SF Icon Sister Roma is this week’s guest on The Feminist Present

On this week’s episode of The Feminist Present, Laura Goode and I welcome SF icon Sister Roma, “the most photographed nun in the world.” Roma has been an influential member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence since 1987. The Sisters are an Order of queer nuns that debuted in San Francisco on Easter Sunday 1979; originally formed to draw money and attention to the AIDS crisis, the Sisters have spent over four decades in radically compassionate service to, in their words, “those on the edges.” Laura and Adrian got super emotional talking to Roma about the political value of drag, how the COVID-19 pandemic recalls that of HIV/AIDS, the Sisters’ tireless support for feminist causes, and real-life Sister encounters in San Francisco.