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Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence won't be at Dodgers' Pride Night. Drag nuns are booked.

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a longtime charity organization made up queer nuns often in drag, receive the Community Hero Award in a pregame ceremony on pride night at the Dodger Stadium on Friday, June 16, 2023, in Los Angeles, California.

LOS ANGELES — The L.A. Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence won't be attending Dodgers Pride Night this year. Not in an official capacity anyway.

It's not a reaction to the events of last year, when the team's decision to honor the satirical performance and activist organization made up of queer nuns in drag, who are considered blasphemous by some Christians, with its Community Hero Award erupted into a national controversy, leading to a massive protest outside Dodger Stadium and causing concern for the Sisters' safety.

But it is indirectly related to all of that.

The Sisters simply don't

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