Peg Norman
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Peg Norman (born 1964 in Gambo, Newfoundland) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, best known for her role in the film My Left Breast, which documented her partner Gerry Rogers' breast cancer.[1]
Norman helped found and for ten years managed Henry Morgentaler's clinic in St. John's.[2][3] She ran for political office in Newfoundland and Labrador.[4] In 2004 and 2006, she ran for the House of Commons of Canada, as a candidate of the New Democratic Party in St. John's South—Mount Pearl, but lost to Loyola Hearn of the Conservative Party of Canada. In 2004 and 2006, Norman placed third to Hearn. In 2010 Norman owned a small business in St. John's.[5]
Openly lesbian, Norman is the partner of social worker, filmmaker, and politician Gerry Rogers.[6][7]
Filmmaker
Norman's film My Left Breast, documents her partner Gerry Rogers' breast cancer.[8][1] The film received multiple awards and won Norman campaign funding from Rosie O'Donnell.[9] The film also gained Norman's partner Rogers a spot on The Rosie O'Donnell Show in 2001.[10]
Electoral record
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See also
- List of female film and television directors
- List of lesbian filmmakers
- List of LGBT-related films directed by women
References
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Canadian women politicians
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- Canadian women film producers
- Canadian lesbian politicians
- New Democratic Party candidates for the Canadian House of Commons
- Newfoundland and Labrador candidates for Member of Parliament
- Women in Newfoundland and Labrador politics
- Canadian abortion-rights activists
- Activists from Newfoundland and Labrador
- People from Gambo, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Businesspeople from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
- 21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people
- Candidates in the 2004 Canadian federal election
- Candidates in the 2006 Canadian federal election
- Canadian women civil rights activists