Queer Heroes NW: Lady Elaine Peacock (Elwood Woody Johnson)
A Syndicated Event
from the "QUEER HEROES NW" calendar
Start Time: Thursday June 28, 2012 - (All Day)
(US/Pacific)
Place: Aaron Hall Gallery - Q Center
Address: 4115 N. Mississippi Ave. (Map)Location: Portland OR
Website: http://www.pdxqcenter.org/queerheroesnw/

28 Lady Elaine Peacock
Lady Elaine Peacock
(Elwood “Woody” Johnson)
Lady Elaine Peacock was a role model, titleholder,
entrepreneur, philanthropist, drag queen. Celebrated for
her beauty, talent, fundraising and networking skills, Peacock
reigned as Rosebud IV, Princess XIII, Rose Empress
XXIX, LaFemme Magnifique Oregon and International.
Peacock was the founder of Peacock in the Park, a
summertime spectacular drawing thousands to the Amphitheatre
of Washington Park for a family friendly, LGBTQ
variety show. The show ran from 1987 to 2004 and was
the primary fundraiser for the Audria M. Edwards Scholarship
Fund, established in memory of Lady Elaine Peacock’s
Mother. The AME Fund is dedicated to post-secondary
education for the LGBTQ community of Oregon
and Southwest Washington.
Peacock and her husband Ray Southwick owned Peacock
Services flower delivery and founded the Alternative
Connection, an LGBTQ newspaper in 1991. The AC
thrived under Peacock’s creative direction until her death
due to complications from HIV/AIDS on October 27,
1993.
At Peacock’s request, administration of Peacock in the
Park and the AME Fund were turned over to Maria Council
and Kimberlee Van Patten. Nearly 20 years following
her death, Lady Elaine Peacock’s legacy lives on through
the work of Peacock Productions, Inc., the Audria M. Edwards
Scholarship Fund and the wildly popular Peacock
After Dark at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts.