Octavia St. Laurent
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Octavia St. Laurent is an American transgendered performer featured in the 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning. [1]
As of the 2003 release of the documentary How Do I Look, she was using the name Heavenly Angel Octavia St. Laurent Manolo Blahnik. She discusses her drug use, sex work, and fight with AIDS. [2]
[edit] References
- ^ Green, Jesse (April 18, 1993). Paris Has Burned. New York Times
- ^ Cotter, Holland (October 24, 2003). DL: The Down Low in Contemporary Art, New York Times
