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Sancta: What to know about the opera with explicit lesbian sex, live piercings, and naked roller-skating nuns
Arts & Entertainment

Sancta: What to know about the opera with explicit lesbian sex, live piercings, and naked roller-skating nuns

The German opera's use of explicit sex and real blood caused 18 audience members to require medical treatment in one weekend.

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Books

We Will Have Nun of That

A young woman realizes she has a particular gift, but some of the authority figures around her just don't want to understand her psychic abilities.

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World

Cher Might Play a Nun

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World

Nuns Defect Over Gay Acceptance

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Religion

Parents Outraged by Presentation From Catholic Nun

Parents of students at an N.C. Catholic school are upset by an offensive talk on homosexuality.

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Religion

WATCH: Catholic Nun Shocks Italy's 'The Voice'

A 25-year-old nun wows judges with rendition of Alicia Keys's "No One."

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Books

Coeditor of Pioneering Book on Lesbian Nuns Dies

Rosemary Curb, coeditor of Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence, has died at age 72.

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World

Vatican Rebukes American Nuns for Radical Views

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World

Bachmann Claims Attempted Abduction by Lesbian Ex Nun

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Religion

N.C. Catholic Bishop Nixes Event With Pro-LGBT Nun

However, an LGBT-affirming Baptist church has stepped in to host a talk on inclusion by Sister Jeannine Gramick.

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Religion

Will the Catholic Church Accept its First Openly Transgender Nun?

Londoner Tia Michelle Pesando is ready to open doors for trans people in one of the church's most gender-regulated spaces.

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Religion

Rogue Nuns Stand Up to Vatican

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World

Nuns Boot Lesbian Asylum Seeker Out of Housing for Attending Pride

Nuns affiliated with Mother Teresa's charity kicked the Ugandan asylum-seeker out of their shelter in Amsterdam. 

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Religion

Dem Convention Schedules Conservative NY Archbishop and Prominent Liberal Nun

Archbishop Timothy Dolan will deliver the closing prayer at both major-party conventions, and the Democrats will also hear from popular Nuns on the Bus leader Sister Simone Campbell.

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Politics

California Lawmakers Celebrate Drag Nun & Pride Month While GOP Seethes

The state’s legislature is entering Pride Month loud and proud.

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Religion

Meet the Controversial Spiritual Adviser to Trans People

A Catholic nun has provided religious counseling for hundreds of transgender people throughout the U.S.

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Women

Women Who Paved the Way: Author Nancy Manahan

Today's queer woman to know coedited the groundbreaking book Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence. 

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film

'Benedetta' Trailer Sees Collision of Lesbians, Eroticism & Religion

Paul Verhoeven's latest film, about a 15th-century nun who works miracles in and out of the boudoir, is set to premiere at Cannes. 

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Politics

Kenyan Lesbian Granted Asylum in U.S.

A Kenyan nun who came to the U.S. on a student visa realized that coming out would jeopardize her life if she returned to her home country.

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Art

WATCH Before We Were Queer

A remarkable new art exhibit showcases images from queer history including lesbian nuns throughout the ages and a sculpture that recalls the first recorded relationship between two men.