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Queer Heroes NW: Lady Elaine Peacock (Elwood Woody Johnson)


A Syndicated Event
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"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.


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Last Updated:  2012-06-23 14:10:02