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{{short description|American drag queen and activist}}
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'''Sister ROMA! There's No Place Like Rome''' is a 20 year veteran member member of ]'s ] Inc.<ref name="SFC"> San Francisco Chronicle, 25 June 2002 (retrieved 2007-10-29)</ref><ref> thesisters.org (retrieved 2007-10-29)</ref>
In 1991 Roma introduced the ''STOP the Violence Campaign'' to combat ] throughout the city as well as on college campuses.<ref name="A Sistory Blow By Blow">{{cite web
| last =Stein the Fragrant
| first =Sister Phyllis
| coauthors =], O.C.P
| title=A Sistory Blow By Blow
| publisher=]
| date=2007
| url
=http://thesisters.org/sistory.html
| accessdate=2007-10-28}}</ref>


'''Michael Williams''', (born December 22, 1962), known professionally as '''Sister Roma''', is an American ] activist, ] director, fundraiser, entertainer and event host/emcee. He has been a member of San Francisco's ] since 1987.<ref name="Bio"></ref>
She hosts online live-format talk show about the adult pornography industry, ''The Tim and Roma Show''. Roma has also done coverage of the ].<ref> San Francisco Bay Time, 5 April 2007 (retrieved 2007-10-29)</ref>


==Career==
Roma has served as an emcee and celebrity judge for numerous community events including; judge at the world's longest running (and possibly largest) ] event, the San Francisco Drag King Contest;<ref name="About Us: Sister Roma: Judge">{{cite web
| title= About Us: Sister Roma: Judge
| publisher=SFDK12
| date=August 2007
| url
=http://www.sfdragkingcontest.com/bios.html
| accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref><ref name="Night Crawler: Crown Performance">{{cite web
| last =Tudor
| first =Silke
| title=Night Crawler: Crown Performance
| publisher=]
| date=July 19, 2000
| url
=http://www.sfweekly.com/2000-07-19/news/night-crawler/
| accessdate=2007-07-27}}</ref><ref name="Arty Fishal: King of Daytime TV">{{cite web
| last =Pearlstein
| first =Joanna
| title=Arty Fishal: King of Daytime TV
| publisher=]
| date=2003, Vol. 13 #3
| url
=http://www.sfweekly.com/2000-07-19/news/night-crawler/
| accessdate=2007-07-27}}</ref> emcee at the world's largest ]/leather event and California's third largest spectator event, the ];<ref name="On The Town With Heklina: All">{{cite web
| last =Vaziri
| first =Aidin
| title=On The Town With Heklina: All the city's a stage for this drag queen
| publisher=]
| date=October 22, 2006
| url
=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/22/LVGI9LR7T11.DTL&hw=sister+roma&sn=011&sc=307
| accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref><ref name="Police adopt softly-softly">{{cite web
| last =Dunt
| first =Ian
| title=Police adopt softly-softly approach on public orgies
| publisher=Pink News
| date=2nd October, 2007
| url
=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-5622.html
| accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref> and Main Stage emcee at ''] ] ] and ]'', the largest LGBT event in the United States;<ref name="Official Guide and Program: Who'">{{cite web
| title=Official Guide and Program: Who's onstage
| publisher=]
| date=June 22, 2001, page SP - 12
| url
=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/06/22/DD163000.DTL&hw=sister+roma&sn=012&sc=288
| accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref><ref name="About San Francisco LGBT Pride">{{cite web
| last=Jones
| first=Lindsey
| title=About San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration & Parade
| publisher=Pink News
| date=February 27, 2007
| url=http://www.sfpride.org/
| accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref> emcee for ''Super Heroes and Villains'', Krewe de Kinque's Bal Masque benefit for Tenderloin Tessie's Holiday Dinners (serving Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners to homeless people of San Francisco).<ref name="L'amour, l'amour">{{cite web
| title=L'amour, l'amour
| publisher=]
| date=February 2007
| url=
http://www.ebar.com/common/inc/article_print.php?sec=outabout&article=111 | accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref>


