This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

Sisters Movie House

x
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Sisters Movie House
Phone:
+1 541-549-8800

Address:
720 S Desperado Ct, Sisters, OR 97759, USA

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence , also called Order of Perpetual Indulgence is a charity, protest, and street performance organization that uses drag and religious imagery to call attention to sexual intolerance and satirizes issues of gender and morality. At their inception in 1979, a small group of gay men in San Francisco began wearing the attire of nuns in visible situations using high camp to draw attention to social conflicts and problems in the Castro District. The Sisters have grown throughout the U.S., Canada, Australia, Europe, and South America, and are currently organized as an international network of orders, which are mostly 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 risky behaviors. In San Francisco alone where they continue to be the most active, between 1979 and 2007 the Sisters are credited with raising over $1 million for various causes, or almost $40,000 on average per year.Early members of the group, while not hiding their masculine features or facial hair, are characterized by San Francisco gay community historian Susan Stryker as the embodiment of genderfuck. Their appearance has changed over the years; the nun motif remains the same, but it has been joined with exaggerated make-up that accentuates the rebellion against gender roles and religion. The Sisters have attracted controversy both within and outside the LGBT communities, but have received the harshest criticism for obvious parodies of Catholic icons and policies.
Continue reading...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Attraction Location



Sisters Movie House Videos

Shares

x

More Attractions in Sisters

x

Menu