[4][11] From 1980 to 1985, Cameron participated in organizing San Francisco's Lesbian Gay Freedom Day Parade and Celebration[2] and contributed in 1981 to This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, edited by Cherríe Moraga and Gloria E. Anzaldúa.

Her article Gee, You Don't Seem Like an Indian from the Reservation analyzed topics like racism and homophobia from both inside and outside the Native American community.

[9][3] In the late 1980s, Cameron was vice president of the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club and co-chair for Lesbian Agenda for Action.

She was appointed by Frank Jordan, the next mayor, to serve on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

[5] Barbara Cameron's papers are held by the James Hormel LGBTQIA center at the San Francisco Public Library.

[2][5] In an effort to record key figures of the Lesbian and Gay community, Robert Giard created a portrait of Cameron which is now part of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Her memorial service was attended by Tom Ammiano, president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and Carole Migden, who at the time represented District 13 in the California State Assembly.