Pride & Joy:
LGBTQ Artists, Icons and Everyday Heroes
Kathleen Archambeau
Copyright © 2017 Kathleen Archambeau.
Published by Mango Publishing Group, a division of Mango Media Inc.
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Pride & Joy: LGBTQ Artists, Icons and Everyday Heroes
Library of Congress Cataloging
Name: Kathleen Archambeau
Title: Pride & Joy: LGBT Artists, Icons and Everyday Heroes
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017906349
ISBN: (paperback) 978-1-63353-550-3, (ebook) 978-1-63353-551-0
BISAC category code BIO031000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBT
Printed in the United States of America
“As a producer and literary rep, I have long been committed to inclusion and diversity regarding gender, race, and sexual orientation. My co-authored book, Dating Your Character, focuses on helping writers create multi-dimensional, non-stereotypical characters as Kathleen has shown in real-life stories in this extraordinary book. I’m delighted to endorse Pride & Joy: LGBTQ Artists, Icons and Everyday Heroes,
as it spotlights queer luminaries living open, fulfilling,
happy and successful lives—a departure from many
LGBTQ portrayals.”
Marilyn R. Atlas
Sundance Film Festival Award-Winning Co-Producer,
Real Women Have Curves (HBO)
Co-Author of Dating Your Character (Stairway Press, 2016)
“Kathleen Archambeau wrote a regular column of inspiring profiles for one of the longest-running and largest LGBTQ newspapers in the country, the San Francisco Bay Times. We’re proud to have been her first public forum. Her book, Pride & Joy: LGBTQ Artists, Icons and Everyday Heroes, tells the in-depth stories of 30 global queer icons and is sure to embolden the next generation and give hope to those still struggling with their sexual and gender identity.”
Betty Sullivan, PhD
Publisher, San Francisco Bay Times (Founded in 1978)
First LGBT newspaper in California and one of the first in the world
“Pride & Joy: LGBTQ Artists, Icons and Everyday Heroes not only highlights the contributions of LGBT citizens to world culture, but shows young queer students that being openly gay can bring you happiness, fulfillment and success. The impact it will have on our next generation, as well as on all those who care about social justice, will be significant.”
Mark Leno
First Openly Gay Man Elected to the
California State Senate
Author, SB48, the Fair, Accurate,
Inclusive and Respectful (F.A.I.R.) Education Act (2011):
(Ensures LGBT people and persons
with disabilities are integrated into Education textbooks
and social studies curricula in California public schools)
California State Senator (2008-2016)
California State Assembly (2002-2008)
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