Donna Sachet

Donna Sachet
Donna Sachet
Born San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation Performer, emcee, spokesmodel, writer and activist
Website
DonnaSachet.com

Donna Sachet is an American drag actor, singer, community activist, spokesmodel, and writer based in San Francisco. She has been awarded many community honors including as Grand Marshal in the San Francisco Pride parade and being named first lady of the Castro district by California Senator Mark Leno. She was elected as the 30th Absolute Empress of San Francisco with Emperor 23 After Norton, Brian C. Benamati in 1995. She recently has served on the boards of the San Francisco LGBT Community Center, the AIDS Emergency Fund, Positive Resource Center and the Imperial Council. As of June 2008 she serves on the state board of Equality California and the International Court Council of the Imperial Court System. Sachet serves as an unofficial liaison for the LGBT and leather communities and is a sought-after charity-event emcee and entertainer for her humor and diplomacy. She currently writes a biweekly column for the Bay Area Reporter, co-hosts with Tim Gaskin a Comcast weekly LGBT television series called OUT Spoken, writes a quarterly newsletter geared to the LGBT Community for the SF Convention & Visitors Bureau, and is the host of Harry Denton's "Sunday is a Drag" at the Sir Francis Drake's Starlight room.[1] On September 29, 2009, Sachet became the first drag performer to sing the United States National Anthem at the opening of a Major League Baseball game.[2][3][4]

Awards and honors

  • 1995 Darrell Yee Award from AIDS Emergency Fund shared with Brian Benamati[5]
  • 1996 Cable Car Entertainer of the Year[6]
  • 1997 International Jose Honors Imperial Award[7]
  • 1998 Interclub Fund's Most Supportive Non-Leather Title Holder[8]
  • 2000 Alice B. Toklas Lesbian & Gay Democratic Club Community Service Award
  • 2001 Pollie Award from the American Association of Political Consultants
  • 2002 Designation as the Leather Empress by the Leather Community[9]
  • 2004 Sainthood from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence[10]
  • 2005 Bob Cramer Humanitarian Award[11]
  • 2005 San Francisco Police Officers Pride Alliance Award[12]
  • 2005 Community Grand Marshal of the SF LGBT Pride Parade[13]
  • 2007 Heritage of Pride Award from the SF LGBT Pride Committee[14]
  • 2009 Academy of Friends Kile Ozier Founder's Award[15]
  • 2009 Stonewall 40 TransHeroes[16]

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