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Donna Sachet
Donna Sachet
Occupation(s)	performer, emcee, spokesmodel, writer and activist
Website	http://www.donnasachet.com www.DonnaSachet.com

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Donna Sachet is an American drag actor, singer, community activist, spokemodel, and writer based in San Francisco. She has been awarded many community honors including as Grand Marshall in the San Francisco Pride parade and being named first lady of the Castro district by California Assemblyman Mark Leno. 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.(http://www.harrydenton.com/index.php?page=events&event=drag)

Awards and honors

1995 Darrell Yee Award from AIDS Emergency Fund
1996 Cable Car Entertainer of the Year
1997 International Jose Honors Imperial Award
1998 Interclub Fund's Most Supportive Non-Leather Title Holder
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
2004 Sainthood from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
2005 Bob Cramer Humanitarian Award
2005 San Francisco Police Officers Pride Alliance Award
2005 Community Grand Marshal of the SF LGBT Pride Parade
2007 Heritage of Pride Award from the SF LGBT Pride Committee
2009 Academy of Friends Kile Ozier Founder's Award
2009 Stonewall 40 TransHeroes [1]

References

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-'''Donna Sachet''' is an [[United States|American]] [[drag queen|drag]] actor, singer, community activist, spokemodel, and writer based in [[San Francisco]]. She has been awarded many community honors including as Grand Marshall in the [[San Francisco Pride]] parade and being named [[first lady]] of the [[The Castro, San Francisco, California|Castro district]] by [[California]] Assemblyman [[Mark Leno]]. She recently has served on the boards of the [[San Francisco LGBT Community Center]], the [[AIDS Emergency Fund]], [[Positive Resource Center]] and the [[Imperial Court System|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 subculture|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 Hotel|Sir Francis Drake's Starlight room]].{{Fact|date=September 2009}}
+'''Donna Sachet''' is an [[United States|American]] [[drag queen|drag]] actor, singer, community activist, spokemodel, and writer based in [[San Francisco]]. She has been awarded many community honors including as Grand Marshall in the [[San Francisco Pride]] parade and being named [[first lady]] of the [[The Castro, San Francisco, California|Castro district]] by [[California]] Assemblyman [[Mark Leno]]. She recently has served on the boards of the [[San Francisco LGBT Community Center]], the [[AIDS Emergency Fund]], [[Positive Resource Center]] and the [[Imperial Court System|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 subculture|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 Hotel|Sir Francis Drake's Starlight room]].(http://www.harrydenton.com/index.php?page=events&event=drag)
 ==Awards and honors==