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Alain Dang, Task Force policy analyst and lead author of the study, at the report release with Ben de Guzman of Asian Pacific Americans for Progress and Doreena Wong, co-chair of API Equality – LA.

Using data from the largest-ever national survey of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans, this historic study finds that 75 percent of respondents report experiencing discrimination and/or harassment based on their sexual orientation.

Key findings of the report include:

• Nearly every respondent (98 percent) had experienced at least one form of discrimination and/or harassment in their lives.
• Nearly all respondents (89 percent) agreed that homophobia and/or transphobia are problems within the broader API community.
• 78 percent of respondents agreed that API LGBT people experience racism within the predominantly white LGBT community.
• Only 50 percent of respondents said that English was their native language. Yet nearly all LGBT informational and advocacy materials are produced in English.