International Dish Email, 05/31/2007, New York City, NY

Sister Agnes writes:

Sister Hysterectoria here.

I designed the first San Francisco nun habits. They were based on the head pieces of Medieval Flemish virgins and were made by the City of San Francisco's Costume Bank Dept (it no longer exists.) The city asked $10 each for the 17 habits made. This was Sept or Oct of 1979. The pool of people to join and create the order were all radical faeries (not counting one Ken Bunch). The faeries had had their first ever gathering in Arizona Labor Day weekend, 1979.

The Habit headpieces were nicknamed :"Ear-Brassieres" by the original order

Love,

Sister Hysterectoria aka Agnes de Garron Founder of San Francisco SPI Order

Email response, 06/01/2007,

Sister Kitty Catalyst adds:

So to spell out for those catching up on SPI herstory

... the habits Sister Hysterectoria refers are the original habits that WE made for ourselves as opposed to the original handful that were permanently borrowed from a traditional convent in Cedar Rapids, Iowa under the pretenses of doing the musical "Sound Of Music."

For those keeping score, Sister Fink was one of those dead nuns whose habits we inherited, not a Sister who was also a fink.

International Dish Email, 10/21/2007, New York City, NY

Sister Agnes writes:

Original SF Order Founder Speaks OUT to the Press

Sister Hysterectoria here to talk about the San Francisco Order the World is dishing. I am an original founder of the San Francisco order and a radical faerie too, sometimes known as Agnes de Garron. I am also an ex-Catholic who has been known to receive holy communion at Mass.

The order was not founded on the idea of degrading nuns of the Roman Catholic church. We founders and the original order of 17 wanted to Be nuns, but we couldn't because: we were gay, we were male, we wanted sex lives out of the closet. So we invented our own nun order and a nun convent too. We thought our order for gay men would allow us all the fun of not obeying the almighty POPE and all the fun of dancing, praying and loving that a happy nun could possibly be. And be charitable and prolitical too. That included wearing petticoats and make up, but only if we wanted to. No enforcement.

If the Vatican sees the order of gay & lesbians SPI nuns now all over the world as a threat, than so be it. They still have all the money, the property, the art works, the power, etc.. And they have the right to criticize the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence too. How could our tiny orders all over the world be a threat to their giant religious empire is beyond me.

If you want to love the Church, hate the gay nuns and be gay and be a faerie too, that is your own business, even if it is a bit confusing to myself and others.

Love, Sister Hysterectoria ( Present Member of NYC order of bad girl nuns)

International Dish Email, 05/19/2008, New York City, NY

Agnes writes about the history of one of her names: Sister Banana Nut Bread. I am a Chinese Monkey Sign and I always baked Banana Nut Bread for all the Sister Meetings and Potlucks at the SF Convent.

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Dish Email, 01/04/2008, Edinburgh, Scotland

Brother Bimbo writes:

Many years ago, before I was even a novice, I was helping the Sisters collect money for Pride. Obviously everything was sepia in those days.

We were in CC's, and then, as now, some young man decided it would be really, really funny to try and grab Sister Bobby's veil. Unfortunately for him, he made his attempt in front of a leather dyke, visiting from San Francisco.

She grabbed the young man, held him up against the wall and, pausing between each word for dramatic effect, barked out "Don't. You. EVER. Try. That. With. One. Of. The. Sisters. AGAIN."

The young man was not seen by us again.

Dish Email, 10/06/2008, San Francisco, CA

Sister Lily writes: She helped to create the Queer Army

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Quote, Winter 2006/2007, RFD #128 (Radical Faerie Digest)

Sister Soami writes

but as Sr. Chanel often says "More is Better."

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Dish Email, 08/12/2007, Los Angeles, CA

Sister Erotica writes to the dish

Dear Sisters,

On Wednesday evening a few of us attended the premiere of a movie/documentary called 'Tweakers', a tool to help educate about the crystal-meth epidemic, which was produced by _www.thetweakersproject.org_ (http://www.thetweakersproject.org) We had assisted with funding the making of the film.

Anyways, after the show an older gentleman stopped me and said he had us (The Sisters) to credit for saving his son's life. He mentioned that about a year ago (June '06), his son was approaching his 6 month sobriety point. But had decided to give up and wanted to use again and was heading to the San Vicente Inn (a clothing optional resort in West Hollywood, where the MOPI Sisters were staying during Conclave). He met a Sister at the door, and after conversing with her, she suggested he turn around and go home. Well, the father was proud to say that his son is still sober today and thanks the Sisters.

It was a very touching story and I was proud to be your Sister. (Sisters Soami, Right Sarong, Pinky Lady-Slipper, Clara, Vulgara or Guard Shanti Fey).

Thank you.

Sister Erotica

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Bio History, 06/05/2007, n/a

From 6/5/07 eMail to Sr Titania:

It was Sister Clara Voyant who I contacted about being a daughter house of the seattle Abbey. after I approached Sister Monsterio about being a member of the order I was told that seeing that as I was too far away to go through the novititate I was just to go right ahead and just do my own thing, which is exactly what I did. I turned up at dances held by the local gay social group called The Tropical Fruits. and it wasn't until I finally moved to Canberra that I was blackveiled by Mother Edna, who now btw, is living somewhere in Virginia. My memory is quite bad after having a car accident but it couldn't have been less than the mid 90's that I joined.

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