Andrew Suárez

Andrew J. Suárez received his B.A. in Ethnic Studies from Columbia University where he was a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow. He is currently a PhD candidate in American Studies at Harvard University where he works across Latinx & Latin American Studies, queer theory, and social & cultural history. His dissertation examines the comparative history of LGBTQ & feminist Chicano/a/x and Mexican activism through print culture from the mid-twentieth century to the present. By reading across activist periodicals, organizational newsletters, tabloids, mail art, bookworks, crónicas, and zines, he charts a tradition of alternative publishing and reading publics amongst these communities that upended norms of gender & sexuality and cried out for liberation. His research interests also include revolutionary struggles in Latin America, ephemera and the archive, diaspora, and the political projects of queerness and latinidad. His lifelong dream is to raise honey bees.