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November 2023

November 13, 2023

Between Two Worlds: Transgender Day of Remembrance 2023

TDoR is an annual observance on November 20 honoring the memory of those whose lives...

November 17, 2022

The Corner Crone: Sacred Gender (Review)

I fervently hope Sacred Gender becomes a foundational text for Pagan clergy and leadership throughout...

June 2022

June 18, 2022

Between Two Worlds: Anna, Another Lesson From Hekate, and Release

No matter our gender, gender identity or sexual persuasion, we all need to have a...

May 2022

May 28, 2022

Between Two Worlds: Mika

Mika Ellen Orzech was a human rights activist, Internet News Provider, and started the Facebook...

November 2021

November 15, 2021

Between Two Worlds: Transgender Day of Remembrance 2021

Every November 20 the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) honors the memory those whose lives...

August 2021

August 25, 2021

Between Two Worlds: High School – Again?

For over a year I have felt that I may reconnect with someone now that...

November 2020

November 13, 2020

Between Two Worlds: Transgender Day of Remembrance 2020

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR), observed annually on November 20, honors the memory of those...

July 2020

July 03, 2020

Beyond Binary Witchcraft: Essential Reads for Queer and Trans Witches (and Especially Allies)

Here's a small reading list, both for my fellow queer and trans witches, and -...

November 2019

November 22, 2019

The Balancing Path: Transgender Awareness and Living Personal Truths

We all have personal Truths, whether we have no idea yet what they are, we...

November 13, 2019

Between Two Worlds: Transgender Day of Remembrance

The Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) is an annual observance on November 20th of every...

March 2019

March 04, 2019

Acorn & Antler: What’s Under Your Robes?

I was taught about “Seeing the God in Every Man and Seeing the Goddess in...

January 2019

January 09, 2019

Between Two Worlds: Living Stealth…or Not?

About four years ago, I decided to be honest with what I am and not...

November 2018

November 18, 2018

Between Two Worlds: Transgender Day of Remembrance

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the...

August 2018

August 25, 2018

Between Two Worlds: TERF’s, Transphobia and Transgender Violence

Where will transphobia and transgender violence end? When transgender people are granted complete and affirming...

May 2018

May 21, 2018

Between Two Worlds: New Moon, New Crossroads, New Journey with Hekate

I just knew that Hekate would be involved in the entire process, including being with...

June 2016

June 23, 2016

The Lady’s Quill: Hope Over Hate

Things are changing. Despite the things we witness around us, they are getting better. We...

June 20, 2016

Seeking the Grail: Women’s Rituals

Typically I don't offer single-gender only rituals or workshops. I'm a cisgender female, so to...

April 2016

April 12, 2016

Witch on Fire: HB2 – There’s a Safe Pot to Piss in at the End of the Rainbow

This bill isn't really about transgendered people, or what pots they piss in, but it...

December 2015

December 10, 2015

The Lady’s Quill: A Transgender Perspective on Gendered Mystery Rites

Reducing men's or women's experiences to a biological function is a dangerous oversimplification. There are...

November 2015

November 19, 2015

Wyrd Words: We Are Our Deeds

There’s this unfortunate tendency in Pagan circles for those holding the title of ‘Elder’ to...

September 2015

September 24, 2015

The Lady’s Quill: Queer and Trans Identities and Pagan Mythology

Trying to shoehorn figures from our mythologies into modern concepts of identity can be harmful...

August 2015

August 17, 2015

Seeking the Grail: Activism – Can’t You Take a Joke?

Recently, I went to the Bristol Renaissance Faire. I used to work there in my...

June 2015

June 14, 2015

Birthing Hereditary Witchcraft: Parenting and Caitlyn Jenner – Sexual Identity and Tolerance

Sexual identity has been thrust into the news these past weeks as Bruce Jenner officially...

June 02, 2015

Alone In Her Presence: Caitlyn Jenner and Still Knowing Goddess

When Caitlyn Jenner appeared today on the the cover of Vanity Fair, and my first...

October 2014

October 24, 2014

Queer of Swords: Halloween – The Secular Festival of Becoming

Looking beyond the Undead Tomato costumes and the candy corn, is there really something basic...

September 2014

September 11, 2014

Queer of Swords: A Prayer for Compassion Toward Z Budapest

In light of Z Budapest's recent outburst against the kink community in which she suggests...

July 2014

July 03, 2014

Queer of Swords: Oh What a Great Rite!

In many traditions, particularly in lines descended from Gardnerian and Alexandrian British Traditional Witchcraft, it...

June 2014

June 19, 2014

Queer of Swords: It’s Not Rocket Science!

I can’t speak for all Pagans, all queers, or for that matter, all queer Pagans....

February 2012

February 22, 2012

Overview of the PantheaCon Gender Debate

The discussion over the "Genetic women only" ritual by Z Budapest at PantheaCon is in...