Savoy Howe
(? - living) Canada
Boxer, boxing coach, actress and playwright
New Brunswick native Savoy Howe has been an amateur boxer for seven years. She won Toronto's first ever sanctioned women's bout in 1993 and went on to win silver in the 1995 Ontario provincial championships. She is an influential certified boxing coach. She teaches 40 women to box at a Toronto gym called Sully's.
"Most of us are gay, and we let it be known that the straight world has to adjust to us"
In 1994 she roller-bladed 1,600 kilometres around Northern Ontario with an AIDS awareness tour that focused on providing AIDS information for high school students around Northern Ontario. Savoy Howe was Grand Marshall of Toronto Pride '99 (with Mark Leduc).
Savoy is also a professional actor, has written and starred in her own play Tale of Doohnamow (2001), as well as performing in improvisational comedy troupes, such as the Stupid Goodlookings.
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