Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence

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She was also a board member of the National Women's Studies Association and chair of the organization's Lesbian Caucus. She pulled into Albuquerque on Saturday afternoon, accompanied by her 73-year-old mother, Ruth Manahan. Many of the personal accounts and essays included in this book are similar, which can become a bit repetitive, but the similarities shared by so many different women are eye-opening and part of what makes the book so fascinating and important. I still love this book and I give major props to anyone who is willing to speak their own truth and speak out no matter what.

Adding a young, lonely, confused butch lesbian to this charged atmosphere, will also light some fires.

The path of the total eclipse of August 2017 had our offices at 99% totality - we closed the office to go watch the spectacle, but first we put together this gallery inspired by eclipses to celebrate.

I don't begrudge her the use of a pseudonym, but I wish I could look her up, because that's a whole nother kind of journey, and I'd like to read more! Ik kreeg daardoor de indruk dat het kloosterleven en in het bijzonder nonnen soms een beetje in diskrediet gebracht werden.The recently released “Love Tenderly” tells the story of 23 sisters coming to grips with their sexual orientation in the context of religious life. As a humorous aside, I was watching a 3rd season L-Word the other day and this book was featured in the opening flashback snippet about nuns in the 80s. A great picture of what convent like was like during the 60s and 70s for the nuns and their "particular friends.

They also embodied a new understanding of church “where all God’s people live in pure love, social justice and truth,” she said. The latest example of this has been the life of Walatta Petros, a 17th Century Ethiopian nun whose struggles to protect Ethiopian Christianity against the Catholic Church earned her a sainthood. It’s also about breaking the rules, and that, Curb said, is the reason the topic has struck a chord with so many non-Catholics and non-gays.The ratings/reviews displayed here may not be representative of every listing on this page, or of every review for these listings.