[2] Jeffery Alan Jones, LGBTQ+ scholar, notes that "Sweets was visible within white [Lexingtonian] society in few ways that African Americans of the period could be.

Sweets frequently hosted and entertained in her Prall Street home in Lexington, and made regular appearances, as a cheerleader in uniform, at University of Kentucky football games, as well as other events.

[10] In the 1960s, Sweets and a teenage aspiring drag artist, were arrested in downtown Lexington under violation of the city's cross-dressing ordinance, which prohibited men in particular from donning women's clothes and/or makeup.

After police raided what is now the Bar Complex on East Main Street in Lexington for them "wearing disguises", Leigh sought refuge at Sweets home.

[2] Sweets' life and experiences are also recorded and featured in a 2013 documentary film, Last Gospel of the Pagan Babies, a project of Media Working Group, with Jean Donohue as producer/director.

[13] In 2017, local author, historian, and director of the Faulkner Morgan Archive, Dr. Jonathon Coleman, spoke on the legacy of Sweets during a hosted event at the Lexington Public Library.

The proceeds from the library event went toward funding the Moveable Feast organization in Lexington, KY, which prioritizes getting cooked meals to people living with HIV/AIDS among other illnesses and disabilities.