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Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California (AJSOCAL)<\/a> is a civil rights organization dedicated to providing resources, education, legal support, and other crucial culturally-competent resources to AAPI communities. The group was formed in 1983, propelled into action after the racially motivated killing of Vincent Chin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anti-Asian sentiment has long proliferated within the U.S. From the Chinese Massacre of 1871 in Los Angeles and the subsequent enforcement of the Chinese Exclusion Act to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, to the more recent 2021 Atlanta spa shootings and the rise in hate crimes targeting Asian Americans since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic \u2014 AAPI communities have faced cultural, political and systemic discrimination and violence that organizations like AJSOCAL are trying to mitigate.<\/p>\n

The organization partners with community groups to provide multilingual legal advice and representation, bystander intervention training, citizen application workshops, and is engaged in active political advocacy to ensure that lawmakers understand the importance of codifying laws that prioritize the safety and rights of AAPI communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2024, AJSOCAL formed its new Queer Transgender Asian Pacific Islander (QTAPI) initiative, the AAPI Queer Joy Coalition<\/a>. Spearheaded by LA regional policy advocate Jeff Deguia and supported largely by Sacramento-based policy advocate Lan Le, the group is focused on working with other advocacy groups to lobby for policies that are inclusive of LGBTQ+ community members. Earlier this month, three bills they had prioritized in their efforts passed legislation and are now waiting on Governor Newsom\u2019s signature.\u00a0<\/p>\n

AB 1487, AB 678, and SB 418 aim to expand the state\u2019s Transgender, Gender Nonconforming and Intersex Wellness and Equity Fund<\/a>, require the state\u2019s Interagency Council on Homelessness to improve access and services for unhoused LGBTQ+ individuals, and strengthen coverage around gender-affirming care, respectively.<\/p>\n

The Blade had an in-depth conversation with Deguia and Le about what led them into civil rights community work, what they\u2019re doing with the AAPI Queer Joy Coalition, and how they are paving a path forward that prioritizes the lives and freedoms of queer, trans Asian Americans.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Could you introduce your policy background, how you first got into social justice work, and where that\u2019s led you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lan Le (she\/they):<\/strong> I\u2019m completely new to policy advocacy, actually. What motivated me was that my family and I are refugees from Vietnam, and that meant that I often had to be the interpreter and the advocate for my parents as a child. And, you know, given that I was a child from the provincial countryside, that was really difficult. Everything was bewildering, and it\u2019s still difficult now, even as an adult, because I wasn\u2019t just translating words \u2014 I was trying to translate entire systems that weren\u2019t built with families like mine in mind. And what was the most disheartening was that the services that were meant to help us often fell short because they weren\u2019t designed to be accessible. Language access was always treated as an afterthought, and it was never a line item in these agencies\u2019 budgets.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before joining AJSOCAL, I worked directly with survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking and sexual assault for another nonprofit called My Sister\u2019s House<\/a>. I\u2019m a survivor myself, and I had hoped that my lived experience would be useful in that line of work, but I quickly found out that the outcomes were often really awful, especially for youths who\u2019ve been trafficked, including many LGBTQ+ youths. It was really difficult for me to do that type of work, because I was reminded again of my own helplessness, and that\u2019s why I think I pivoted to policy advocacy, even though it\u2019s daunting and completely new to me. I felt like it\u2019s the path towards systemic change, and I would hope that this is a way for me to make sure that accessibility and equity were non-negotiable, that it would be a line item in the state\u2019s budget.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thank you for sharing. How long did you work at My Sister\u2019s House, and when did you start at AJSOCAL?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lan Le:<\/strong> So I worked for My Sister\u2019s House for two years, and then I started AJ So Cal last year in April.<\/p>\n

Jeff, can you share your story?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeff Deguia (he\/him):<\/strong> I am the current LA regional policy advocate at AJSOCAL. I\u2019m also new to policy, like Lan. I\u2019ve been with the policy team, gosh, I think just over two years. I\u2019ve been in the organization for nine years, initially on communications, doing media marketing, press stuff. And I kind of realized that I missed the partner connections and the community work.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And then this opportunity pulled up with policy, and I was like, \u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019m the best fit, because I don\u2019t really have this great technical background in policy.\u201d I\u2019m asking Lan and the team, like, \u201cHow do bills pass in the process?\u201d and about line items and penal codes. I\u2019m still trying to learn the jargon and how things work. But, I think like Lan said, being able to see the correlation between system changes and working alongside communal organizing on the ground, and being able to meet them at that same level, within the government and the legislature, is so important.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I am the first generation to be born here in the States [in my family]. My parents are Filipino immigrants. I\u2019m from Chicago. And luckily, in the Philippines, they teach English in schools. So my parents were able to navigate to a good extent. But in Chicago, there\u2019s not a huge population of Asian Americans, especially where I grew up in the suburbs. So without that community care and sharing of knowledge, we really wouldn\u2019t have known how to do anything, you know?\u00a0<\/p>\n

