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 to…
Sodomy is Prayer
Sodomy is prayer The penis is the most potent symbol of the divine masculine principle With each ejaculation it has the potential to create life or deliver disease that can lead to death The sacred power of sexuality was recognised by ancient religions the world over India has not entirely lost its heritage here…
GAY LOVE COULD SAVE HUMANITY
African Wisdom Teacher Malidoma Some of the Dagara Tribe brought his tribal understanding of gender and sexuality to the West in the 1990s. He, and his wife Sobonfu Some, both taught that it was accepted in their culture that a person’s inner gender may be different to their physical sex, and that the sexuality of…
Gay African History: Zanzibar
During the 19th century European ‘scramble’ for Africa, the Zanzibar archipelago, off the African east coast, was a British Protectorate from 1890 until it became part of Tanzania through it’s union with Tanganyika. In the 16-17th centuries the region had been under Portuguese control, before coming under the influence of Arabic cultures under the Sultan…
Uganda’s Gay Issue
April 26th, 2023: President Museveni of Uganda sends the Anti-Gay Bill back to the Parliament, requesting various amendments: “According to the legislative processes, legislators could pass or reject the President’s proposals. Technicality if President Museveni fails to assent to the Bill on second enactment, it will regardless gain the force of law. In the event…
Homophobia: History Repeating
In 18th century England a growing “hatred of sodomites, generated by disgust and fear, was justified, even encouraged, as a defence of society, love and of women. This virulent hatred, and the spontaneous acts of violence it inspired, were enough to stop those people who objected, such as philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1738-1832), from making their…
John of the Cross: On the Creation
He created the world A place for the bride Fashioned with great wisdom And divided into two rooms. One above and one below. And the lower part of the place Was made of infinite differences, But the one above was adorned With glorious jewels So the bride might know her Bridegroom. Full poem below… This…
Interview on Queer Spirituality
QUEER SPIRIT FESTIVAL, 17-21 August 2023 at Bridwell Park in Devon, UK, is a celebration of the creativity, love and spirituality of LGBTQ+ people. Our theme this year is RECLAIMING QUEER NATURE in all its magical, world-changing, enlightening and liberating potential. I gave this interview to Brian Madigan of GayGuru.com about the origins and aims…
Gay Priests of the Goddess
“Our beautiful lovely sexuality is the gateway to spirit. Under all organised religions of the past, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, there has been a separation of carnality, or shall we say of flesh or earth or sex, and spirituality. As far as I am concerned they are all the same thing, and what we need to…
Harry Hay’s Queer Spiritual Vision
Harry Hay (1912-2002) was founder of the first national organisation campaigning for gay rights in the 1950s, the Mattachine Society, and one of the founding father-mothers of the, now global, tribe of Radical Faeries. His life-long passion to liberate gay people from religious, legal and conformist pressures was motivated, he said, by a “vision I’ve…
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