Welcome to our web site! China Rainbow Association (CRA) is a gay Chinese social support organization based in Los Angeles, California. CRA was established by volunteers to address the unique needs of the gay Chinese community in the southern California area in 1996. Our mission is to promote friendship and unity, provide assistance, foster social and political awareness, and enhance positive self-image among the gay Chinese. Since many of our members are new immigrants CRA is striving to become a home for members away from home. In the last few years we have also been working with many local and international gay organizations to coordinate our effort to advance our common causes.
We organize a monthly meeting/party on the last Saturday of every month. We also sponsor other fun and meaningful events. The official functions at the monthly meetings are conducted in Mandarin and English. Most of our members are gay Chinese and many of us came originally from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and many other parts of the world. We welcome gay Chinese and everyone else who supports our cause to become a CRA member.
Come to our next social and check us out. CRA is a fun group and has many friendly and sincere people. For more information, please email us at chinarainbow@hotmail.com or send snail mail to CRA, P.O. Box 252181, Los Angeles, CA 90025. We'll send you an activity flyer if you could provide us with your mailing address.
In addition to information on CRA organization and activities, our web site also presents Nan Fen, a literary site on gay Chinese life, and Rainbow Tales, a space for CRA members and friends to publish their literary work and share their experience and thoughts. We'd like to invite you to submit your articles to these two forums.
We hope you enjoy your trip to our home on the net and please do come to visit us often.