Pride ASIA is proud to present its 7th annual Queer and Asian celebration on May 27th from 12pm to 5pm at Hing Hay Park in Seattle’s historic Chinatown/ International District.

Performers and speakers will entertain you all afternoon while enjoying the park’s latest art installation and the many delicacies of Asia.

Hosted by Pride ASIA founder, Aleksa Manila

Featuring:

Keynote Speaker Jill Mangaliman
As executive director of the climate justice organization Got Green, Jill Mangaliman, a queer, Filipino-American community organizer, is a leader in Seattle’s growing drive for climate justice, a branch of the environmental movement focused on ending environmental racism and giving low-income people and people of color a say in policy decisions that impact their communities. http://seattlemag.com/news-and-features/most-influential-seattleites-2017-jill-mangaliman

DJ Phenohype (aka Allison Masangkay)
A sick and disabled queer Filipinx femme artist, student, and social justice advocate. Her work is influenced by and dedicated to her childhood in northern New Jersey, survival in Sequim, Washington, ancestral memory, and diaspora feels. Her sets include a range of genres, especially Jersey club, soul, hip hop, and house. allisonmasangkay.com/phenohype

Performances by:

Atasha Manila
Avarice London
Kince de Vera
Vanitii Fair (Barry McClintock)
Vanity Sisters (Gigi Nguyen + Terroncé Lockwood)
Whispurr Watershadow (Chris Chase)

U.T.O.P.I.A Seattle

Nic Masangkay, and
Ms. Gaysha Starr

and a very special production of “Farewell Shikata ga nai”
by choreographer, Gabrielle Kazuko Nomura Gainor

Presentations by:
Gay City: Seattle’s LGBTQ Center
Seattle LGBTQ Commission
Ingersoll Gender Center
NW Network
Seattle Parks and Recreation

If interested in performing and speaking, please send an email with your name and please answer how you embody Pride ASIA’s mission to intern@prideasia.org

Founded in 2012, Pride ASIA’s mission is to celebrate, empower and nurture the multicultural diversity of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer communities through the Asian Pacific Islander lens.

Pride ASIA Committee:
Aleksa Manila, Founder
Arnaldo Drag Chanteuse
Atasha Manila
Kince de Vera
Lu Ying
Ryo Izawa, Intern

www.PrideASIA.org

Pride ASIA is a proud member of National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance

Pride ASIA celebration is a FREE and ALL AGES public event.

Artwork: Allan Capacia Carandang

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