I think growing up in a majority white suburb of Chicago in the 90s, we were all being teased like, \u201cAre you Chinese? Why are eyes like that?\u201d And then pulling their eyes back. I think my parents saw me be upset, and my dad was like, \u201cBe proud of being Filipino and correct them.\u201d That early conversation when I was seven really set me up for this belief that I matter and that my roots are important. My culture and who I am is deserving of being in this country, and that our place in history and our community is important as well. He was a big part of why I have this prideful understanding of being Filipino and just being who I am.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And I think as I got older, all the intersections of being queer, Filipino, a child of immigrants \u2014 I really hold that pride and that kind of feeling close to my heart. I belong here, and every part of me deserves to be happy and deserves to have freedoms. And I think that\u2019s a big part of why I\u2019m in this work and I stay in this work, as hard as it is all the time. Because this country is not in a good place, and hasn\u2019t really been. I just tell myself: I deserve to be here. So does my family, and so does my community.<\/p>\n

Lan, what was your feeling of belonging growing up? I know you\u2019re a refugee. Where did you end up settling and how did that feel growing up? Was there a sense of community or belonging for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lan Le:<\/strong> My family and I arrived in Sacramento, and it\u2019s actually where I reside right now. In terms of belonging, I always struggled with feeling alienated or isolated from others, because it was not only the fact that I didn\u2019t speak English and the fact that I was a refugee from Vietnam. It was also my queer identity. And it was very difficult to find people who understood my perspective, because often I think I was ashamed because it wasn\u2019t the norm. It didn\u2019t meet the standard that my parents expected, and the community around me as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At some point, I was like: Okay, I\u2019m done explaining myself. I\u2019m done trying to justify my existence. I\u2019m just going to accept who I am. I think actually, as a result of that acceptance, I\u2019m more comfortable being open and vulnerable \u2014 and that was what has allowed me to be effective in my advocacy. Because when communicating these issues, I don\u2019t just focus on the fact that these are distant theoretical political issues, right? This is very concrete and affects you personally. Do you want your family to have access to healthcare and education? Do you believe that elders should be taken care of at the end of their lives? So I think that allowed me to be more effective because they see how it directly affects them: the lack of language access, the lack of culturally competent mental health services, the downstream effects of U.S. foreign policy. These things are all a part of their story as well. So I try to focus on these issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What right now is really striking to you as important in your policy work, and how does that intersect with your different identities as queer AAPI people?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeff Deguia:<\/strong> I will say that my full stepping into my LGBTQ+ identity kind of happened during COVID. I\u2019ve long been proud of who I am, but I think embracing every part of myself, even the feminine parts and feminine interests, [came from] actually understanding art that comes from a lot of trans femmes of color. So I just think having that moment in 2020, with reflection, and then coming to this place of like: Hey, actually, how are we being inclusive of LGBTQ+ folks in our AAPI community: in policy, and access to gender affirming care that\u2019s culturally competent? How do we support parents in terms of learning how to best support their trans or queer children?<\/p>\n

