Shades of Yellow (SOY)
379 University Aveenue West, St. Paul, MN (2003-Present)
Hmong, Laotian, Vietnamese, and other ethnic populations that lived on the Indochinese Penninsula migrated to the United States following the fall of Saigon, which ended the Vietnam War in 1975.(1) The United States government initially granted only 3,466 people asylum from communist-controlled Vietnam—in 1976, this number jumped to 11,000.(2)
Time progressed, and the initial immigrant communities California, Washington and Texas resettled in Minnesota. These people, many of whom assisted the U.S. government in Vietnam War, were in danger of losing their lives. By 1981, this community included 9,200 people. In 2000, the population amounted to an estimated 42,000.(3)
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(1) Deaux, Kay. To Be an Immigrant. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2006. Page 18.
(2) Mason, Sarah R. They Chose Minnesota: A Survey of the State's Ethnic Groups. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1981. Page 581.
(3) Mason, Sarah R. They Chose Minnesota: A Survey of the State's Ethnic Groups. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1981. Page 580.
(4) http://genderandequity.org/partners-soy
(5) http://www.shadesofyellow.org/page24213811.aspx?print=Y
(6) Ong, Bao. "Group to Watch: Shades of Yellow." The Advocate, 4/25/2006. Page 30.
(7)http://www.pfundonline.org/grantees.html
Part of Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN: 100 Queer Places in Minnesota History, (1860-1969), (1969-2010)