International Court Council

Born in France, in a not too glamourous Army hospital, The Lovely Suzanne has lived all over the United States. She first moved to the Northwest in 1971, and in the late eighties, made it her permanent home. As a waitress at the legendary Quality Pie Restaurant, Suzanne became a camp fixture in the diner drag scene. She was publisher of the underground magazine "The Art Rag", which featured irreverent viewpoints of the most diverse facets of the art, rock, and gay community. She quietly supported the gay community for years while struggling to open her own restaurant, The Blah Blah Café in 1993, and later The Roxy.
Suzanne earned her first title of Miss Sweetheart of Portland IX in 1997. It started as a small bar title, but Suzanne, along with a determined group of board members, built it to be stronger, with each year outdoing the last, until the Sweethearts obtained 501c3 status in 2004. She has served for years as Treasurer and is proud to see so many of the Mr. & Miss Sweetheart go on to become Emperors and Empresses in the Rose Court, whom they strongly support.
She attended her first Rose Court Coronation in the seventies, as a member of the community, and in the early 90's she became directly involved with the Imperial Sovereign Rose Court. After years of invested titles, traveling, producing award winning production numbers, and serving on numerous committees for GLBT fund-raising activities, she was awarded the prestigious Sanford B. Director Award for Citizen of the Year.
In 2000, The Lovely Suzanne was elected by the City of Portland to the position of Her Imperial Majesty, Rose Empress XLIII. With her Rose Emperor, Andrew by her side, The Diversity of the Rose still remains a record breaking reign, both in fund-raising and ball attendance. In 2001 Suzanne was awarded U.S. Congressional Recognition for Service to the Community. She is also honored to hold Citizen for Life, Queen Mother, and Honorary Empress titles in dozens of realms, and still travels frequently to MC Coronation balls in the US and Canada, as well as holding membership in several GLBT organizations. She is currently an Officer on the Board of Directors of the Imperial Sovereign Rose Court.
In 2003, Suzanne was elevated to the position of Heir Apparent to Jose I, The Widow Norton, founder of the International Court System. She served on the International Court Council, and was part of the planning committee that promoted our successful Celebration of Forty Years of Noble Deeds in Palm Springs. She was thrilled to personally witness the historic unveiling of "Jose Sarria Court", in San Francisco. After Empress Jose’s retirement, Suzanne was honored to be selected to continue service on the International Court Council under the leadership of Queen Mother of the Americas, Empress Nicole The Great, who is ushering in a New Renaissance in the Court System. Suzanne is humbly honored to be part of the International Council, and deeply respects the history of the Imperial Court, as well as the history in the making yet to come.
Suzanne had three husbands before she was thirty, and raised her only daughter, Miss April as a single mother. She is a proud grandma to Jaden and Ava, and is utterly devoted to her family and friends. For the past thirteen years, she has owned and operated The Roxy, a nationally famous, diverse, all night diner in "The Heart Of The Glamour District" in vibrant downtown Portland. She denies being 52 and "having work done", and still enjoys doing high drag with the best of the boys. She is dedicated to mentoring the GLBT youth and believes in the concept of Diversity with all her heart.