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The Los Angeles Dodgers reversed its decision to disinvite the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an LGBTQ+ drag-performance group that co-opts Catholic imagery, from its “Pride Night.” The team will give its “Community Hero Award” to the Los Angeles chapter.
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence was founded) in 1979 by “Sister Vicious PHB,” “Reverend Mother,” “Missionary Position,” and “Hysterectoria-Agnes” and is credited as being among the earliest users of the phrase “safe sex.” The group claims to have produced “the world’s first fundraiser benefit for an AIDS organization” in 1981. The organization is a self-described “Order of queer and trans nuns” and the four stages to becoming a recognized “Sister” include “Volunteer,” “Postulant,” “Novice Sister,” and “Fully Professed.”
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence annually host a “Foxy Mary and Hunky Jesus” contest on Easter Sunday and a “Project Nunway” charity fashion event. An estimated 10,000 people attended the 2023 “Hunky Jesus” Easter event in San Francisco, wh
ich featured pole dancing on a cross.
Do you believe that the Los Angeles Dodgers are being ‘inclusive and welcoming to everyone’ by giving an award to a group of gay and transgender drag performers that intentionally mocks and degrades Christians—and not only Christians, but nuns, who devote their lives to serving others?,” Senator Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) wrote in a May 15 letter to Major League Baseball commissioner Robert Manfred.
The Dodgers released a statement on May 17 disinviting the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from its 10th annual Pride Night, which is scheduled for June 16.