Harry Hay (1912-2002) Here are some quotations and photos to assist communion with the spirit of Harry, gay activist and founder of the 1950s Mattachine Society and one of the three founding motherfathers of the Radical Faeries…. Harry was born in Worthing, UK, and lived his life in the USA. Give yourself permission to enjoyContinue reading “Hanging with Harry Hay”
Category Archives: Queer Spirit
Queer History – Queer Destiny
When we look at the past it is always through a coloured lens. Historians have always tended to reflect the values of the ruling elite of the time and record history from that viewpoint. Translators of ancient texts have always hidden things in order to not offend the currently dominating, acceptable morality of the time.Continue reading “Queer History – Queer Destiny”
SPIRITUAL GAY MEN ON SEX
On the Spiritual Gay Men Group on Facebook somebody asked a simple question: CAN SEX BE SPIRITUAL? It’s turning out to be our most engaging post yet, with over a hundred comments, and over 90% of the men speaking up are absolutely sure it either is or can be….. ‘100% sex IS one of ourContinue reading “SPIRITUAL GAY MEN ON SEX”
Men Loving Men
Men have always enjoyed erotic encounters with men on heaths, in woods, on beaches, in parks, cottages, saunas and secret sex dens this has been going on since humans walked the earth – communing with Pan, Eros, Priapus, Dionysus, we recall we came seeking ecstasy, union, bliss when we chose to undertake birth into humanContinue reading “Men Loving Men”
THE GENDER SPECTRUM
The idea that male and female are two distinct and separate genders, into one or other of which everybody is supposed to fit, is a very modern, patriarchal model that, although now widely spread through the world, has no basis or grounding in history, or in biological nor spiritual fact. It is high time weContinue reading “THE GENDER SPECTRUM”
Texts of Queer Spirit
World AIDS Day
In the early 1980s sex suddenly became scary – the sexual revolution that began in the 1960s took a very dark turn. At first known as Gay Cancer or GRID (gay-related-immune-defiency), the world eventually settled on HIV and AIDS as the terms for this deadly manifestation. A brief decade of sexual ‘innocence’, where play was plentifulContinue reading “World AIDS Day”
Rainbow Rising
Spiritual liberation is the missing element in the modern journey of LGBTIQ+ people around the world. Coming out about our sexuality or gender identity results from our need to be true to ourselves, we listen to our souls and from the soul comes the courage to be who we are. The same principle applies toContinue reading “Rainbow Rising”
Gender and Homosex: AFRICAN WISDOM
“… among the Dagara people, gender has very little to do with anatomy. It is purely energetic. In that context, a male who is physically male can vibrate female energy, and vice versa. That is where the real gender is. Anatomic differences are simply there to determine who contributes what for the continuity ofContinue reading “Gender and Homosex: AFRICAN WISDOM”
The Many Names of Queer
Some people like to claim there was no homosexual identity until the word was invented in the nineteenth century, yet this is a very limited way of thinking. Historians have certainly shown the emergence of a queer subculture in the form of molly houses in the 18th century, that grew out of the thriving theatreContinue reading “The Many Names of Queer”
The Soul is Trans
In a small town pub in Suffolk I spoke to a lad about the inner feminine – he took great offence to the idea that he might have a feminine part to himself, almost to the point of aggression. What in heaven’s name are they teaching kids at school? The Soul is Trans, we manifestContinue reading “The Soul is Trans”
Holy Queer Spirit
At certain times and in many places on planet earth, those people who bore both female and male spirit in one body, because they were rare and different, were regarded as holy beings. At certain times and in many places sexual union between people of the same visible gender, because it was only practised byContinue reading “Holy Queer Spirit”
Queer Spirit(ualists) with Attitude!
Attitude magazine this month has a colourful, somewhat teasing and intriguing, feature about some of the team behind this summer’s Queer Spirit Festival. The piece is appropriately enough entitled ‘Free Spirits’, making the point that here are queers finding our spiritual expression outside of formal religion. For some reason however the front page headline theyContinue reading “Queer Spirit(ualists) with Attitude!”
