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Critics of drag, of which there have been many in recent years, often fail to appreciate how the artform uses humor to poke fun at those who hold power, especially those who wield that power to hurt marginalized groups.

“Maybe people will recognize that this man was, I believe, a saint walking among us.”

While many L.G.B.T. Catholics have welcomed Pope Francis’ emphasis on inclusion and welcome, they hope for future changes in policies and rhetoric around L.G.B.T. issues in the church.

In the first few years that Providence House was open, more than 10 residents died each year. By 1996, with new treatments available, that number was down to four.

The Sisters of Providence, a Catholic women’s religious order with a large presence in the northwestern United States, hadn’t necessarily sought to provide housing for people with H.I.V./AIDS in the early days of the crisis—the 1980s.

As a gay reporter covering the Catholic Church, I’m familiar with the many challenges facing LGBT people of faith.