There is a new well-deserved honor for SISTER ROMA, a leading member of the Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence for over 30 years now.  The San Francisco Aids Foundation have just announced that she will be the recipient of this year’s Cleve Jones Leadership Award at  their Tribute Celebration! 

Since taking her ‘vows’ Sister Roma has been a very visible presence around the globe as  an activist, fundraiser, public speaker, Master of Ceremonies, and rather fabulous drag queen. With both her passion and high profile  she has been a persistent fighter  in the war against HIV and AIDS as an educator, activist and fundraiser helping to raise over $1 million for the LGBTQ global community.

 

She  is also the creator and advocate of the Sisters’ Stop The Violence Campaign and most recently she gained international attention as the drag queen who took on Facebook and won – creating the #MyNameIs movement in protest of Facebook’s “Real” Name Policy fighting for the right of everyone to self-identify on the world’s largest social networking platform.

You’ll never know where she will pop up next : check out this fab parody of a Sam Smith song by Daniel Franzese to see the  Sister’s  scene stealing  cameo with the SF Gay Men’s Chorus 

 

When she is not being Michael Williams by day and working as an Art Director for the Naked Sword Group , Sister Roma has become a much loved local legend in her home town of SF

She was elected SF Pride Community Grand Marshal in 2012, SF’s Most Notable Drag Queen and Best of the Bay’s BEST ACTIVIST in 2016. Her colorful (and sometimes off-color) humor has found her serving as Master of Ceremonies on the main stages of SF Pride, Folsom Street Fair, Castro Street Fair, and Easter in the Park where she hosts the infamous Hunky Jesus Contest. 

This world, and our community in particular, is a better place for all of Sister Roma’s good deeds and the love she shares, and we are so happy to celebrate the fact she is once again being recognised and honored for being who she is.