Queer Resistance
THEY WILL NOT BULLY US ANY MORE WILL NOT BEAT US WITH THEIR MACHO MANIA WE QUEERS DEMAND RESPECT FOR OUR EXISTENCE OR THE WORLD WILL MEET OUR RESISTANCE This is what we are up against… “Anti LGBT+ protesters descended on a hotel yesterday (April 11) in Kiev, Ukraine where the European Lesbian Conference (ELC)Continue reading “Queer Resistance”
THE LOST QUEER STORY OF EASTER
It’s well known that Christian holy days were placed in the calendar to replace long established pagan festivals. Spring was a time when the pagan cultures of Europe and the Middle East celebrated the rising energy of nature with ceremonies relating to suffering and rebirth. In southern Europe the Goddess Persephone/Proserpina was said to returnContinue reading “THE LOST QUEER STORY OF EASTER”
Canaries in the meth mine
the second sexual revolution has been building since the turn of the millennium once AIDS had disappeared from our hospitals and gay bars. dating websites were the start of the cyber game, which gay men embraced with gusto where drug deals and dates started to become a normal combination in some quarters gaydar – gayContinue reading “Canaries in the meth mine”
The Rites of Queer Spirit
in the temples of the gods and goddesses of the ancient world, all around the Meditteranean, the women, queer men and the in-between/non-binary folk, practiced our sex rituals the rites of Dionysis , when women went to forest orgeia with their transsexual god, were built into the Greek calendar…. when men started to join inContinue reading “The Rites of Queer Spirit”
Faerie Freedom Fuckers
We fight the good fight with lipstick and kisses made for pleasure not for punishment we know that’s what a fist is; faeries fucking for freedom and fighting for the light we’re frolicking and fornicating to bring an end to the longest… darkest night. . Once, faerie menwomen opened the gates to the cosmos butContinue reading “Faerie Freedom Fuckers”
Cybele, Attis and the Gallae
Magna Mater to the Romans, crazy Goddess to Greeks, beloved Mother Cybele to the common folk, the queers, outcasts and rebels. Worshipped from 600BC in Greece, 200 BC in Rome and then across northern Africa, southern Europe and up as far north as Britain for 700 years, her priest/esses were known as the Gallae. TheContinue reading “Cybele, Attis and the Gallae”
Living Our Priesthood in the World
An excerpt from Two Flutes Playing…. To be gay is something that begins within ourselves. In begins in our hearts, in that place that is never separate from the living heart of Infinite Oneness. To be gay is something that begins with ourselves, that finds itself mirrored back, echoed back to us by the tribeContinue reading “Living Our Priesthood in the World”
A QUEER HOMAGE TO THE GREAT MOTHER
Autumn Equinox 2018 The Sun moves into Libra, sign of Balance, the cardinal air sign ruled by the Goddess Venus, its cardinality launching us into Autumn, the season of harvesting what we have sown in the year, shedding our leaves and remembering our connection to the Ancestors and other worlds. The festival of the AutumnContinue reading “A QUEER HOMAGE TO THE GREAT MOTHER”
Calling all Queers!
“We look forward to creating a genuine Gay culture, one that is free from exploitation by bars, baths, and gay business owners. We look forward to re-establishing women’s mysteries and men’s mysteries as the highest expression of collective Gay culture and sexuality. We look forward to regaining our ancient historical roles as medicine people, healers,Continue reading “Calling all Queers!”
