NRJ-API-LGBT honors Dr. Jeffrey Kuan
NRJ-API-LGBT, a joint project of PANA and CLGS, will publicly honor PSR professor Dr. Kah-Jin Jeffrey Kuan at this year's API Family Pride banquet. Join us!
"Reverend Dr. Jeffrey Kuan, a respected pastor and biblical scholar, has long been a visible advocate for LGBT equality in churches and society. Beginning in the early 1990s, Dr. Kuan has been teaching against the misuse of biblical texts towards lesbian and gay Christians. He served as an expert witness both in the investigation of the Sacramento 68, a group of United Methodist clergy, who co-officiated the holy union of a lesbian couple, and in the church trial of a lesbian clergy in Seattle. Rev. Kuan has marched and spoken out publicly in rallies and press conferences, as an Asian Pacific Islander clergy in support of LGBT equality and marriage."
Longtime PANA friend Rev. John Oda will also be honored at the banquet, by members of the LGBTQ Bible Study at Pine United Methodist Church.
About the Banquet:
ANNUAL CELEBRATION HONORS FAMILIES OF LESBIAN & GAY ASIANS
1st Family Circle Gathering For Past and Present Honorees Scheduled Beforehand
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, May 30, 2009 — Asian and Pacific Islander Family Pride (API Family Pride: www.apifamilypride.org) will hold its 6th Annual Family Presentation Banquet at Hotel Whitcomb located at 1231 Market Street, on Saturday, May 30, 2009, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Themed “Public Recognition of Private Courage,” the event honors API families and organizations who love and support their LGBT members despite sometimes strong social criticism and disapproval. In addition, API Family Pride will host its first Family Circle Gathering beforehand from 4:30 to 5:30 pm for past and present honorees. The gathering combines two deeply rooted API cultural landmarks, food and family, to create an informal safe space to share experiences about what it means to be a community.
Where: Hotel Whitcomb, 1231 Market Street (at 8th Street)
When: Saturday, May 30, 2009 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Who: Presiding over the ceremonies will be married partners and respected community members Trinity Ordona and Desiree Thompson. Honorees include Beilin Zia, honored by her daughter Helen Zia, Lily Panyacosit and Shirley Lee, honored by son and brother Tawal Panyacosit, the Lok Family, honored by Brent Lok, and Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Kuan and Rev. John Oda, honored respectively by the Network on Religion and Justice for API-LGBT and the GRACE Bible Study Group. Heiwa Taiko Drummer, a group of older women who love to play Taiko, the ancient art of Japanese drumming originally played by men, will provide entertainment.
Contact: Belinda Dronkers-Laureta
Tel: (510) 818-0887
Email: belinda@apifamilypride.org
For more information:
http://www.apifamilypride.org/events_09.html