Full Name Kirk Reeves Website DonnaSachet.com | Name Donna Sachet Role Writer | |
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Occupation Performer, emcee, spokesmodel, fundraiser, writer and activist Residence San Francisco, California, United States | ||
Donna Sachet's Songs of the Season 24
Donna Sachet is a U.S.-based drag actor, singer, community activist, fundraiser, spokesmodel, and writer based in San Francisco.
Contents
- Donna Sachets Songs of the Season 24
- David Perry interviews iconic San Francisco personality Donna Sachet
- Early life
- Career
- Awards and honors
- References
David Perry interviews iconic San Francisco personality Donna Sachet.
Early life
Born as Kirk Reeves in South Carolina, Sachet attended Vanderbilt University, then she went to New York. A job opportunity brought Reeves to San Francisco. At a Gay Men's Chorus event, he lip-synced to a Donna Summer song with a significant swagger which inspired the name Donna Sachet.
Career
Sachet has been awarded many community honors, including serving 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 by the Imperial Court System as the 30th Absolute Empress of San Francisco with 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, the Imperial Council and the state board of Equality California. She co-chaired the San Francisco GLAAD Media Awards for four years. She currently serves on the International Court Council of the Imperial Court System. Sachet serves as an unofficial liaison for the LGBT and leather communities.
She currently writes a biweekly column for the Bay Area Reporter, writes a quarterly newsletter geared to the LGBT community for the SF Convention & Visitors Bureau, and is the host of "Sunday is a Drag" a female impersonation, brunch show at Harry Denton's Starlight Room in the St Francis Hotel. With Tim Gaskin, she co-hosted a Comcast weekly LGBT television series called OUT Spoken for five years. 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.
Sachet presided at the lighting ceremony for the Rainbow World Fund's World Tree of Hope in San Francisco City Hall on 10 December 2013.
Donna Sachet recently has had a featured role in a full feature comedy film, My Brother's Shoes.