EUROPE IS AN ANCIENT FAERIELAND
We tend to think of the ancient Greek and Roman civilisations as being relatively accepting of homosexual acts and relationships in comparison to the Christian culture that superceded them in Europe. But we have been misled. The Greeks and Romans tolerated same sex activities only in certain circumstances, most famously that between adult and youngerContinue reading “EUROPE IS AN ANCIENT FAERIELAND”
Gatekeepers: Gays in The Dagara Tribe
I feel very fortunate to have met Sobonfu Some in 2016 at the Summer Solstice. I asked her a question about the Dagara tribal attitude to gay people and the room was suddenly engulfed in a huge smile and laugh from the lovely Sobonfu. “We don’t call them gay” she said, “they are the specialContinue reading “Gatekeepers: Gays in The Dagara Tribe”
URANUS: Queer Planet
URANUS has shifted sign from fire Aries to earth Taurus. Astrologers are excited, for Uranus is the planet of inspiration, awakening, revolution and liberation. Beginning a new traversal of the zodiac from the first sign Aries since 2010, Uranus has spent 7 years subtly changing our very understanding of who we are. This shift canContinue reading “URANUS: Queer Planet”
TRANS EMERGENCE
TRANS EMERGENCE IS SOUL EMERGENCE In recent times…. Technologically humanity has advanced, but Spiritually we are still in the backwaters… Mistranslated ancient texts are used to dominate and abuse Opinionated bigots hinder the advance of human understanding Yet a new light, that is also an ancient light is dawning The emergence of Trans identity isContinue reading “TRANS EMERGENCE”
A TRIBE OF HEARTS
Radical Faeries gather around the world, creating zones of heart based communication, where we can retune our bodies, minds and spirits to the rhythms of nature, where we support, nourish and love each other, and find healing, purpose and inspiration. We are groups of Queers discovering the spiritual power hidden in sexuality, and learning toContinue reading “A TRIBE OF HEARTS”
AIDS SHAMAN
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/shokti Presenting my first book to the world… available now as ebook, print version coming… my awakening to the spiritual realms began while sick with AIDS in the 1990s… Here is a collection of my poetry and prose to make you think about the role gay/queer people play in the human story, plus inspiration from queerContinue reading “AIDS SHAMAN”
The Goddess and the Gay Tribes
God is an antagonistic concept for many Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Trans people, but at the same time many of us have a deep spiritual sensibility that deserves exploration. We do not have to go knocking at the doors of the religious Father God figures to do this however, for closer to our souls is the unconditionally loving presenceContinue reading “The Goddess and the Gay Tribes”
Hanging with Harry Hay
Harry Hay (1912-2002) Here are some quotations and photos to assist communion with the spirit of Harry, gay activist and founder of the 1950s Mattachine Society and one of the three founding motherfathers of the Radical Faeries…. Harry was born in Worthing, UK, and lived his life in the USA. Give yourself permission to enjoyContinue reading “Hanging with Harry Hay”
The Queer Spiritual Frontier
Queer Spirituality is the movement of lgbt+ people taking matters of faith into our own hands, making way for the discovery of the innate, magical flow of the divine gifts of the Soul. It is queer people finding our own ways to commune with and celebrate the Mystery behind all Creation, however we perceive that.Continue reading “The Queer Spiritual Frontier”
Song of Queer Spirit
Singing through the clouds shining through the stars Rising through the ocean stirring in the land….. Queer Spirit…. Calling to queer souls to remember the ancient ways celebrating the Oneness of nature and consciousness the dance of divine design in which the only thing that believes in separation is the human mind. The Sun and MoonContinue reading “Song of Queer Spirit”
Our Most Ancient Original Ancestry
ONCE UPON A TIME all Love and Play and Sex between humans on planet earth was natural, normal and not-restricted-by-laws. We lived in the garden of Eden in the sense that we had not made some things right and some things wrong. We experienced the innocence of being a child of creation.. Every day weContinue reading “Our Most Ancient Original Ancestry”
Queer Shamans
THE QUEER SHAMANS who play, dance and work in light and dark not afraid of either for they are in touch with the ether and the rainbow that lies beyond the illusion of duality the effects of electromagnetism and gravity they’ve come to restore some sanity QUEER SPIRIT calls together awakening queers in touch with natureContinue reading “Queer Shamans”
Gay Sex is Magical
Magic… the act of Transformation of Consciousness at Will This is what queers do. When we get together with a shared intention we weave our emotional and sexual energies in ways that create atmospheres, in which magical experiences happen. Cavernous railway arches become nirvanic dance venues. Cellars become incredible sex dungeons. Park toilets become sexContinue reading “Gay Sex is Magical”
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