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SisterBearie@AZSisters.org Mistress of Archives Sister Bearie de Lishus of the Flaming Creme Brulee was born on August 7th, 1968, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. When she was around 12, she realized she was different than the other boys by the fact that she liked other boys. She hid that fact for time, but then at 15 began going out to the gay hot spots in Providence to see what was really out there for her (mainly a lot of generous older men who don't mind buying a boy a drink). At 16, she took her first trip to Provincetown, MA, with a friend, the music of the day being the Pointer Sisters' "Jump" and Culture Club's "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me". She fell in love with this small gay paradise on the cape and vowed to return one day. Bearie
went home and decided that modeling was her next step, so off to school
she went. And even though the modeling career did not turn out as she
had hoped, she did end up in front of the camera later in her adult
life, and that training walking has never failed to help when wearing a
pair of pumps. At 18, she kept her promise to herself and
followed her dream to move to P-town to bask in gay life!
In
P-town, she made many friends, performed in her first shows
wearing girl clothes and met the first man to play a significant
romantic part of her life. Her first real love was her partner
Tim, who taught her the floral trade and how to arrange dried flowers
and make money at it. Together, they had a shop in P-town and
even spent one winter in Florida along with the other P-town
business gypsies who moved south in the winter when the gays quit
coming for the season. They ran their shop together for many
years before the relationship ended, but she and Tim remained
very close friends until his passing a few years later.
Needing
a change of pace, Bearie decided to move west to be with his closest
sibling, his sister Margaret and her partner, Becky. She rode
into Arizona on a train to Flagstaff where they picked her up and
drove her from the January snow of the high country into the warm
Valley of the Sun and Phoenix. She worked many jobs
during that time from Taco Bell to Scottsdale Foundation for the
Handicapped until eventually ending up at the Point Hilton at
South Mountain. It was around this time that Bearie met her
current partner of 15 years, Doug. Less than a year after
meeting, they were living together and a year after that, had bought
what would be the first home for both of them. They and their two
dogs, Bear and Rhoda, have been living happily there ever since.
It was also around this time that Bearie discovered a new group of
friends and she and her best friend, Steve, decided to start a club for
this new group of hairy men, The Bears of the West.
Bearie
was very involved with the BOTW for over 8 years, made many great
friends, got to know many in the gay community and spent most of that
time as a club officer and president. Finally deciding it
was time for something new, she left the responsibilities of the club
to the next generation of leaders, but not all the great friends she
met there. It was also about this time that Bearie
became interested in another group of of intriguing friends, the
Grand Canyon Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. This group combined
many of her passions into one: heels, dresses, makeup, social
involvement in the gay community and fundraising for worthy causes. And
makeup...did I mention makeup? Their motto of community outreach
and guidance without guilt really rang true with her, as well as their
saying about "joy, love, peace and happiness". She was overjoyed
to finally become a Black Veil on November 15th, 2008. Bearie
looks forward to a lifetime of camraderie, friendship and service with
his Sisters not only here in Arizona, but with Sisters around the world!
To be
continued.....
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