The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are used to attracting attention, but many acknowledge that the recent whiplash from the Dodgers situation has taken an emotional toll.
The Dodgers faced serious consternation after the franchise announced it would no longer honor satirical LGBTQ+ group the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence during its annual Pride Night event.“We’re not mocking anything,” said Sister Harlot D Lite . “We appreciate nuns, and we’re doing it our own way, for our community.”All of the sisters work on a volunteer basis, and any money they earn through donations, appearances or the events they throw is disbursed to charitable organizations.
Sister Unity remembers taking a confession in the bathroom stall of a gay bar from a burly leather daddy who was worried about his boyfriend. Sister June Cleavage recently spent 30 minutes at the sisters’ annual White Dress Party holding the hand of a volunteer who was grieving for his mother, who had recently died.Some sisters think the anonymity of the white makeup allows people to open up to them.
“Unless you have a phobia, you know the clown is not going to hurt you. He’s the dumb one, the one that has no value,” she said. “And so it allows us to access in other people the dark places they might be afraid to go.”Joining the Sisters is not as simple as choosing a great name and putting on makeup. The process usually lasts at least 18 months.It begins with the aspirant stage, when a person declares their interest in becoming a sister, selects a name and starts attending meetings.
To graduate to full-fledged sister, each novice must complete a project, such as producing an event or organizing a safe-sex campaign. One sister wrote a cookbook and gave the proceeds to an AIDS organization. Another organized a sister story time at an LGBTQ+ space in Torrance, where sisters read to kids in English and Spanish.
When news media suggested that the Dodgers initially rescinded the award because the baseball team’s fan base is largely Latino and Catholic, Sister Bearonce Knows, a lifelong fan of the team, was upset. “I was like, ‘Yeah, that’sSister Tootie said that for many of the sisters, the initial snub called up painful experiences from the past.
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