Event location: Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square, Portland)

AIDS Diva: The Legend of Connie Norman
To be immediately followed by a  discussion with
Director Dante Alencastre

"AIDS DIVA: The Legend of Connie Norman” is a documentary film by David Alencastre on the self-appointed “AIDS DIVA” and masterful spokesperson for ACT UP /Los Angeles in the late 80s and early 90’s Los Angeles. Connie described herself as “ex-drag queen, ex-hooker, ex-IV drug user, ex-high risk youth and current post-operative transsexual woman who is HIV positive” and simply “a human being
seeking my humanity.” Standing confidently in her multiple, fluid and evolving LGBTQ identities, she was often a lone advocate for the fledgling trans community of that era. Both beloved and confrontative, Connie’s soulful and salty rantings, intersectional politics and humor were heard widely through her local LGBTQ newspaper column ‘Tribal Writes’, and her pioneering cable television and radio shows.
Fueled by the urgency of her mortality and the hard-won honesty and clarity her survival had required, Connie challenged self-hatred, hypocrisy and denial, as she evoked a humanitarian, neighborly, transcendent vision of justice, freedom and love for her tribe and us all.

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Please email Celine Burrows at cburrows@peabodycenter.org if you will need ASL interpretation or other accommodations.