Palo Alto’s Queer Legacy: From Archives to Action

Next date: Wednesday, June 11, 2025 | 05:00 PM to 07:00 PM

Join Aleo Landeta (King Artist-in-Residence), Ken Yeager (first openly gay Santa Clara County official), and Sera Fernando (Santa Clara County LGBTQ Affairs Manager) as they discuss current LGBTQ+ challenges in Santa Clara County. This conversation will explore how the Queer Silicon Valley Archive serves as a blueprint for addressing today's issues by understanding our community's historical resilience and strategies for progress.

Aleo Landeta (they/them) is the 2024-2025 King Artist-in-Residence. Aleo Landeta is a trans and mixed-race visual artist and educator who centers queer joy as liberation through drawings, paintings, site-specific installations, and public programming. For their King Residency project Aleo Landeta focused on the lived experiences of the LGBTQAI+ community members residing and/or working in Palo Alto with the goal of sparking conversations about inclusion, equity, a sense of belonging and bringing Palo Alto’s diverse communities together through better understanding and compassion.