Roma was the long-time ] at gay pornography studio ] until Hot House was bought by NakedSword, in 2014; he now serves as "art director and overall Ambassador of NakedSword".<ref>{{cite web|title=As NakedSword's Ambassador, Sister Roma is Ready to Rock|url=http://business.avn.com/company-news/As-NakedSword-s-Ambassador-Sister-Roma-is-Ready-to-Rock-568805.html|publisher=Adult Video News|accessdate=12 September 2014|archive-date=12 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912073228/http://business.avn.com/company-news/As-NakedSword-s-Ambassador-Sister-Roma-is-Ready-to-Rock-568805.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Roma also co-hosts an online talk show, ''The Tim and Roma Show,'' that focuses on gay pornographic movies and the ] community. Roma has been a presenter at the ], a pornography industry awards show.<ref> San Francisco Bay Time, 5 April 2007 (retrieved 2007-10-29)</ref> Roma has served as an emcee and judge for the San Francisco Drag King Contest,<ref name="Night Crawler: Crown Performance">{{cite web | last=Tudor | first=Silke | title=Night Crawler: Crown Performance | publisher=] | date=July 19, 2000 | url=http://www.sfweekly.com/2000-07-19/news/night-crawler/ | accessdate=2007-07-27 | archive-date=2007-08-05 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070805081910/http://www.sfweekly.com/2000-07-19/news/night-crawler/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> the 2005 benefit ''Porn Idol'';<ref name="Will Clark San Francisco">{{cite web | last =Johnson | first =Peter
Roma also acts professionally as well as more casual drag performances in clubs. In 2003 she appeared in ]'s ''Sleeping With Straight Men'' at ] with ].<ref name="Sleepwalking through a talk-show">{{cite web
| title=Will Clark San Francisco Fundraisers Near | publisher=]
| last=Hurwitt
| date=July 19, 2005 | url =http://www.avn.com/index.cfm?objectID=EDA2579E-1372-4B41-C46EDF53A4FA5E3F&slid=174083
| first=Robert
| accessdate=2007-11-03}}</ref> and at the ]/leather event the ].<ref name="On The Town With Heklina: All">{{cite web | last =Vaziri | first =Aidin | title=On The Town With Heklina: All the city's a stage for this drag queen | publisher=]
| title=Sleepwalking through a talk-show tragedy: Jenny Jones drama tends to nod off
| date=October 22, 2006 | url =http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/22/LVGI9LR7T11.DTL&hw=sister+roma&sn=011&sc=307
| publisher=]
| accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref> For the 24th annual ], held September 30, 2007, the official poster artwork was a controversial photo featuring well-known ] and ] community members in festive and ] attire including Roma "as players in an innovative version of the culturally iconographic" '']'' by ], complete with table draped with the ] and "cluttered with ], ]s, and various (BDSM) ]".<ref name="Catholic Group Threatens Battle With Miller">{{cite web|last=Gerstein|first=Josh|title=Catholic Group Threatens Battle With Miller Beer Over Racy Ad|publisher=]|date=September 27, 2007|url=http://www.nysun.com/article/63472|accessdate=2007-09-29|archive-date=2008-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706161935/http://www.nysun.com/article/63472|url-status=dead}}</ref> The image by FredAlert<ref name="Folsom art draws fire from the right">{{cite web|last=Cassell|first=Heather|title=Folsom art draws fire from the right|publisher=] |volume=37|issue=39|date=27 September 2007|url=http://ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=2230|accessdate=2007-09-29}}</ref> was used on the official event guide and produced as collector's posters that were displayed throughout the city as advertising for the event.
| date=September 10, 2003
| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/09/10/DD47011.DTL&type=printable
| accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref> She also has performed at San Francisco's longest running ] show ].<ref name="Tune, out">{{cite web
| last=Provenzano
| first=Jim
| title=Tune, out
| publisher=]
| date=September 10, 2003
| url=http://www.ebar.com/common/inc/article_print.php?sec=outabout&article=161
| accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref>


