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Affiliation | Nonpartisan |
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Name | Sister Boom Boom |
Address | San Francisco, California , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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February 21, 1955
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Died | August 05, 2012
(57 years)
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Contributor | RBH |
Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur Aug 12, 2023 04:04am |
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Cancer - Islam - Gay -
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Info | Jack "Sister Boom Boom" Fertig
Sister Boom Boom, also known as Sister Mary Boom Boom, was the drag nun persona of astrologer Jack Fertig. He was a member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
Fertig was born in Chicago, Illinois. Often erroneously credited as a founder of the group, Sister Boom Boom actually joined the Sisters in 1980, several months after its founding. He left the order in the Spring of 1986. His full name was Sister Rose of the Bloody Stains of the Sacred Robes of Jesus, which would trail into a sing-song cadence and a long fermata. This called for a short nickname.
In 1982, Sister Boom Boom ran for a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors with agitprop campaigning tactics bringing humor and raising issues he felt were being ignored in the race. He won 23,124 votes with his occupation listed as "Nun of the Above". Five supervisors were elected; he placed eighth. After he started campaigning for mayor in 1983 against incumbent Dianne Feinstein, San Francisco passed an ordinance requiring candidates to use only their legal names on the ballot. This was commonly called the "Sister Boom Boom law"
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