"As the fog burned away, the hills above filled faster than in years past. By the time the main event started around noon, it felt like all of San Francisco was packed into the park, locked in for one of the city's wildest - and most meaningful - traditions: Easter in the Park with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Hunky Jesus is how we know it, but it's also a lot more."
""I am really proud of our theme this year," Sister Roma told me. "No Easter without the T. It's to show our solidarity with the trans community, which is under brutal attack right now." Since returning to office in 2025, the Trump administration has ramped up efforts to undermine, mischaracterize, and erase the trans community from civic life, military service, and even history."
"Hosted by Roma, Honey Mahogany, and Alex U Inn, the event featured fiery speeches, including out gay State Senator Scott Wiener, who declared, "I love this event because this represents everything they hate!" "Rainbow energy is brighter than life itself," proclaimed Sister Shelita Corndog during the opening prayer. "Free stolen immigrants and all of us who Trump would disappear." She ended with a directive: "Unleash our joy!""
Easter in Dolores Park drew massive crowds under blue skies and rainbow flags for Hunky Jesus and Easter in the Park with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The event combined drag performance, political protest, and community ritual with a theme of trans solidarity: 'No Easter without the T.' Organizers used the celebration to counter renewed federal attacks on transgender people, name historical trans contributions to queer liberation, and call for immigrant freedom. Hosts included Sister Roma, Honey Mahogany, and Alex U Inn, with speeches from State Senator Scott Wiener and Sister Shelita Corndog urging joy as resistance.
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