A lot of times there\u2019s this idea of like, if young Jeff had this type of support, I think it would have saved a lot of pain and inner turmoil of: Who am I, and do I deserve to live like this and in liberation? And I think that\u2019s been a huge thing. It means a lot to be doing queer, trans AAPI work, and we\u2019re doing it with a lot of partnerships with others \u2014 partners who have done this work for decades. We\u2019re trying to impart our policy abilities and policy knowledge to really bring those folks who have been on the ground for years, serving the community, to Sacramento. We realized that for a lot of our partners, they\u2019re doing direct services, social programming, but they\u2019re not necessarily able to get a seat at the table in Sacramento with elected officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We had our Jade Jubilee in June \u2014 which is our annual queer trans AAPI celebration \u2014 and Lan was helping train our partners before our legislative visits with different senators and senate members. In the beginning, they were all kind of like, \u201cI\u2019ve only done this once, and it was virtual. I\u2019ve never done it in person.\u201d A couple weeks later, they were killing it in the meetings, presenting all this data and sharing from the heart and from experience. I think seeing my partners be able to build a new muscle is the most rewarding thing for me.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Being able to see them grow has been the best, because I want to see more of us at the Capitol \u2014 queer trans AAPI folks. And to lead it is a privilege I hold really, really close to my heart.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lan, I\u2019m curious about what that training process was like. What were you imparting on people who, like Jeff was saying, hadn\u2019t developed that \u201cmuscle\u201d quite yet. How did you communicate those skills to them?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lan Le:<\/strong> First, I acknowledge that the legislative process is challenging and complicated, and I struggle to navigate it as well. So, they\u2019re not alone in terms of feeling intimidated. But for me, I just highlighted the fact that they are the experts of their own stories and lived experiences, and it\u2019s important for them to communicate the story to these legislators. Because now, these legislators can see the impact of the policies.<\/p>\n

I think some folks feel like they have to be prepared with all the statistics and the research when communicating with legislators. But the reality is, they get tons and tons of information all the time. They have staffers who constantly are updating them on the numbers. But what they don\u2019t often hear from are the community members that they represent: their constituents. Most people aren\u2019t able to drive to Sacramento and take a day off to wait several hours to talk to a legislative staff member or a legislator. So, they really value having that insight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And you know, the QTAPI community, we\u2019re very niche. Every time we have come to advocate for our community\u2019s needs, everyone has responded really well to that, because they feel like: \u201cOh, this is something that hasn\u2019t been at the forefront when we\u2019re developing these policies.\u201d These folks are not at the table, and we do need to take these people into consideration, because the challenges they experience \u2014 for example, language access \u2014 is something that\u2019s critical for them. We need to do this in order for them to get the services that they\u2019re entitled to. That was my approach: You are the expert of your own situation, so please just approach it as a way for you to share your story. People might have different ideas about how things should be done, but they can\u2019t contradict your life experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speaking more about the Queer Joy Coalition and how it was really first formed in 2024\u2026Now there\u2019s the great news of the three bills that you were prioritizing being passed, and they\u2019re on the governor\u2019s desk. How are you both feeling about that?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeff Deguia:<\/strong> It\u2019s been so grim with the current presidential administration. I think it was hard to think that things could really be going well in terms of a legislative cycle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are a few votes in opposition from some conservative elected officials, but to just know that, for the most part, California is still pushing for us and for our community is great. It\u2019s a big year because it was our first-ever bill package. So for them all to be there on the desk right now is big. I want those to get signed into law right away. I don\u2019t like waiting. We\u2019re not the co-sponsors, but we work pretty hard to make sure that we support others. We were advocating at the lobby day. It\u2019s such a bureaucratic process, and for it to be at this point, I\u2019m like: Okay, thank God. We\u2019re so close. Let\u2019s keep pushing.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m so glad. How did you feel about it, Lan?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lan Le:<\/strong> It was such a huge sense of relief when these bills managed to pass, because I was attending the hearings where the opponents didn\u2019t hold back in terms of their anti-LBGTQ+ rhetoric, or their homophobia, or their casual racism. When I\u2019m in that space and they\u2019re making these statements \u2014\u00a0it felt hostile. There are times when I didn\u2019t feel safe, and it reminded me that \u201cOh, maybe I don\u2019t really belong,\u201d and, once again, I feel alienated and isolated. But fortunately, considering that all three bills managed to make it to the governor\u2019s desk, that means that there is a lot of support. There are a lot of allies, and I\u2019m just so relieved that people are prioritizing the needs of our community.<\/p>\n

