Kathleen Archambeau/ Good News About Our Contributors!

Dear Contributors to PRIDE & JOY: LGBTQ ARTISTS, ICONS AND EVERYDAY HEROES,

Like so many creative people, you have been busy generating new work, new excitement and new endeavors. Just a smattering of highlights from around the globe:

Claudia Brind-Woody, Esq., IBM Speaks Out on Inclusion

Leanne Pittsford, Lesbians Who Tech, Host Huge SF Summit

Sean Dorsey, First Transgender Choreographer, to Appear at the Joyce Theater, NYC

2017 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors Visit African American Museum instead of the White House! Kevin Durant's Hometown

Tony Kushner and Angels Return to the Berkeley Rep

Blind Mezzo Soprano Rubin Brings PEACE ON YOUR WINGS to Sacramento, CA

Prince of Los Cocuyos, wonderful memoir of an immigrant's journey into realizing his full self, by Richard Blanco

Sidney Grant and his partner, Claudio, teach at Festival Tango Queer in Argentina

Bill T. Jones Showing Parts One, Two and Three of Dora Amelan/Analogy in NYC

Kate Kendell, ED of the National Center for Lesbian Rights for 20+ Years, Became a Grandmother

Dr. Karen Oliveto, first openly LGBTQ bishop of the United Methodist Church, published her first book, Together at the Table (see attached cover)

Dr. Ardel Haefele-Thomas' book, Introduction to Transgender Studies, comes later in 2018

Andreas Ozzuna and her wife, Citabria, Open Cafe in Downtown Oakland

Maori MP Louisa Wall Appointed to Chair Health Select Committee in NZ

Rick Welts Leads Move to SF

VGD Director Robbie Szelei Wins with Instagram Campaign

Lincolnshire Firefighter Petra Barneveld Talk of the Town

Jac and Valerie Celebrate 15-Year Anniversary of French Escapade

Eric Rosswood publishes New Book About Gay Dads!

When in London, Visit Jim McSweeney and Gay's the Word Bookshop, Bloomsbury

Dustin Lance Black and Tom Daley Are Having a Baby: Congratulations!

Gung Hay Fat Choy: Year of the Dog

May the loyalty to the LGBTQI+ Community that you've shown bring you health, wealth, love and happiness this year and always.

Please do send in any news of your new and fabulous progressions. Happy to share on my Website:

www.kathleenarchambeau.com

Warmly,

Kathleen