Amy Sueyoshi is Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at San Francisco State University. They are a historian by training with an undergraduate degree from Barnard College and a Ph.D. from University of California at Los Angeles. Their research area lies at the intersection of Asian American Studies and Sexuality Studies. Amy has authored two monographs, Queer Compulsions: Race, Nation, and Sexuality in the Affairs of Yone Noguchi and Discriminating Sex: White Leisure and the Making of the American “Oriental.” Their essay “Breathing Fire: Remembering Asian Pacific American Activism in Queer History” was a part of the award-winning National Park Service LGBT Theme Study published in 2017. Amy also seeded the intergenerational Dragon Fruit Oral History Project at LavNix, served as founding co-curator of the GLBT History Museum, and co-founded and co-chaired the biennial Queer History Conference hosted by the Committee on LGBT History. They live in Daly City with their partner and two cats, Jax and Chibi.
This year's event will be held at the Marines' Memorial Club & Hotel. A reception for VIP and Sponsor level ticket holders will take place from 5:00-6:00pm before the general reception from 6:00-9:00pm. The reception will include the awards ceremony, a silent auction, light hors d'oeuvres, a cocktail bar, and entertainment.
Tickets are almost sold out. If you require a ticket and were not able to purchase, please email sailor@glbthistory.org.