We were speaking about how bureaucracy feels a bit intimidating and unapproachable and complex. What are your day-to-day lives like working as policy advocates? How does the day start, and how does the day end? And how do you take a breather from it all as well?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lan Le:<\/strong> So unfortunately, my day starts by reading the news, and then I\u2019m very sad. So I take a mental health break. I go on YouTube, and I watch some cute animal videos, you know. And then I go back to work. Most of my time is spent on research and writing so that I can be more prepared when I\u2019m talking with different stakeholders, including our legislators. And my objective is always to try to communicate the impact of these policy changes on the Asian and Pacific Islander community, especially the most marginalized individuals, which, of course, includes QTAPI folks as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That means that in order to be effective, I have to collect data and then try to create a compelling story using that data. So, for example, in communicating the response to H.R.1<\/a>, the \u201cBig Ugly Bill,\u201d which, for context, has slashed over $2 trillion in federal funding for health care and food assistance. It also allocated $170 billion for increased immigration enforcement. I would communicate that by saying that, in California, 25% of Covered California individuals are Asian and Pacific Islander. With these budget cuts, it means that for many of them, their premiums are going to rise by up to 74% next year. That\u2019s going to price a lot of people out of coverage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So when we\u2019re talking about these budget cuts, we\u2019re talking about seniors who now have to skip their medication, children going without food, and survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking who are now avoiding courthouses and hospitals because they fear that they would be detained and deported, because they also happen to be immigrants. So throughout this entire process, I\u2019m trying to communicate the harm, the impact. I\u2019m also constantly working with our partner organizations like the California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC)<\/a> and the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)<\/a> to try to coordinate public comments and advocacy visits to work on our talking points and see what we should focus on. And frankly, it\u2019s the other advocates who keep me grounded and sane throughout this process, because otherwise I would just be in a blanket of despair.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jeff Deguia:<\/strong> I\u2019ll also do some light news, typically on social media, which is probably not the best avenue. But for me, I have lost a little bit of trust in Western media, especially legacy media. So I\u2019m following organizers on the ground. I\u2019m trying to keep up with Israel and Palestine. I keep up with trans community leaders as well. When I\u2019m not working, I try not to doom scroll because my Tiktok algorithm is all social justice stuff \u2014 which is great, but sometimes it just makes you really, really depressed. So I\u2019ll do some balance with some gay comedic chaos.<\/p>\n

But I will say that I make sure that I\u2019m connecting with partners on the ground, much like Lan does. Say, if a partner organization that might not historically do LGBTQ+ work, if they\u2019re starting it, [I think] how can I lean into that, collaborate more, offer some more advice? I\u2019m being sure that local actions are being covered, whether that\u2019s immigration rights, whether that\u2019s LGBTQ+, pro-trans items as well. I try to make sure that I\u2019m not behind on my support letters or efficacy efforts, or rallying my AAPI coalition members to make sure that they\u2019re putting in letters as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019m always reminded that movement work is not short-term \u2014 it\u2019s very long-term. Chances are, you won\u2019t see the changes in your lifetime. But how do you work with the belief that I\u2019m doing something productive, that I\u2019m doing something that\u2019s worthwhile, and there\u2019s no promise of it ever coming together? But, you just have to put your energy in the faith and the hope that it\u2019s gonna get better \u2014 that you\u2019re adding to it, and that there are other advocates around you who are adding to that as well, and that you\u2019re never really alone in this work. That people who look like you, who don\u2019t look like you, have the same values as you, are the ones who will be ensuring that we\u2019re giving the best effort we can to make the biggest impact we can, hopefully in a generation or two, or further down.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s so hard to be living in this work with no hope, [where] you\u2019re not really seeing any type of measurable success, per se. But I will say when bills get passed, when rallies happen, when conversations change, when culture changes happen as well \u2014 I think that\u2019s when we see the markers of actual, immediate change happening. It\u2019s always little, small moments of connecting with partners and strategizing around what\u2019s the best way of doing this, and trial-and-error that really make those moments happen socially. I think what\u2019s been tough for me to realize, is that you\u2019re really working in this hope of, \u201cWhat could it be?\u201d And, you just have to hope for the best.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As much as we get pounded down by the \u201copposition,\u201d I just always want to believe that openness, inclusivity, and wanting to fight for everybody will always come out on top, because that\u2019s the fight that deserves to be seen and heard. So, I just try to live in that kind of headspace. It\u2019s hard, though, my God.<\/p>\n

