Inda (Middle Initial) Beginning (née Inda Buttée)

Indy was born in a queer time and place, some deep, deep gutter space just between then and before something. Which makes her natal chart totally impossible to find online.

Notable Notes

• Voted (by at least three different people that one time) Portland’s #1 Hagioscope
• Teaches writing to foster encouraging spaces for honest and affirming self-expression.
• Is willing to take requests at karaoke-C minor, put it in C minor.
• “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” -Oscar Wilde

The Beginning of the Indy

As most epic heroines do, our story begins setting up folding chairs in drag at 11:30 AM in Back Bay for a brunch and variety show. Typical.

Upon discovering the Convent of the Commonwealth in 2016, Indy quickly found queer companionship in the Boston Sisters and began answering the age old question of so many random supplicants: “What the heck are you wearing?”

Indy received her black veil and used it to fly across the continental United States making friends in sister houses she stopped in along the way: Memphis, Louisville, Dallas, until she finally made it to her final destination: Portland, OR and the Order of Benevolent Bliss.

Then suddenly…

Since 2018, Indy has raised money at least two dollars and some change and sung “The Origin of Love” from Hedwig and the Angry Inch a total of 97 times at karaoke. They also have presented on gender diversity and affirmation in corporate settings, hosted a takeover of Pioneer Square for OBB’s 18th Anniversary, and published “The Bicoastal Ballad of Inda Beginning” in Our Bold Voice’s Defining Moments. And boy are my arms tired!

But what does it all mean??

It’s all about the look. Truly, from the looks I get on the street to seeing folks around me nerd out as their most awesome, uninhibited self, the eyes have it. And that’s the fun of being a sister. If we can claim to be nuns for the queer community, what’s stopping you from being exactly who you are, who you were meant to be, or, long before anyone told you no, who you wanted to be in the beginning?