From Gay Cruise to Fire Island: Sister Helen Holy

This week on Trigger Warning, Adam and I are coming to you straight from our Fire Island ‘storage unit studio/ — because nothing says “thriving media empire” like folding chairs and exposed wiring.Adam and I survived a rain-soaked, chaos-drenched weekend of NYC nightlife, including a completely sold-out Dina Martina show (you’re welcome), an aggressively ugly sculpture I regret purchasing, and a series of questionable life choices that somehow led me to discover the one and only Sister Helen Holy… on a gay cruise.Yes. A gay cruise.Picture it: a packed theater at sea, men in mesh, cocktails sloshing, and suddenly — a Dallas Baptist woman reframing the entire experience as “high seas ministry.” I knew immediately she had to join us here at the Ice Palace and on Trigger Warning.And she did.Sister Helen Holy is a Baptist  from Dallas who believes gay cruises are simply floating opportunities to bring the gospel to “sinners.” According to her, it’s not a party — it’s a mission field.We get into:Why she considers sin her biggest triggerHow bingo became part of her evangelical outreach strategyWhether gambling and gospel can coexistHer first time on Fire Island (pray for her)And a very serious theological debate about deviled eggs vs. deep-fried eggsYou’re welcome.@triggerwaringnyc@redeye_ny@pridehousemediaWrite to us at: [email protected]