“I think when Catholic lesbians come out, it's like a double oppression. Like Black women have a totally different view of what oppression is about. And I think that's true for lesbians too because when you don't get privilege you feel it, you really can see it and you're hurt by it. And I think that's why a lot of lesbians just can't stay connected with the church. I think I wanted to stay connected because my spirituality has always kept me sane. It's always really made me feel better about myself. It's who I was and helped me make sense of the world when nothing else did. Catholic spirituality worked for me. I've always been really lucky to have been exposed to the progressive stuff. I was exposed to Vatican II. There was a priest in my parish who did folk masses. They wouldn't let him do it at the church but he did it at the VA. And so it's like that little stuff, the fringe stuff that keeps me alive…. I just don't know why. I have this thing about “No, I'm still Catholic.” It's like a gene thing. Nobody can take that away and tell me that I'm not. I want to stay connected to that spirituality and also this social justice stuff, you know. That's real.