![]() ![]() It was a time when gay activists were becoming bolder. “Jeanne opened that door.”Ĭórdova gained prominence as an activist in 1970, when she became president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis, a lesbian civil and political-rights organization. ![]() “We were so sheltered from the world and had no idea what a kaleidoscope of diversity lay outside our door,” Lu Córdova said. They questioned what it meant - coming out, being gay. ![]() She later reconciled with her parents, who persisted, unsuccessfully, in trying to win her back to the faith, Córdova wrote.įor her siblings, she was fascinating, Lu Córdova said. She recounted her convent experience in her 1990 book, “Kicking the Habit: A Lesbian Nun Story.”Ĭórdova’s devout Catholic parents struggled with their daughter’s coming out, and there was a “dark age” when she was estranged from the family for several years, Lu Córdova said. She left the convent and earned a master’s degree in social work from UCLA. She soon began questioning her sexuality and faith. Córdova joined the Immaculate Heart of Mary order of nuns in 1966. ![]()
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