Queer Design Club

I'm a creative strategist/AD/illustrator/visual designer in Metro Detroit. I identify as Bi Asian American, immigrant diaspora.

How does being queer inform your work?

Working in advertising for a service-based product platform, I'm always learning how to implement inclusive design methods for multiple intersecting identities. The representation of LGBTQ+ communities is critical to reflect the diversity in language and imagery, especially photography.

What are your favorite pieces of queer visual culture?

The personal narrative in image-making; it's. how art challenges you to imagine a different world.In visual art: Kehinde Wiley, Robert Mapplethorpe, Marcos Chin, Alison Bechdel, Keith Haring, Gabriella Grimes, Fabian Guerro, Bernice Bing

Which other queer people inspire you?

Alok Vaid-Menon, Geena Rocero, Leo Sheng, Laverne Cox, Ruth Ellis, Audre Lorde, Gladys Bentley, James Baldwin, Alvin Ailey, Xian (Tongyu), Kiyoshi Kuromiya