Why do the men on pagan pride posters look gay

Every day in June, I light a rainbow candle to honor him. June is Gay Pride Month. I am a gay man myself, and over the years discovering my pagan side, I have finally reached a few deities who seem to understand my pain, my outlook on the world, and those deities include these two.

In this vein, the Wild Hunt interviewed three Pagan members of the LGBTQ+ community who were celebrated pride in and woke up on June 13 to devastating news. My children are non-binary and transexual. While the Pagan and magickal community are accepting of LGB folk there is still work to be done.

Modern paganism and LGBTQ people Queer Pagan flag combining a pentacle and LGBTQ+ rainbow. It is up to individual traditions, leaders, and practitioners to find ways to embrace the Queer community, to initiate dialogue, and implement change as needed.

My husband, Car, is straight. Paganism and witchcraft have no central or governing body. That conundrum and fear haunted my relationship with the man for the next 30 years or so. My father now has a place on our ancestor altar.

Collectively, we three are Witches, Pagans, and Queer. Eyes were on pride as organizers faced to harsh truth of a changed political environment, the pain of its members after the attack, and a resolve to continue to speak its truth.

My father came out as a homosexual in my adolescent years when my parents divorced. The Pagan Queer Intersection When Communities Overlap Perhaps it’s not surprising that the Pagan and LGBTQ+ communities, sketched out on paper, could create a very nice Venn diagram.

Focus on the first color of the candle from the top. Pay attention to the energy of that color. Pick a positive intention from the color magick information that coordinates with that color. The intersections of LGBTQ people with Modern paganism vary considerably among different paths, sects, and belief systems.

Queer Pagan Pride The

My family and I have experienced first hand the lack of inclusion intentional or not within the Pagan community. For instance, clinging to founders as role models when they have a troubling past filled with homophobic, misogynistic, and racial bias.

Just like the LGBTQ+ community, the [ ]. Well, my kids and I that is. Being a Witch has allowed me to understand his bravery and dedication to being authentic, encouraging me to come out as Queer even though I never had the chance to tell him of my bisexuality.

My journey as a Witch is a large part of why that healing could take place. In the case of transgender folks, being left out is more often intentional. Thankfully, my father and I repaired our relationship before he died. Also, many Pagan and magickal traditions, in general, have a heterocentric view.

Beliefs, deities, and rituals reflect this binary system in ritual, writing, etc. This is unacceptable.

Twin Cities Pagan Pride

In the days ahead, I hope we can all take time to determine the next step forward toward equality and inclusion within the Pagan and witchcraft community. The Pagan community has long been a place for people who don’t fit into society’s expectation of cisgender, heteronormative, Christian individuals.

Part of the problem is an unwillingness to change.