Seeking Transgender Advocates Quest 2006 Pageant
9/25/2006
ASIAN PACIFIC AIDS INTERVENTION TEAM IS
Seeking Transgender Women Advocates to Join
QUEST 2006
Celebrating Transgender Uniqueness and Diversity
Saturday, October 7, 2006
Japanese American Cultural and Community Center
George & Sakaye Aratani Japan America Theatre
244 South San Pedro Street
Los Angeles (Little Tokyo), CA 90012
Quest is a transgender advocacy pageant that encourages the development and advancement of transgender women. What makes this pageant truly special is that the transgender women contestants, represent community-based organizations helping transgenders.
QuestTM Goals:
* Empower the male-to-female transgender (MTF TG) community with information on HIV transmission and prevention.
* Provide positive role models and a sense of community to counteract the stigma that leads to low self-esteem and high-risk behaviors among this population.
* Train MTF TG advocates and role models on issues of HIV
* Disseminate information regarding APAIT services into the community.
QuestTM Facts
# Every year multi-ethnic transgender women from across the country apply to be delegates with QuestTM.
# Delegates undergo a multi-step process, including training and mentorship by an AIDS service organization or community based organization with a transgender program.
# The most outstanding representatives of the community are chosen to participate in QuestTM.
# Delegates are interviewed during QuestTM Day 1, to provide them a chance to demonstrate their intellect and heart and to advocate for the TG community with the judges, many of whom are key decision makers in the field of HIV/AIDS and TG issues.
# QuestTM Day 2 is the culminating event, the beauty pageant, during which 500 members of the TG and allied communities and the general public come together in support.
Contact Shirley at [email protected]
Further Information and Candidate Applications can be found at:
http://apaitonline.org/newsArticle.asp?articleID=81
Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team
605 W Olympic Blvd., Suite 610, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Tel Fax www.apaitonline.org
