The next day at a larger evangelical event including a Christian band the sisters joined in the dancing and flirted with the evangelists. The evangelist left but then returned in a larger group to be met by the sisters dancing and reciting the litany. One recited a litany asking among other things for 'mercy on the self-righteous who take away our liberty'. In August 1980 they confronted the evangelists, a dozen men dressed in 14th century Belgian nun's robes and habits, and according to one participant, Sister Missionary Position, 'a teensy bit of make-up so as not to be dowdy on a Friday night', met the evangelists at Harvey Milk Plaza. Their first protest as an official order was joining an anti-nuclear march in March 1980 with habits and pom poms and reciting their 'Rosary in Time of Nuclear Peril'. Either at the end of 1979 or beginning of 1980, the group decided on a name, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Initially they made postcards and greeting cards depicting them in their habits which they handed out with a requested donation to cover costs. Later that year de Garron designed habits for the members while the group discussed what to do. At the annual Castro Street Fair on August 19, 1979, Sister Adhanarisvara (Bunch) and Sister Missionary Position (Brungard) along with Sister Solicitation (de Garron) and Reverend Mother, the Abbess (Bill Graham) announced the order and started recruiting. Edmund Garron, appeared at a gay softball game in habit and with pom poms. Later Bunch and Burngard with a different friend, Agnes de Garron a.k.a. On Ap(Saturday of Easter weekend), three men (Ken Bunch, Fred Brungard, and a friend) dressed as nuns with habits, that Bunch had acquired several years before, walked through the Castro. The Castro District had been publicized nationally as a major gay neighborhood and was targeted by evangelists who took weekly trips to loudly preach to the residents about the immorality of homosexuality. At the same time, religious participation in politics appeared in the late 1970s with the activism of Anita Bryant, and Jerry Falwell's establishment of the Moral Majority. The Castro was also known for the outrageous characters who were 1970s mainstays, such as Jesus Christ Satan and The Cosmic Lady, who endeared themselves to local residents with their unique perspectives, particularly during street events such as the Castro Street Fair and Halloween in the Castro. By 1977, between 100,000 and 200,000 had moved to San Francisco from all over the United States, changing the political and cultural profile of the city. A gay bar opened on Market Street and gradually, gay men began to migrate to the neighborhood. Starting in the 1960s, the Castro District began transitioning from a working class Irish Catholic district going through significant economic decline. Their approach and appearance was not new or extraordinary for the place or time. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence made their first appearance on Castro Street in San Francisco in 1979. The group has been characterized by some Catholics (such as the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights) as anti-Catholic and a hate-group for impersonating and mocking Catholic practices and beliefs, including religious sisters. Throughout the movement's history there have been a number of conflicts with Christian communities. They have also protested many Christian, and specifically Catholic, events perceived as anti-LGBT, including the visit of Pope John Paul II to the United States. These orders are mostly registered as non-profit charity organizations that raise money for AIDS, LGBT-related causes, and mainstream community service organizations, while promoting safer sex and educating others about the harmful effects of drug use and other high risk behaviors. In 1979, a small group of gay men in San Francisco began wearing the attire of Catholic nuns in visible situations using camp to promote various social and political causes in the Castro District.įrom the original organization in San Francisco, the Sisters have grown throughout the U.S., Canada, Australia, Europe, and South America, and are now an international network of autonomous orders. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence ( SPI), also called Order of Perpetual Indulgence ( OPI), is a charitable, protest, and street performance movement that uses drag and religious imagery to satirize issues of sex, gender, and morality (particularly Christian perspectives on these topics) and fundraise for charity. Events, campaigning, advocacy, charity, religious satire

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