June 4 – LGBTQ+ PRIDE Panel: Queer Voices in Literature

Join award-winning queer authors for an inspiring PRIDE panel discussion on the joys, challenges, and power of being a queer writer today.

Duncan MacLeod, MBA from USC Marshall, is a writer, advocate, and founder of Jim Dandy Publishing. Through personal finance books and young adult/mental health fiction, he champions authentic storytelling and visibility.

Kathleen Archambeau, celebrated journalist and longtime LGBTQ+ rights advocate since 1992, co-founded the James Hormel LGBT wing of the San Francisco Public Library. A same-gender ballroom dancer who competed in the Gay Games, she has raised significant funds for queer mental health services and shared inspiring profiles in the SF Bay Times while teaching at the University of San Francisco.

Together, they explore identity, representation, resilience, and the transformative role of queer narratives in literature.

About the Panelists

Duncan MacLeod received his MBA from University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. In addition to his work as a personal bookkeeper and finance coach, he’s a writer, advocate, and publisher of financial self-help books, young adult and mental health fiction. He is the owner and publisher at a new press called Jim Dandy Publishing.

 

 

Native San Franciscan, Kathleen Archambeau, is an award-winning writer and LGBTQ activist. She is author of four nonfiction works, Climbing the Corporate Ladder in High Heels (2006), “Seized,” an essay in The Other Woman (2007), edited by Victoria Zackheim, Pride & Joy (2017), and We Make It Better (2019), with gay dad, Eric Rosswood. Academy Award-winning screenwriter, Dustin Lance Black wrote the Foreword to Pride & Joy and endorsed We Make It Better. Archambeau’s work has been favorably reviewed in global and national literary publications and she has been a featured speaker at national and global Pride literary events. Her book was included as part of the Oakland Museum of California store’s Queer California Exhibit, and she is a founding member of the James Hormel LGBT wing of the SF Public Library.

 

Dr. Kim Makoi is a queer trans man, mind-body chiropractor, and author of Booze to Balance: A Chill 30-Day Liver Healing Program. With nearly 30 years in practice and a PhD in Pastoral Counseling, he helps people unlock the full potential of their life’s voyage — starting with the physical vessel. Dr. Kim designs personalized luxury healing retreats and delivers daily wit and wisdom through his micro-newsletter, The Daily Nugget, at drkimsf.com/dailynugget.

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