The National Football League (NFL) has announced it will be hosting its third annual ‘Night of Pride’ event; but it’s who the organization is partnering with that is causing concern. This year the NFL is working with a drag group called The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The ‘sisters’ are controversial, as they use ‘go and sin some more’ as their motto and often dress as Jesus and Mary.
The NFL’s ‘Night of Pride’ will be held on February 7, leading up to the Super Bowl in Las Vegas. The event is supposed to “spotlight advances in the future of LGBTQ inclusion in professional sports as well as the NFL’s commitment to LGBTQ former and current players.”
The NFL has partnered all three years with a non-profit organization called GLAAD – the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. As for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, they had their own experience with Major League Baseball (MLB) this past year as well.
The Los Angeles Dodgers announced they would be awarding the drag group with a. Community Hero Award during their Pride Night celebration in June. Outkick.com writes, “after the Dodgers realized how insulting their awarding of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence was going to be and rescinded the group’s invite, the folks over at GLAAD voiced their displeasure.”
“Let me be clear. This is NOT inclusion. LGBTQ rights and inclusion are rooted in protest and education. If you claim to stand for queer rights and joy yet fear controversy, get out of the way for others to do it right,” Tony Morrison, the Senior Director of Communications for GLAAD, tweeted on May 18.
Ultimately, the Dodgers bent the knee to the mob and gave The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence their award over an hour before the game’s opening pitch on June 16.
The Dodgers aren’t a part of the equation when it comes to the NFL’s relationship with GLAAD, however. Morrison’s statement says it all, GLAAD is an organization that strongly supports biological men dressed in drag as nuns to mock Catholics and Christians and wants anyone who disagrees to “get out of the way.”