Queer Nuns: Religion, Activism, and Serious Parody

by Melissa M. Wilcox

Book Overview

An engaging look into the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, queer activists devoted to social justice

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence make up an unlikely order of nuns. Self-described as "twenty-first century queer nuns," the Sisters began in 1979 when three bored gay men donned retired Roman Catholic nuns' habits and went for a stroll through San Francisco's gay Castro district. The stunned and delighted responses they received...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479820369
• ISBN13: 9781479820368
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"