Indulge in a walk with The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to discover how an order of queer nuns has transformed the Castro.
55 Minutes
Spreading love and joy through activism and charity never looked as fabulous as it does with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. This Castro community "order" of queer nuns in drag started in 1979 and has been going strong ever since. Narrator Sister Flora Goodthyme, a former drug addict and make-up artist, finally found his calling to do charity work with the Sisters and became one of the youngest Sisters to ever wear the veil. Flora will tell you all about how the Sisters have ministered to the queer community, using humor, protest, and controversial religious imagery to raise over $1 million for various causes.
Narrator
Mark Jacques a.k.a. Sister Flora Goodthyme
Contributing Voices
Timothy Ryan a.k.a. Sister Mary
Timothy Simplicity
Kenneth Bunch a.k.a. Sister Vicious
Power Hungry Bitch
Cass Brayton a.k.a. Sister Mary Media
Head of Content
Heather Schuster
Executive Producer
Kim Kantner
Producer
Megan Peterson
Associate Producer
Adriana Franco
Editor
Connor Stock
Sound Design
Julian Kwasneski
Costas Dafnis
Music Supervision
Mikael Sandgren
Image Credits
Cover photo: Stan Pechner
Navigation photos: Adriana Franco
Archival Images: Sister Flora Goodthyme, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Special Thanks
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Terance Allan
Jared Heming
Podcast Episode Contributing Volunteers
Kris L.
Starting Locations of All Detours
