Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence

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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! 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. Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). My favorite sections were “Journal of a Novice” by Barbara MacKenna, which was a contemporaneous journal and gave lots of useful details about daily life in a convent, and “Second Generation” by Mary Alice Scully, which was about a mother and a daughter who were both coincidentally lesbian nuns.

In Nederland komen dergelijke verhalen weinig voor en anders had ik het wel geweten (de kloosterwereld is erg klein). For most of my convent life my emotional and sexual needs were either repressed or redirected into prayer, work, or other acceptable activities. On the other end of things, you have this: There were not any physical Lesbian relationships in my convent because we had complete separation of bodies.

I promised God never to feel again, never to be visible, to continue my path toward greatness that everyone told me I was destined for. Interessant om te lezen hoeveel ex-nonnen daarna actief zijn geweest en ook leidende rollen hebben gehad in de homo-emancipatie en anti-racisme beweging. that not only did they cultivate special relationships in their religious communities, but that those friendships sometimes turned into love affairs. My one wish is that the focus of the book was not so America- (and Canada-)centric; my film takes place in France and I am curious to know how cultural differences impact homophobia in the church.

These are autobiographical tales from women nearly two generations removed from me, and while I appreciate their bravery, their writing often falls into 1960s women’s studies platitudes.Omdat mijn beeld van nonnen en het kloosterleven erg veranderden door dit boek, heb ik het er met een novice over gehad. Meaning the movement lost Republican women, housewives, and soccer moms afraid of what their husbands and family would think. The shared experiences of these women matter, and their experiences in the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s can be reflected and seen today among lesbian/bi women. Curb guessed that the percentage of gay women in convents might in fact be higher than the 10% figure often ascribed to the general population. She pulled into Albuquerque on Saturday afternoon, accompanied by her 73-year-old mother, Ruth Manahan.

It’s fascinating to see so many women look back on a time in their life and reflect on their motivations, loves, and sexuality. Fascinating collection of stories of women who identify as lesbian (the book capitalised it—Lesbian—which tickled me pink) and who were, or are, nuns.

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Because talking was allowed only during restricted periods and preferring the company of one nun over the others was forbidden, Manahan said she often had to confess to two transgressions--breaking silence and having a particular friend.

Their combined message, though, is an important one, and their honesty and frank style won me over as they shared very personal, and often painful, details of their experiences. It was widely controversial and television stations which featured an interview with Curb and Manahan on the syndicated show Sally Jessy Raphael barred its airing in Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco. Yet, if they knew I was a Lesbian, they might know me even less, because of whatever homophobia, stereotypes, or projections they might have.