Bebe Sweetbriar Explained

BeBe Sweetbriar
Birth Name:Kevin-Lee Junious
Birth Date:8 April 1962
Birth Place:California, U.S.
Occupation:Singer, Actor, Activist
Homepage:BeBeSweetbriar.com

BeBe Sweetbriar is the stage name of Kevin-Lee Junious, an American drag singer, actor, community activist, and host based in San Francisco, California. She has released two dance records, Save Me and Free to Be Me. BeBe is also host of multiple parties, such as Porno, a quarterly dance party and Play Trivia with BeBe[1] at Harveys, San Francisco. She hosts a weekly webTV talk show, It's Everything, on the Talk Stream Network.

Life and career

BeBe Sweetbriar was born and raised in Sacramento, California by Joan and Ace Junious. His given name is Kevin-Lee Junious. He is the youngest of four siblings, two sisters and one brother.[2] He has two daughters, Alessandra and Cydney.BeBe started performing at age 5. He learned how to play the trumpet, trombone, and baritone horn.

She stepped away from music and performing until 2006. This is the year Kevin-Lee created BeBe Sweetbriar, his drag persona.[3]

On May 18, 2013, San Francisco Pride selected Bebe as the parade's Community Grand Marshal over Bradley Manning.[4] [5] [6]

BeBe's collaboration with Knife & Fork and Leo Frappier, "UNITY," spent 9 weeks on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart peaking at position 25 on October 21, 2017.[7]

Activism

BeBe has performed for various fundraisers to benefit many LGBT organizations including AIDS Housing Alliance, Under One Roof, Larkin Street Youth, Lyric, GLAAD, Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation.

Discography

Filmography

List of theatre, television and film credits
Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2009Under One SunRegina
2009Devious, Inc.Lateck's Twin/Lola
2014EternalPost-production
Television
2020Hiraeth[8] Jazz

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Play with BeBe - Trivia at Harveys SF. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140802193218/http://www.harveyssf.com/play-with-bebe.html. 2014-08-02. 2014-04-04. Harvey's.
  2. News: Marks . Kippy . Nothing Sweeter Than Sweetbriar . 4 April 2014 . . 8 August 2013.
  3. News: Moskowitz . Ilan . LGBT 'superhero' uses drag persona to help others . 2019-09-24 . . BAR, Inc. . 25 June 2013 . He also went on to win Miss Gay San Francisco in 2008 and was Miss Desperate Diva 2008..
  4. Web site: Statement from the SF Pride Board of Directors . Facebook . 7 May 2013 . 9 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210210014127if_/https://www.facebook.com/SanFranciscoPride/posts/statement-from-the-sf-pride-board-of-directors-for-the-past-four-decades-sf-prid/627799370581778/ . 10 February 2021 . dead.
  5. Web site: Nathan . Melanie . SF Pride Announces Bebe Sweetbriar as 2013 Parade Community Grand Marsha . O-blog-dee-o-blog-da . Private Courts Inc. . 24 January 2021 . 18 May 2013.
  6. Book: Fischer . Mia . Terrorizing Gender: Transgender Visibility and the Surveillance Practices of the U.S. Security State . 2019 . . 9781496218506 . 58 . Not surprisingly, Manning was replaced with safer and less contentious political choices reflecting the allegedly successful inclusion of LGBT people into the nation-state represented by various celebrities such as BeBe Sweetbriar, a popular San Franciscan drag performer..
  7. BeBe Sweetbriar Billboard . Billboard . Billboard Media, LLC . https://web.archive.org/web/20210208142917/https://www.billboard.com/music/bebe-sweetbriar . 10 February 2021. 2021-02-08 .
  8. Web site: Hiraeth (TV Series 2020–) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb . IMDb . 2020-09-17.
  9. Web site: Imperial Family . Imperial Council of San Francisco . 11 January 2021 . Miss Gay San Francisco 2008, BeBe Sweetbriar.
  10. News: Here come the divas . 11 January 2021 . . BAR, Inc. . 3 October 2007 . Miss July BeBe Sweetbriar...was crowned Desperate Diva 2008 at the Grand Drag Pageant Saturday, September 29 at Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church..
  11. Web site: Solimeo . Luiz . Sacrilege, Scandal and Homosexual Ideology in San Francisco . . 10 April 2008 . 11 January 2021 . On September 29, 007 [sic], the parish hosted a show of transvestites titled 'Desperate Divas 2008 Grand Drag Pageant,' which the organizers described as follows: 'Twelve of the Bay Area’s most delicious drag divas will compete for the Crown and Title of Miss Desperate Diva 2008, culminating in the big reveal of who will grace the cover of the 2008 Desperate Divas Drag calendar...'.
  12. News: Laird . Cynthia . News Briefs: LGBT, allied businesses set for Pride expo . 23 September 2019 . . BAR, Inc. . 5 June 2013 . The San Francisco Pride Committee and dot429...will host Be Scene, a fundraising reception...Grand marshals BeBe Sweetbriar and Betty Sullivan will co-host the event....
  13. News: SF Pride Board to announce decision on Bradley Manning today . 11 January 2021 . . San Francisco Media Company LLC . 7 June 2013 . The SF Pride Board of Directors is planning to announce a decision Friday about whether Bradley Manning will be appointed Grand Marshal of this year's Pride Parade...The Wikileaks whistleblower was selected for the honor last month by a group of former grand marshals, but parade organizers declared him ineligible soon after because he isn't local, choosing drag queen BeBe Sweetbriar instead..
  14. Web site: Historical Grand Marshal and Honoree List . San Francisco Pride . 11 January 2021 . BeBe Sweetbriar 2013 Community Grand Marshal . https://web.archive.org/web/20170701013532/https://www.sfpride.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/HISTORY-Grand-Marshals-SF-Pride-1969-to-2016-v3-to-publish.pdf . 2017-07-01.
  15. Web site: The Nitey Awards - Celebrating creative excellence and patron experience in the nightlife industry . Nitey Awards . 10 February 2021 . 27 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171010014451/http://www.niteyawards.com/ . 2017-10-10 .
  16. News: Sachet . Donna . Oscars, Royals, and Niteys . 10 February 2021 . . BAR, Inc. . 8 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210210024620/https://www.ebar.com/arts_%26_culture///225855 . 10 February 2021 . live .

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