Queer Asian Museum

Queer Asian Museum New journey. Big intentions. GREAT age of discovery. We’re building space for queer Asian communities, histories, art, and ideas—local and beyond.

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One of our Q***r Asian Icons. 🌸Claire Elisan showed up for QAM at our Q***r Asian Icons event — and honestly, that's jus...
05/31/2026

One of our Q***r Asian Icons. 🌸
Claire Elisan showed up for QAM at our Q***r Asian Icons event — and honestly, that's just what Claire does. She shows up.
As founder and CEO of Project No Labels, Claire has spent over a decade building community, promoting mental wellness, and creating space where everyone belongs — no labels required. She also provides in-depth LGBTQIA+ news reporting on WMNF's Big Gay Radio Show every week.
Over 12,000 mental health therapy sessions facilitated. St. Pete Pride 2017 Organizational Grand Marshal. Tampa Bay Business Journal's Business of Pride Award. 40 LGBTQ Leaders Under 40.
The kind of person who makes St. Pete the community it is. We are grateful for you Claire. 🏳️‍🌈
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Hazel here. 🐾Dad left for the Netherlands to represent QAM at a global cultural heritage conference. Very important. Ver...
05/30/2026

Hazel here. 🐾
Dad left for the Netherlands to represent QAM at a global cultural heritage conference. Very important. Very prestigious.
I have been relocated to a secure St. Pete facility with excellent floor space and adequate belly rub staffing.
I have discovered the bathtub has excellent acoustics. Investigation ongoing.
I am fine. This is fine. 😄
Wish Dad Leo luck in the Netherlands! 🌍🏳️‍🌈

Wish our founder Leo Andersen luck — he and his husband Don are heading to the Netherlands! 🌍✈️Leo will present a lightn...
05/29/2026

Wish our founder Leo Andersen luck — he and his husband Don are heading to the Netherlands! 🌍✈️
Leo will present a lightning talk at the 2026 IIIF Annual Conference, representing QAM on a global stage alongside some of the world's most prestigious cultural heritage institutions. From St. Pete's Central Avenue to the Netherlands — the world's first q***r Asian museum is going international. 🌸
Important update: Hazel has been secured at an undisclosed St. Pete location with trusted staff. She is adjusting well. 🐾😄
Travel safe Leo & Don — we couldn't be more proud. 🏳️‍🌈
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Q***r Asian Icon spotted in the wild. 👀Friday night our founder Leo ran into the incredible Saumitra Chandratreya at Flo...
05/28/2026

Q***r Asian Icon spotted in the wild. 👀
Friday night our founder Leo ran into the incredible Saumitra Chandratreya at FloridaRAMA — just days after Saumitra cut the ribbon on his own exhibit at QAM in silver stilettos. Apparently he doesn't stop. 🙌
If you haven't seen his work at QAM yet, come visit us at 1006 Central Ave, St. Pete. 🌸
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At QAM, the stage and the archive are the same place. 🌸Mr. Vyn Suazion opened Q***r Asian Icons in a traditional Barong ...
05/28/2026

At QAM, the stage and the archive are the same place. 🌸
Mr. Vyn Suazion opened Q***r Asian Icons in a traditional Barong Tagalog — then stood next to his own exhibit, his Mr. St. Pete Pride 2023 crown proudly on display. Raffy Bleu performed alongside dancers who helped make St. Pete Pride history — their costumes already displayed just steps away.
They didn't just perform at QAM. They are QAM.
When Raffy and Mr. Vyn closed the night together with True Colors, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. The whole room was singing. That's what happens when people finally see themselves celebrated. 🏳️‍🌈
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Historic news from Asia. 🌏Nepal has become the first country in Asia to explicitly include Gender and Sexual Minorities ...
05/27/2026

Historic news from Asia. 🌏
Nepal has become the first country in Asia to explicitly include Gender and Sexual Minorities in the mandate of a national ministry — a landmark moment for LGBTIQ recognition and visibility across the continent.
At QAM we preserve the past, but we also celebrate the future being written right now. This is history in the making. 🌸🏳️‍🌈
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This also positions QAM as a thought leader beyond just local St. Pete content — they're paying attention to the global q***r Asian landscape. That's important for the IIIF conference audience too.
Share it today or save it for a gap in the calendar? 🌸

Something big is happening at QAM. 🌍Our founder Leo Andersen has been awarded a competitive scholarship to present at th...
05/27/2026

Something big is happening at QAM. 🌍
Our founder Leo Andersen has been awarded a competitive scholarship to present at the 2026 IIIF Annual Conference in the Netherlands — June 1-4. Right now he's working on the speech he'll deliver to some of the world's most prestigious cultural heritage institutions.
IIIF is the global standard for digital cultural preservation used by institutions like Harvard, Stanford, and the British Library. And this year, the world's first q***r Asian museum will have a seat at that table.
Q***r Asian stories deserve to be preserved, shared, and seen — not just locally, but globally. That's exactly what Leo is bringing to the Netherlands.
Stay tuned. 🌸🏳️‍🌈
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On a day when flags fly proudly across the country, we're reminded of something our founder Leo Andersen always says:"A ...
05/25/2026

On a day when flags fly proudly across the country, we're reminded of something our founder Leo Andersen always says:
"A flag shouldn't be in a box. A flag should be waved for everyone to see." 🏳️‍🌈
Happy Memorial Day from all of us at QAM. 🌸
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On May 15th, QAM hosted Q***r Asian Icons — an evening celebrating the artists, advocates, and performers who make Tampa...
05/24/2026

On May 15th, QAM hosted Q***r Asian Icons — an evening celebrating the artists, advocates, and performers who make Tampa Bay's q***r Asian community so extraordinary. 🌸
We are so proud of everyone honored that night and so grateful to everyone who showed up and showed out.
A special thank you to WMNF's Big Gay Radio Show host Chris Gorman for joining us and covering the evening so beautifully. 🙏
Read the full coverage and listen to founder Leo Andersen's interview at the link in the comments. 🏳️‍🌈
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Silver stilettos. Scissors. History. ✂️Last week QAM opened a new exhibit celebrating three extraordinary local Asian vi...
05/23/2026

Silver stilettos. Scissors. History. ✂️
Last week QAM opened a new exhibit celebrating three extraordinary local Asian visual artists — Tom Bayot, Saumitra Chandratreya, and Haha Hao.
Can you read what Tom's pink sculptural piece says? 👀
Saumitra cut the ribbon in silver stilettos because there was truly no other way. 🙌 And we missed Haha Hao at the event but his beautiful work was very much in the room.
This is what QAM is here for — preserving, celebrating, and giving space to q***r Asian art that deserves to be seen.
Come see it for yourself at 1006 Central Ave, St. Pete. 🌸
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