In 2003, Roma's drag act was incorporated into ]'s play ''Sleeping With Straight Men'' with ] in San Francisco.<ref name="Sleepwalking through a talk-show">{{cite web
Roma writes a bi-weekly column ''Drag It'' for San Franscisco's gay alternative magazine ''Gloss''.<ref name="Drag It in Gloss">{{Citation
| last=Hurwitt | first=Robert | title=Sleepwalking through a talk-show tragedy: Jenny Jones drama tends to nod off | publisher=] | date=September 10, 2003 | url= http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/09/10/DD47011.DTL&type=printable
| last=Roma
| accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Trash-TV-tragedy-makes-for-farce-Straight-Men-2827060.php|title=Trash-TV tragedy makes for farce: 'Straight Men' a campy success|last=Roca|first=Octavio|date=25 June 2002|work=San Francisco Chronicle|accessdate=2012-07-21}}</ref> In 2006, Roma was nominated for ''Best Nonsexual Performance'' Gay Adult Video News (GAYVN) award for her portrayal of Mona Lott, the maid of ''Wet Palms'', which is a ten-episode gay-porn ] series.<ref name="Wet Palms Is A Sexy">{{cite web | last =Van Iquity | first =Sister Dana | title =Wet Palms Is A Sexy Yet Sappy Soap | publisher =] | date =March 10, 2006 | url =http://www.sfbaytimes.com/article_p.php?article_id=4750 | accessdate =2007-11-03 | archive-date =2011-07-17 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110717042637/http://www.sfbaytimes.com/article_p.php?article_id=4750 | url-status =dead }}</ref> He also has performed at San Francisco's long-running ] ].<ref name="Tune, out">{{cite web | last=Provenzano
| first=Sister
| first=Jim | title=Tune, out | publisher=] | date= September 10, 2003 | url=http://www.ebar.com/common/inc/article_print.php?sec=outabout&article=161
| author-link=Sister Roma
| accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref> In 2012, Sister Roma was the sole community-elected grand marshal, serving with twelve other marshals appointed by the Pride Board of the San Francisco Pride Parade.<ref name=marsh> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122023701/http://sfpride.org/parade/grand-marshals.html |date=2012-01-22 }}</ref> In 2014, Roma objected to ]'s ] after the site suspended multiple accounts belonging to LGBT entertainers, and was one of a group of San Francisco residents who met with Facebook representatives to discuss the policy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/16/living/facebook-name-policy/ |title=Facebook 'real name' policy stirs questions around identity |last=Grinberg |first=Emanuella |date=September 18, 2014 |publisher=] |accessdate=September 20, 2014}}</ref>
| title=Drag It

| newspaper=Gloss
==Awards and nominations==
| volume=6
{| class="wikitable"
| issue=21
|-
| pages=30
! Year
| year=2007
!Award
| date=October 19-November 1, 2007
!Category
| url=http://www.sfgloss.com }}</ref>
!Result
|-
|2006
|]
|Best Nonsexual Performance (''Wet Palms'')<ref name="Wet Palms Is A Sexy"/>
|{{nom}}
|-
|2010
|]
|Personality of the Year<ref>{{cite news|last=Sweetbriar|first=Bebe |author-link=Bebe Sweetbriar|title=Sister Roma -- Porn's favorite nun|url=http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc3=&id=112444&pg=1|accessdate=25 July 2012|newspaper=Edge Boston|date=November 3, 2010}}</ref>
|{{won}}
|-
|2012
|]
|Community Grand Marshal<ref name=marsh/>
|{{won}}
|-
|}


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Latest revision as of 15:52, 14 November 2024

American drag queen and activist
Sister Roma
Sister Roma in 2021
BornMichael Williams
(1962-12-22) December 22, 1962 (age 62)
Michigan

Michael Williams, (born December 22, 1962), known professionally as Sister Roma, is an American drag queen activist, gay pornography director, fundraiser, entertainer and event host/emcee. He has been a member of San Francisco's Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence since 1987.

