Sister Jaq'elyn Hyde

Sister Jaq joined the Big Easy Sisters in 2017. Her name is a play on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a Victorian story about navigating two personalities in one body. While working on her own doctorate, Jaq realized that novel involved three of her favorite things: queer history, southern gothic literature, and New Orleans. Jaq was raised by a gay man and has always felt most at home around people who are theatrical, committed to others, and generally fabulous -- just like the Sisters! When she lived in San Francisco she always spent Easter with the Sisters, which is what inspired her novice project --  the first Hunky Jesus Contest this side of the Mississippi! 

Jaq's turn-ons include critical race theory, Oxford commas, and Mary Jane. She's turned off by anyone in the ideological vicinity of a Trump supporter. Jaq spends most of her free time making art out of unsolicited dick pics, summoning various demigods, and crafting comebacks that would have won arguments she had a few years ago. If the spirit of another being lives inside and guides her, it's got to be David Bowie.

Quotes:
"When life asks either or, choose yes, and."

"We are always in the process of becoming who we are."