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On March 16, 2021 Nashville City Council gave its final approval by officially changing Carney Street to Bianca Paige Way.Mark Middleton, a.k.a. "Bianca Paige the Pantomime Rage", became a prolific female impersonator in the 1980's until his death in 2010. When Mark received his HIV/AIDS diagnosis he made the courageous decision to go public, using Bianca Paige as his platform to encourage testing, education, and to erode the stigmatization associated with living with such a diagnosis. Through Bianca Paige, Mark raised over $1,000,000 in his lifetime, ONE DOLLAR at a time, funding education, treatment, and research for children stricken with the autoimmune disease.
His work led to the formation of the Bianca Paige Awareness Network. Since Mark's death BPAN works to continue his mission and has been honored by declarations from every Nashville Mayor and City Council celebrating his life, Bianca Paige Day, held annually at Trax located at 1501 Ensley Blvd Nashville 37210.
The Bianca Paige Awareness Network recognizes the council's action as a major step in honoring the contributions made by Nashville's LGBTQ+ community. BPAN happily extends a thank you to Ron Sanford, Steven Kiss, John Paris, Michael Dolly Wilson, Mayor John Cooper, John Lasiter, Colby Sledge, Brett Withers, the LGBT Caucus, and the Metro Council for making this possible.
As was promised, the Bianca Paige Awareness Network and presented by Music City Prep Clinic, will show our pride with a two day celebration June 26th and 27th.
Saturday, the 26th The Nashville LGBTQ ,Organizations, Associations, Business and Community will come together for the street Dedication and Celebration. A street festival including vendors, Food Trucks, and the Works encompassing the dedication of the very first street named after a Drag Queen, Bianca Paige Way. Memorializing one of Nashville's most prolific female impersonators "Bianca Paige the Pantomime Rage."
The Day begins at 3pm with some of Nashville most important Dignitaries, including Mayor John Cooper, US Rep. Jim Cooper, come together to cut the ribbon, Traditionally opening BPW. After the city comes together to present a true Bianca Celebration. With entertainment from Ty Herndon , Shelly Fairchild , Tic Tok Star Chris Housman , From AGT Brody Ray, Sonya Leigh, The Cast Of Play , The Cast of Peckers , Canvas https://canvasnash.com, Cast of Trax, Plus Many More will Crown this celebration of Epic Proportions.
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1501 Ensley Blvd, Nashville, TN 37210-4132, United States
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