
The Status Kuo, with Jay Kuo
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Join the multi-talented Jay Kuo for "political and legal analysis with a dose of humor." Jay will discuss issues ranging from the president's use of the National Guard, immigration, Supreme Court decisions and more.
About the Speaker
Jay Kuo is the chair-elect of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization with more than 3.3 million members. He currently leads its Public Policy Committee to help elect equality-focused candidates at the national, state and local level.
Jay is the CEO and founder of The Social Edge, a digital publishing and social media company. As head of "Team Takei,” he built actor and activist George Takei’s social media into an online juggernaut reaching more than 25 million fans. Jay writes a popular daily Substack on politics and law called "The Status Kuo," which has more than 5 million monthly reads.
Bu that is not all. He is a two-time Tony winning co-producer for Hadestown and The Inheritance and is currently developing two new musical productions in the U.K. Jay is also a musician and composed the score for the Broadway musical Allegiance.
Jay is a partner in Gaingels, the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ investing group. He has worked as an appellate litigator admitted to practice before the Ninth Circuit, where he argued the first “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” challenge in 1996, and is a member of the U.S. Supreme Court bar.
Jay has previously served on the boards of the Northern California ACLU and the Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom. He currently lives in New York City, where he is a single dad with two beautiful infant children, Riley and Ronan.
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The Commonwealth Club of California
110 The Embarcadero
Taube Family Auditorium
San Francisco, CA 94105
United States

Jay Kuo
CEO and Founder, The Social Edge; Tony Award-winning Producer, Hadestown and The Inheritance; Partner, Gaingels

Michelle Meow
Producer and Host, "The Michelle Meow Show," KPIX+; Member, Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California Board of Governors
5:30 p.m. doors open & check-in
6-7 p.m. program discussion
7 p.m. reception
(all times Pacific Time)
COST
Members receive 30–50 percent discounts (not a member? Join)
In-person:
$20
Free for Leadership Circle members and students
Online:
$5 nonmembers
Free for members and students