API TransFusion is organized by an intergenerational group of Asian and Pacific Islander transmasculine individuals. Some of us have been connected and dedicated to the community for years, some for decades. We are an all-volunteer operation, by and for the community we serve.
Co-Organizers
Willy Chang Wilkinson
Willy Wilkinson, MPH is an award-winning author, speaker, and public health consultant who has been advocating for marginalized populations since the early days of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. He is the author of the Lambda Literary Award-winning book Born on the Edge of Race and Gender: A Voice for Cultural Competency, which illuminates trans experience from a Chinese American and mixed heritage perspective. He launched the first trans healthcare access program in the nation and the first program for trans men who have sex with other men, organized the first support groups for transmasculine people of color, and founded API TransFusion.
Chino Lee Chung
Chino Lee Chung is a queer Chinese Mexican writer and grassroots activist. He’s been organizing in the API and Latinx queer and trans communities since 1988. He holds an MFA from CCA and SFSU. Chino is working on a collection of personal essays and is a 2024-2025 Steinbeck Fellow. He’s a featured narrator in “So Many Stars; An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color” that is currently exhibited at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts “Roots and Futures of Queer and Trans Movements” through August 2026. He’s a retired SF Firefighter.
Bobby C.
Bobby C. is an immigrant from Hong Kong who also grew up in San Francisco and has been transitioning from female to male for three decades. He is a titleholder, Mr. Transgender San Francisco 2004 (TGSF), and a former gallery curator of an annual transgender visual art gallery, and sang in the GAPA Men's Chorus. He has been a web designer for several LGBT+ organizations and a longtime volunteer for APIQWTC. Bobby works in the creative and marketing fields and spends his free time shooting photos at community events, creating visual art, writing poetry, and riding his bike.
James Santos
James Santos is a first-gen Filipinx immigrant, disabled, and trans masc nonbinary technologist, writer, and activist. Over the last two decades in the Bay Area, he has bridged nonprofit advocacy, education, and queer/trans organizing. Deeply dedicated to grassroots community work, he founded the first QTPOC in Tech Mentorship Night to empower marginalized individuals entering the tech sector.
Alano
Alano is an Indonesian-American self-taught musician and advocate for the LGBTQ+ and AAPI communities. A computer science student by training, he found his way into public policy through data research and community advocacy. What began as state-level work on issues affecting AAPI and LGBTQ+ Nevadans grew into involvement in national advocacy for transgender rights, including work with congressional offices through the ACLU and A4TE. These experiences inspired him to pursue congressional service, and he now works as an intern in the U.S. Senate. Outside of policy, Alano performs and composes music, enjoys nature photography, and has recently gotten into climbing.
Eli Maliwan
Eli Maliwan AKA Saxreligious is a Thai American professional jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator who was born and raised in the Bay Area. His debut album is entitled "Elysia Marginata," which is a type of sea slug that decapitates itself and grows a new body. Because his deadname is Elysia, Eli felt very inspired by the tiny sea muse and composed a jazz/lo-fi hip hop/retro video game music fusion album as a self-care love letter to himself and other quirky children of the ‘90s.
Theo Bussell
Theo Bussell (he/him) is a queer, transmasculine, Bay Area native of mixed descent. He recently completed his Master of Public Health from UC Berkeley, and plans to combine his lived experience and education to further help his community. In his free time, Theo enjoys crafting/DIY and numerous outdoor pursuits.
Lauren
Lauren is a queer third-generation Chinese American rooted in the Bay Area. For many years, Lauren organized with queer API people of faith to create safe, LGBTQIA-affirming spiritual spaces and support faith communities in becoming more welcoming to LGBTQIA people. They have also explored the intersection of art and activism by making queer bathroom signs and facilitating the painting of community murals. For fun, Lauren watches WNBA games, plays pickleball, practices yin yoga, and goes on long walks with their dog. They’re coordinating housing for folks this weekend, so reach out to them with any questions about accommodations!
Zee
Zee (he/him) is part of the queer, trans and ace/aro community. He was part of the Cal Queer Grads Organizing Gaggle back in his Berkeley grad school days and is now helping coordinate your food this weekend, so contact him for any questions!