Special Collection #0002:
The Tea Time Papers
1991-1993, 6.5 linear inches

These papers and photographs document activities sponsored by Tea Time: An Organization for Asian and Pacific Islander Gay and Bisexual Men.  In addition to materials specifically about Tea Time, the files include mailings from other gay Asian/Pacific Islander groups and non-Asian-specific gay groups around the United States.

Tea Time was founded in May 1991 as an organization for sexual-minority women and men of Asian/Pacific Islander descent.  In May 1992, it changed its primary focus to gay men and committed itself to HIV education in the Asian sexual-minority community.  The organization's officers formally disbanded Tea Time in October 1994.

The organization donated these materials to the Library/Archives in 1993.  Restrictions apply to some of the photos.  Otherwise, access to the collection is unrestricted.  For additional information about Tea Time, see its newsletter, Sticky Rice, in the General Ephemera collection.

PHOTO:  Tea Time's table at the 1992 Community Block Party, the organization's "first real public outing."  ©William Way Community Center.