Queer Transgender Asian Pacific Islander (QTAPI) Week was started by the QTAPI community in the Bay Area. Queer Asian/Pacific Islanders face more discrimination because of their overlapping identities of race and sexual orientation/gender identity. According to a report by The Trevor Project, more than half of AAPI LGBTQ youth (54%) reported discrimination based on their race/ethnicity in the past year and 1 in 10 reported discrimination based on their immigration status (10%) — these rates were nearly double that of the overall sample of LGBTQ youth.

Sources:

https://bit.ly/QueerTransgenderAsianPacificIslander

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/blog/report-asian-american-and-pacific-islander-lgbtq-youth-face-unique-mental-health-challenges-increased-racial-ethnic-discrimination/