: All submissions should be written in either MS Word or WP 6.0. Of mailing a hard copy, please send an accompanying disk (MS Word or WP 6.0). Mailing address: LAP Notes c/o GMHC The Tisch Building 119 W. 24th Street New York, NY 10011-1913 You can also e-mail submissions to: Talatar@gmhc.org Length: Articles, short stories and personal essays: 300 words or less Poetry/prose: 100 words or less Graphics: no larger than 4.25 x 5.5 ********** To post, send mail to aplb@queernet.org. To unsubscribe, send mail to majordomo@queernet.org; put a line saying unsubscribe aplb in the body. (This may fail if your address has changed since you signed up; if so, or for other assistance, contact aplb-approval@queernet.org.)