Angels in White Face, June 1990

Sister V.V. (Vice & Virtue) and Cardinal Anal Receptive were gracious enough to take me in on weekends during the six months it took to make the move from the Valley to the City. Almost every weekend had some special event or action that required each of us to create an appropriate outfit. Lets just say Macy*s just didn't have the “look” we were searching for.

Sister V.V. and I would begin every Saturday scouring the City for ingredients to create that night’s costume. Fabric stores to dumpsters, silk fabrics to vintage lampshades, trinket shops in the Mission to Tiffany's (OK Tiffany, the girl next door). We considered everything to be sacred and we were prepared to wear it. The rest of the day would be spent sewing, primping and painting our faces until we had transformed ourselves in to Midnight Divas.

Sister V.V. taught me to sew costumes and paint my face and I guess her influence made me look a little too Nun-ish, which led to some confusion in the order as to what I was up to and if I was dressed as a Nun or just a freak. It all came to a head when a local bar patron told me I looked like the fiesta display at Safeway! I told him, “Dear Sir, in the morning my costume will be stowed and my make-up will be washed away. I will once again look like a normal human being. Unfortunately for the rest of us, Sir, you will still look like a toothless old drunk!” So I guess you can say that I got my calling from a bar fly! His rudeness forced me to decide to sew or get of the pot and I decided to make it official and formally join the order. (The bar patron was never seen again. Weird.)

That no one single religion is more silly than another.

Participate, give back, do the best you can.

The bible is not to be tossed aside lightly.
It should be thrown with great force!

Razors pain you; Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful; Nooses give;
Gas smells awful; You might as well live.

Co-formed the Sister's Queer Army with Sr. Bufadora
Lead the infamous Easter Sunday demonstration at the Capitol Christian Center in Sacramento, 1992.
Helped fill an entire row of a DC-10 with Nuns as we flew in habit to the March on Washington D.C. 1993
Burned cop cars, oops! I mean, demonstrated against the veto of AB101 (California Gay Rights Bill)
Worked Halloween in the Castro in the early 1990's
Appeared in the Human Sexuality class at UCSF numerous times
Worked countless Dore, Folsom and Castro Street Fairs
Worked numerous Pink Saturday Events, gates and Dispatch
Grand Marshal Sister Float in the 2001 SF LGBT Parade
Sister Go-Go dancer for the B-52s, 2001 SF LGBT Parade
Sister Video project, digitizing 30 years of SPI video
Mistress of the Web Team 2010
Style Police at Life Ball, Vienna Austria, July 2010 & May 2011
Mistress of the Web, 2011

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