To kind of pivot back a little bit into policy work: What is on the plate right now for you both? What is the most important to you in terms of research and what you\u2019re working on?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lan Le<\/strong>: We\u2019re working on our legislative and budget priorities for next year, and one of our bills, AB 322, has been made into a two-year bill, and so we\u2019re trying to get that over the finish line in 2026. So, what happened was that AB 1355 was introduced. It died. And then there was a gut and amend, and then it was reintroduced and revived as AB 322, and then it died again. Now we\u2019re going to try to get it through the finish line in 2026 because it was made a two-year bill in Senate Appropriations. The bill deals with location data privacy, and this is a really critical issue for immigrants, survivors, and folks within the LGBTQ+ community, because location data has been weaponized to target these communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For example, every time we use an app on our phone, our private location data is constantly being collected and then eventually it\u2019s sold by data brokers to different people, including law enforcement, often without our knowledge or consent. And unfortunately, this data has been used to dox and out LGBTQ+ folks. And so that\u2019s why we want to make sure we have effective guardrails to protect our community.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019m also more interested in the AI regulation space because, you know, it\u2019s everywhere, and the potential harm that it can cause is horrifying, but it also can create a lot of good as well. And I just want to make sure that there\u2019s a certain level of transparency in the process, and to make sure that there\u2019s a lot of people with a clamoring conscience, a lot of ethicists and attorneys around, and people like me as well to advocate for communities that are often rendered invisible. And, you know, often this is just an issue of fairness, like, how do we allocate these resources? What do we prioritize when it comes to our funding and budget? These issues affect all of us, so that keeps me going.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jeff Deguia:<\/strong> I think as the year ends, it\u2019s kind of a period where it\u2019s reflective. I\u2019m trying to do some convenings with our AAPI Queer Joy Coalition partners and some other queer, trans AAPI leaders in the LA area and OC area. As hard as this year has been adjusting to this new president, there are a lot of wins still, locally. And I want us to be able to highlight that and understand: How do we repeat it next year? How do we make sure that we can continue this work in a positive way?\u00a0<\/p>\n

I think also, I\u2019ve seen that there\u2019s quite a gap between our queer, trans AAPI partners and LGBTQ+ partners as a whole. I\u2019m trying to do some bridge-building, because there are a lot of people like TLC<\/a>, REACH LA<\/a>, the Center<\/a>, Equality California<\/a>, who are really based in LA and OC. So, when they do have bills or collaboration or projects, they can say, \u201cOh, actually, let\u2019s make sure that the AAPI [community] was included.\u201d So I just want to make sure that, as the year closes, we\u2019re making connections so that people can build on their own and build together.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Because the LGBTQ+ coalition at AJSOCAL is fairly new, what\u2019s it like to be leading this force of change? Is it difficult to navigate this advocacy space as queer AAPI people?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lan Le<\/strong>: Well, first off, Jeff is the mastermind behind AAPI Queer Joy, and he\u2019s doing a great job leading. I\u2019m so happy to be working with him. Honestly, it\u2019s like a mental health break for me every time I communicate with him, because it feels like: Okay, there\u2019s someone that I can share this experience with \u2014 who understands how difficult it can be in terms of being the pioneers. It\u2019s daunting. I do feel like, sometimes, I overthink things, and I\u2019m reluctant to speak up. But, I need to speak up because this is the only time our voices are heard. So, there\u2019s that great sense of responsibility. I feel like, whatever small ways that I can push the needle in a good direction, I\u2019m grateful for. Honestly, sometimes a win is just not a significant loss. I\u2019m just grateful for that. I\u2019m relieved.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jeff Deguia:<\/strong> I guess it\u2019s a little difficult for me, because I want to make sure that I am properly paying respects to the folks who were there before me, because there\u2019s organizations that have legacy since the AIDS epidemic, and leaders who have been in this work since then. So, I want to make sure I\u2019m taking into account their perspectives and their thoughts, their opinions, so that I can better inform my strategy and my movement forward. It\u2019s something I don\u2019t take lightly. I consider it a really, really big privilege for me to be in this space where I\u2019m representing every part of my identity in this work. Ideally, in the next couple of years, we\u2019re co-authoring or co-sponsoring a bill.<\/p>\n

I just want to be taken seriously by assembly members and senators and our partners, and that when the AAPI community thinks of us, they think of their LGBTQ+ siblings. I hope that when the LGBTQ+ community thinks of the community, that they remember that queer, trans AAPIs exist. I don\u2019t want to be an afterthought anymore. I want us to be a person in the beginning of planning purposes, [and that people say]: \u201cHey, we gotta make sure we have some AAPI people on this call or on this initiative.\u201d I think I\u2019m just trying to lead with ferocity, but also with the knowledge that I\u2019m standing on people\u2019s shoulders who came before me, and I need to pay respect to them as well.<\/p>\n

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