Kathleen Archambeau

Kathleen Archambeau is an LGBTQ+ author, speaker, and journalist known for advocating for queer rights for more than 25 years. After working in entrepreneurship, tech, and education for several years, one of Kathleen’s first contributions ws becoming a founding member of the James Hormel LGBT wing of the San Francisco Public Library. Other achievements include fundraising for mental health programs for queer adults, writing a regular column highlighting the LGBTQ+ community in the San Francisco Bay Times, and participating in The Trevor Project’s “It Gets Better” video rollout. Kathleen’s debut book, Pride and Joy, was endorsed by Hollywood producer Marilyn Atlas, first gay CA State Senator Mark Leno, SF Bay Times publisher, Dr. Betty Sullivan, with a Foreword by Academy Award winner and screenwriter of Milk, Dustin Lance Black. She serves as an LGBTQ Elder in the Swig Jewish Studies and Social Justice program at the University of San Francisco. She currently lives in the SF Bay Area with her wife and their Guide Dog Career Change dog.