The Harvard Asian American Womxn's Association (AAWA), Queer Students and Allies (QSA), the Task Force for Asian American Progressive Advocacy and Studies (TAPAS), Harvard Queer Asians (HQA) are holding a forum with Professor Amy Sueyoshi on Queer AAPI History, Friday, May 7, 5 - 6:30 PM ET.

This event will start with a presentation by Professor Sueyoshi on the historical intersection of queer / LGBTQIA+ and Asian American, Asian, or Pacific Islander identities, followed with an open Q and A. The event will then shift to small-group reflections and sharing in breakout rooms. All identities and institutional affiliations are welcome.  

Come to learn about connecting this history with our role as college students, about how we can continue uncovering these histories, and about upcoming queer storytelling projects on campus!

“Amy Sueyoshi is the Dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University, the first and longest standing college of its kind, which houses the five departments of Africana Studies, American Indian Studies, Asian American Studies, Latina/o Studies, and Race and Resistance Studies. The College provides relevant and transformative curriculum on race and equity to 9,000 students each semester. Amy is a historian by training with an undergraduate degree from Barnard College and a Ph.D. from University of California at Los Angeles. Her research area lies at the intersection of Asian American Studies and Sexuality Studies. She has authored two books Queer Compulsions: Race, Nation, and Sexuality in the Affairs of Yone Noguchi and Discriminating Sex: White Leisure and the Making of the American “Oriental.” She is also a founding co-curator of the GLBT History Museum, seeded the intergenerational Dragon Fruit Oral History Project at API Equality Northern California, and served as co-chair of the inaugural Queer History Conference 2019 hosted by the Committee on LGBT History. Amy is the recipient of numerous awards including the Clio Award for her contribution to queer history and the Phoenix Award for her service to the Asian and Pacific Islander queer women and transgender community.”