Letters to the Editor: A nun, a gay Catholic and other Christians on the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
1 year, 7 months ago

Letters to the Editor: A nun, a gay Catholic and other Christians on the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

LA Times  

Members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence participate in a Pride parade in West Hollywood in 2016. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence is a fringe group that often parodies sacred Catholic rites in a very offensive manner. To the editor: The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence deserve affirmation and appreciation. To the editor: Many Catholic Californians love and respect the art and community service of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.

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Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence won’t be at Dodgers’ Pride Night. Drag nuns are booked
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence won’t be at Dodgers’ Pride Night. Drag nuns are booked

LA Times  

Sister Unity, left, and Sister Dominia accept the Dodgers’ Community Hero Award on behalf of the L.A. Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence during a pregame ceremony a Dodger Stadium on June 16, 2023. They are completely booked for all of Pride Month this year, something they credit to all the publicity they received a year ago during what founding member Sister …

Letters to the Editor: L.A.’s archbishop should be more troubled by his church than drag nuns
1 year, 6 months ago

Letters to the Editor: L.A.’s archbishop should be more troubled by his church than drag nuns

LA Times  

L.A. Archbishop José H. Gomez, seen in March, held a Mass before the Dodgers honored the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence on Friday. To the editor: Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez’s Mass to “pray for our city” is a disgrace to the church and another slap in the face to the survivors of abuse that has been repeatedly and systematically …

Column: For some LGBTQ+ Catholics, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are a drag
1 year, 6 months ago

Column: For some LGBTQ+ Catholics, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are a drag

LA Times  

Julian Del Real-Calleros is a Lynwood Unified School District trustee and Catholic who is LGBTQ+. Church Militant, which will livestream the protest, thinks the idea that gay is good “is completely false.” Meanwhile, Catholic League President Bill Donohue has said that Pride Month is nothing more than “a function” of the LGBTQ+ community’s “narcissistic tendencies.” I’ve also heard from good …

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence: Meet the irreverent order of LGBT+ drag nuns that beat the LA Dodgers
1 year, 7 months ago

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence: Meet the irreverent order of LGBT+ drag nuns that beat the LA Dodgers

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. One of their mottos ran: …

For Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, being a drag nun transcends Dodgers drama. It’s a calling
1 year, 7 months ago

For Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, being a drag nun transcends Dodgers drama. It’s a calling

LA Times  

Ask the L.A. Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence why they decided to join the order of drag nuns, and most of them will tell you it’s because they felt the call. “When I found out the message of the sisters was about removing stigmatic guilt and repairing people’s joy, I was like, ‘I need to do that for myself, and I …

Drag nuns in the outfield? Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence also invited to Angels’ Pride Night
1 year, 7 months ago

Drag nuns in the outfield? Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence also invited to Angels’ Pride Night

LA Times  

Members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at the West Hollywood Pride parade in 2016. Anaheim’s mayor has invited the queer nuns to the Angels’ Pride Night in June after the Dodgers initially decided not to honor them at their Pride Night due to pressure from conservative Catholic groups. The mayor of Anaheim invited the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a …

Los Angeles Dodgers remove gay ‘nun’ group from Pride Night
1 year, 7 months ago

Los Angeles Dodgers remove gay ‘nun’ group from Pride Night

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers have disinvited a satirical LGBTQ+ group called the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to the team’s annual Pride Night after opposition from conservative Catholic groups. “Given the strong feelings of people who have been offended by the sisters’ inclusion in our evening, and in an effort not to distract from the great benefits that …

The Dodgers booted the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Then came a big-league backlash
1 year, 7 months ago

The Dodgers booted the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Then came a big-league backlash

LA Times  

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence were among the thousands who turned out to participate in the 2019 AIDS Walk L.A. With their kabuki white face paint, electric blue humor and black medieval garb, the satirical nuns of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence have long been California’s most recognizable drag outfit, and among its oldest queer service groups. “The Sisters of …

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