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 …
Jody Bender holds a sign near where Christian and Catholic groups protest the Dodgers’ inclusion of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence on Pride Night at Dodger Stadium on June 16, 2023. The protest was in response to the Dodgers’ plan to honor the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence — a satirical performance and activist organization made up of queer nuns in …
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 …
A member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence marches with fellow activists during the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s “Drag March L.A.” in West Hollywood on April 9. CatholicVote President Brian Burch — who has previously blamed the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attacks on the “pent-up frustrations of citizens” caused by pandemic shutdowns, “antifa” and “election irregularities” — said that …