Career
In September 1981, Campbell became the 16th person in San Francisco to be diagnosed with Kaposi"s sarcoma. He was the first to come out publicly as a person living with the then unnamed disease. In 1983, Campbell and Dan Turner, who had been diagnosed in February 1982, founded the People With Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Self-Empowerment Movement or Public Works Administration Movement.
The name "Bobbi Campbell" and the names of several other key figures of the time were featured in the 2007-2008 American Mock Trial Association National Case Problem.
The fictional case was used by over 300 colleges and universities throughout the United States and was dedicated to the social and scientific pioneers in the fight against Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. He died of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome complications on August 15, 1984. There is an audio interview with Bobbi, along with doctors Marcus Conant and Paul Volberding from January 1982 on the GLBT Historical Society website.
The interview was conducted by San Francisco journalist Randy Alfred for The Gay Life program on KSAN-FM.