Musings of a Quaker Witch (Pagan Quaker)

It is my joy and privilege to announce that at the end of December, Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Concerns (FLG...

This autumn, I had the privilege to attend Rhiannon Grant 's workshop " Or Whatever You Call It " with F/friends from South Ea...

There is an excellent and timely post by dualitea at Tenure, She Wrote , about the increase in suicide attempts after highly-publicized sui...

Let's talk about the queer surcharge for a moment.  Here's just one example:  People in mixed-gender legal marriages, how much did...

Re-posted from Crystal Blanton (via Facebook ): I am noticing... again... the silence of the Pagan organizations in light of the recent ...

I have just update the list of communities presenting A Winter Solstice Singing Ritual this year, including: Edinburgh, Scotland;  Cost...

Way back in 2002, SheWho feminist women's vocal ensemble recorded the CD for "A Winter Solstice Singing Ritual" for me and my...

There's a new hotline for transgender people in crisis, Trans Lifeline.  They've been open for a few months but just went public, an...

There's an American holiday this month that is often associated with family.  I have been holding in my heart the too-many people I...

It’s 3:45 am when my pager wakes me. I speak to a man who is quite upset: his sister has just died – at the end of a long illness, but un...

Dear people who say you're allies:  When you act like you know more about the reality of the lives of oppressed people than oppressed pe...

Let's talk about ally behavior: 1)  Hello, white people: we don't get to decide what's racist, because a) we're not the ta...

Derailment, people.  Derailing is never, ever a good idea.  And yet well-meaning people do it all the time .  I feel the temptation at times...

I am about to post a series of articles on ally behavior. This started out as a single post based on one experience I had last week.  How...

"Hecate, Cerridwen," Reclaiming and Friends: Hecate, Cerridwen Dark Mother, take us in Hecate, Cerridwen Let us be reborn...

Friendly Pumpkin, (c) Anders Lagerås , used with permission Friday is Samhain, the Witches' New Year and the Feast of the Beloved D...

I am looking for people anywhere in the world who would be interested in doing a Winter Solstice Celebration based on A Winter Solstice S...

Because I do a lot of work around dying and death, and because Samhain is fast approaching, dying and death have been on my mind.  But in ...

I am sitting on the patio, doing preparation for the workshop I'm leading this weekend on what happens before we can fill out all the e...

The following is reprinted with permission from the author.  - sm To those who, like me, were raised to believe that the Confederate Fla...