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Title: Sister Boom Boom not dressed as his female persona
Contributor: Sahl, Ted (photographer) (Creator)
Contributing Institution: San José State University, Special Collections and Archives
Collection: Ted Sahl Collection
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives Department. http://library.sjsu.edu/sjsu-special-collections/sjsu-special-collections-and-archives
Description: Member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Sister Boom Boom not dressed as his female persona.
" in 1982, Sister Boom Boom ran under the 'Nun of the Above' ticket in the race for Supervisor of San Francisco. Amidst all of the brouhaha about whether or not she should be allowed to run, she campaigned hard, spoke eloquently, and won over 23,000 votes." Sister Boom Boom not dressed as his female persona, Ted Sahl Collection, MSS 1996-03-01 San Jose State University Library Special Collections & Archives. http://www.thesisters.org/world_orders.html
Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
5 X 3 in.
Identifier: islandora:80_81
filename: sahl_sisters_perpetual_indulgence_003
oclc: 601585237
islandora: 80_81
Language: English
Subject: Gays
Female impersonators
Nuns
Gay culture
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Relation: Ted Sahl Collection

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