Luis/Lizza

Dr. Luis Felipe Diaz first embodied the character of Lizza Fernanda for Gay Pride Chicago in 1976, but Lizza has since helped him express the feminine part of his being in clubs in Chicago, New York and Puerto Rico. Asserting that a woman, Lizza Fernanda, has inhabited his body for more than 40 years, Professor Díaz speaks with a feminine affectation and wears women's clothes in public. Yet, he insists, “I am not Lizza Fernanda. I am Professor/Mrs. Luis Felipe Díaz.”