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Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and Improv Street Theater in San Diego

April 13, 2016 by Barbara Zaragoza

“We’re here to comfort those who are disturbed and disturb those who are comfortable.”

By Barbara Zaragoza

The Sisters, above all, are a spiritual group. Their work has a calling. As Sister Kali explains, “We function within our community as the sacred clown. We go out and by acting contrary through our various means, we give the community an opportunity to find its own answers, their own questions even…We can define the extremes so that people know where the middle ground is and that way they feel a little bit more comfortable in that space.”   [Read more…]

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The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Diego Chapter

April 6, 2016 by Barbara Zaragoza

By Barbara Zaragoza

They’re witty. They’re irreverent. Their fully professed Sister names range from Sister Hungry Bitch to Sister Hysterectoria. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Diego Chapter seek “to promulgate universal joy and expiate stigmatic guilt.”

They’ve been called drag queens. They’ve been called a sorority of gay men. As a matter of fact, to be a Sister is a calling and their focus is on helping community members who have been marginalized or ignored.   [Read more…]

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