Career

Roma was the long-time art director at gay pornography studio Hot House Entertainment until Hot House was bought by NakedSword, in 2014; he now serves as "art director and overall Ambassador of NakedSword". Roma also co-hosts an online talk show, The Tim and Roma Show, that focuses on gay pornographic movies and the LGBT community. Roma has been a presenter at the GayVN Awards, a pornography industry awards show. Roma has served as an emcee and judge for the San Francisco Drag King Contest, the 2005 benefit Porn Idol; and at the BDSM/leather event the Folsom Street Fair. For the 24th annual Folsom Street Fair, held September 30, 2007, the official poster artwork was a controversial photo featuring well-known LGBT and BDSM community members in festive and fetish attire including Roma "as players in an innovative version of the culturally iconographic" The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, complete with table draped with the Leather Pride flag and "cluttered with sex toys, whips, and various (BDSM) restraints". The image by FredAlert was used on the official event guide and produced as collector's posters that were displayed throughout the city as advertising for the event.

In 2003, Roma's drag act was incorporated into Ronnie Larsen's play Sleeping With Straight Men with Mink Stole in San Francisco. In 2006, Roma was nominated for Best Nonsexual Performance Gay Adult Video News (GAYVN) award for her portrayal of Mona Lott, the maid of Wet Palms, which is a ten-episode gay-porn soap opera series. He also has performed at San Francisco's long-running drag show Trannyshack. In 2012, Sister Roma was the sole community-elected grand marshal, serving with twelve other marshals appointed by the Pride Board of the San Francisco Pride Parade. In 2014, Roma objected to Facebook's real-name policy after the site suspended multiple accounts belonging to LGBT entertainers, and was one of a group of San Francisco residents who met with Facebook representatives to discuss the policy.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result
2006 GayVN Awards Best Nonsexual Performance (Wet Palms) Nominated
2010 GayVN Awards Personality of the Year Won
2012 San Francisco Pride Community Grand Marshal Won

References

  1. SFGate
  2. Personal bio at thesisters.org
  3. "As NakedSword's Ambassador, Sister Roma is Ready to Rock". Adult Video News. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  4. Naked Sword And Porn Companies Give Back San Francisco Bay Time, 5 April 2007 (retrieved 2007-10-29)
  5. Tudor, Silke (July 19, 2000). "Night Crawler: Crown Performance". SF Weekly. Archived from the original on 2007-08-05. Retrieved 2007-07-27.
  6. Johnson, Peter (July 19, 2005). "Will Clark San Francisco Fundraisers Near". Adult Video News. Retrieved 2007-11-03.
  7. Vaziri, Aidin (October 22, 2006). "On The Town With Heklina: All the city's a stage for this drag queen". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-10-27.
  8. Gerstein, Josh (September 27, 2007). "Catholic Group Threatens Battle With Miller Beer Over Racy Ad". New York Sun. Archived from the original on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
  9. Cassell, Heather (27 September 2007). "Folsom art draws fire from the right". Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
  10. Hurwitt, Robert (September 10, 2003). "Sleepwalking through a talk-show tragedy: Jenny Jones drama tends to nod off". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-10-27.
  11. Roca, Octavio (25 June 2002). "Trash-TV tragedy makes for farce: 'Straight Men' a campy success". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  12. ^ Van Iquity, Sister Dana (March 10, 2006). "Wet Palms Is A Sexy Yet Sappy Soap". San Francisco Bay Times. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2007-11-03.
  13. Provenzano, Jim (September 10, 2003). "Tune, out". Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved 2007-10-27.
  14. ^ SF Pride official website Archived 2012-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
  15. Grinberg, Emanuella (September 18, 2014). "Facebook 'real name' policy stirs questions around identity". CNN. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  16. Sweetbriar, Bebe (November 3, 2010). "Sister Roma -- Porn's favorite nun". Edge Boston. Retrieved 25 July 2012.

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