A celebration of life for Edward Huser, known to many in the community as Sister Barbi Mitzvah, will be held Saturday, April 12 at 6 p.m. at Metropolitan Community Church-San Francisco, 150 Eureka Street. A procession through the Castro and ending outside the Edge bar will follow at approximately 6:45. Attendees are encouraged to wear pink.
Mr. Huser, a former San Francisco resident, died February 23 in Portland, Oregon of an apparent heart attack. He was 51.
As Sister Barbi, Mr. Huser contributed much to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an organization of drag nuns. He had been involved in Pink Saturday and helped produce the street party in 2009, the year Michael Jackson died. According to a biography provided by the Sisters, Barbi was one of the founders of the Russian River House.