Download the Family Acceptance Project’s (FAP) evidence-based posters to educate family members, providers, religious leaders, LGBTQ youth and others about the critical role of family support to prevent suicide and other serious health risks and to build healthy futures for LGBTQ children and youth.
Posters are available in English, Japanese, and 7 other API languages.
Family Acceptance Poster
Books / Articles/ Zines/Guides
Article: Coming Out, Coming Home (Yo! Zine Article)
Stan Yogi, of Okaeri, shares his story of coming to terms with his identities as a gay, Japanese American man.
Article: Bill Tashima, Gaining His Identity and Acceptance (Part 1 & Part 2):
Interviews with Bill Tashima who recounts his story about coming out as a gay man, losing his first partner to AIDS, and his committed involvement to nonprofit organizations.
Article: Creating Space For Queer Nikkei (Nichi Bei):
Reflection of 2021 Okaeri Virtual Conference and featured educational and community programs
Book: Two Spirits, One Heart by Marsha Aizumi & Aiden Aizumi
A memoir about a mother, her transgender son, and their journey to love and acceptance, written by Okaeri founder & co-chair, Marsha Aizumi.
Guide: Okaeri Allyship Symposium Resources (compiled by Rino Kodama)
A compilation of resources for allies to reflect, learn, and implement into their daily lives.
Guide: Supporting Transgender People (compiled by Mia Barnett)
A starter guide to better support trans people in your life, covering topics such as the difference between sex and gender identity, names & pronouns.
Zine: 5 Interviews with Japanese Queers (Nijiiro Zine)
A collection of conversation interviews featuring the voices of queer Japanese artists, activists, and individuals.
Videos/Visual Media
Film: A Love Letter
A short film about two Asian-American families' journey to stay together through love and acceptance. Through love letters, they share their profound love for one another, and the story of how having a transgender family member powerfully transforms their lives.
Visual Art: Seen & Unseen Exhibit
First-ever exhibit focused on Nikkei (Japanese Americans) who were involved in intimate same-sex relationships or defied gender roles in the early 20th century.
Pod Mapping Worksheet: Created by the Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective, this tool is meant to help identify our needs and individuals that can be a part of our care teams in times of crisis, to support individual and collective healing.
Surgery Care Team Template: Created by Audrey Kuo, this spreadsheet can be used to plan a post-surgery care team for an individual to schedule check-ins, shifts, assisting with tasks, and meet any other needs that may come up.
Changing Tides Podcast: Ep 20 Creating a Home with Marsha & Aiden Aizumi. They discuss Aiden’s experiences as a member of the JA LGBTQ+ community, Marsha supporting Aiden’s journey, and how Okaeri created a safe space for the LGBTQ+ JA community.
Mental Health & Creating Care Teams
Becoming a Christian Ally: 5 Positive Steps: Powerpoint from the Okaeri LGBTQ+ Allyship Symposium. Co facilitated by Marian Sunabe and Jeri Okamoto, joined by Pastor January Lim and Rev. Keith Inouye.
Faith Related
Little Tokyo Service Center: The mission of Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC) is to provide a comprehensive array of social welfare and community development services to assist low income individuals and other persons in need, contribute to community revitalization and cultural preservation in Little Tokyo and among the broader Japanese community in the Southland, and to provide such resources to neighboring Asian Pacific Islander and other low income communities.
Lavender Phoenix: Lavender Phoenix builds queer and transgender Asian and Pacific Islander power to amplify our voices and increase the visibility of our communities. Through organizing in the Bay Area, we inspire and train grassroots leaders, transform our values from scarcity to abundance, and partner with organizations to sustain a vibrant movement ecosystem.
NQAPIA: The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) is a federation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander (AAPI) organizations. We seek to build the organizational capacity of local LGBT AAPI groups, develop leadership, promote visibility, educate our community, enhance grassroots organizing, expand collaborations, and challenge anti-LGBTQ bias and racism.
Nikkei Progressives: A multi-generational community group that stands for immigrant rights, Muslims, Little Tokyo, and Japanese American issues. #NeverAgainIsNow
PFLAG: The PFLAG Chapter Network--with over 400 chapters across the country--provides confidential peer support, education, and advocacy to LGBTQ+ people, their parents and families, and allies.
PFLAG San Gabriel Valley/API: The San Gabriel Valley, API PFLAG is a support group for Asian-Pacific Islander (API) gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgenders (LGBT), as well as for their parents, families, and friends.
The Family Acceptance Project®: The Family Acceptance Project launched the first integrated online resource to help diverse LGBTQ youth and families find services and support to help decrease mental health risks and increase well-being. This includes a searchable national map of support services across the U.S., including a list of gender-based services; child, youth and parent support groups; evidence based resources to help decrease mental health risks and increase well-being for LGBTQ young people; and national lists of affirming culture-based and faith-based resources for LGBTQ young people and families.