Back and forth continues over ‘queer and trans nuns’ inclusion in Dodgers Pride Night

by | May 31, 2023 | Religion

(RNS) — The discourse persists over the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s participation in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ upcoming Pride Night celebration, with right-wing worship leaders, major league baseball players and bishops joining conservative Catholic groups in opposition to the Sisters’ inclusion in the event.Meanwhile, at least one Roman Catholic nun has publicly spoken in support of the Sisters “for their financial assistance to those in need.”
“While I am uncomfortable with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence using the nuns’ old garb to draw attention to bigotry, whether Catholic or not, there is a hierarchy of values in this situation,” wrote Sister Jeannine Gramick in a letter to the Dodgers organization.
“The choice of clothing, even if offensive to some, can never trump the works of mercy,” according to the letter published on New Ways Ministry, a Catholic outreach that Gramick co-founded to advocate for LGBTQ people.

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence — a nonprofit that uses drag, fundraising and religious imagery in its social advocacy — was founded in 1979 in San Francisco after three men went out into the streets on Easter weekend wearing the traditional habits of nuns. The organization, described on its website as a “leading-edge Order of queer and trans nuns,” emerged as a charity organization when one of its early events at Metropolitan Community Church raised $1,500 for gay Cuban refugees in 1980.
The Sisters noted that they are a charity organization of human rights …

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“While I am uncomfortable with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence using the nuns’ old garb to draw attention to bigotry, whether Catholic or not, there is a hierarchy of values in this situation,” wrote Sister Jeannine Gramick in a letter to the Dodgers organization.
“The choice of clothing, even if offensive to some, can never trump the works of mercy,” according to the letter published on New Ways Ministry, a Catholic outreach that Gramick co-founded to advocate for LGBTQ people.

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence — a nonprofit that uses drag, fundraising and religious imagery in its social advocacy — was founded in 1979 in San Francisco after three men went out into the streets on Easter weekend wearing the traditional habits of nuns. The organization, described on its website as a “leading-edge Order of queer and trans nuns,” emerged as a charity organization when one of its early events at Metropolitan Community Church raised $1,500 for gay Cuban refugees in 1980.
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