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Norman Arriaga
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Belize
Belize, whose real name is Norman Arriaga, is a former drag queen and a former lover of Prior's. He is a nurse at New York Hospital who cares for Roy Cohn when he is admitted with AIDS. Throughout the play, he acts as friend and counsel to Prior and adversary to Louis. When Louis abandons Prior, it is Belize who visits the sick man, comforts him, and even secures drugs for him (Cohn's stash of AZT). Each time they meet, he and Louis argue over politics, race, religion, and the meaning of love. Belize is smart, witty, and...


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