Happy Pride

June 3, 2021 / Yvonne Aburrow / 4 Comments

Happy Pride everyone.

❤️ Here are three of my favourite LGBTQ+ movies: Pride, about Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners. Torch Song Trilogy, which I saw in my first few weeks at university because the Gay Society did a screening (yes folks, in the 1980s the Lesbian and Gay societies at uni were two separate things). And The Birdcage (which I prefer over the French film it was based on) in which gayness eventually wins over the stiff straights.

More reflections on queerness and intersectionality after the cut. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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If your coven is inclusive, say so

January 22, 2021 / Yvonne Aburrow / 5 Comments

Recently I was contacted by someone from the USA looking for an inclusive coven. Having ascertained what state they’re in, we started trawling through the coven listings on Mandragora Magika. It’s hard to figure out from the listings which covens are inclusive.

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Queer Magic Interviews

January 11, 2021 / Yvonne Aburrow

I’m doing a series of interviews with queer magical practitioners. So far there are three published: River Enodian, Fire Lyte, and Misha Magdalene.

Coming soon: Enfys Book, Cassandra Snow, Soli, Julian Vayne, and more. Subscribe to my YouTube channel so as not to miss them.

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Same sex initiation

October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 / Yvonne Aburrow / 4 Comments

Fantastic article from Katie Gerrard. I agree 100%. Same sexual initiation should be valid in Wicca.

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Using the inclusive Wicca symbol

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 / Yvonne Aburrow

The inclusive Wicca symbol was devised by me, but other people are welcome, and encouraged, to use it. I would prefer it if people used it to represent genuinely inclusive Wicca. To that end, I am licensing it under Creative Commons.

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Cakes and wine in a pandemic

March 14, 2020August 1, 2020 / Yvonne Aburrow / 3 Comments

Most religions that share food and drink have been having discussions about how to modify these practices to make them safe during the coronavirus pandemic. Mostly that means not meeting at all.

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A Queer Pagan Reading List (2020)

February 5, 2020September 22, 2020 / Yvonne Aburrow / 4 Comments

An update on my 2018 post and my 2015 post. Please add your recommendations in the comments.

I have reorganized the list by author and added topic tags; if you prefer a list by topic, have a look at my 2018 post.

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Notable and quotable 21

December 20, 2019January 6, 2021 / Yvonne Aburrow / 1 Comment

Posts I enjoyed this week.

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Beltane is coming

April 14, 2019August 1, 2020 / Yvonne Aburrow / 5 Comments

Everyone’s getting ready for Beltane. In the face of climate change, the Anthropocene, mass extinction, and all the scary stuff, it feels important to celebrate Nature and all its diversity. That does not imply to me in any way that we should focus only on heterosexual fecundity. Nature is diverse, and that includes humans. All acts of love and pleasure are Her rituals.

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Notable and quotable 5

March 22, 2019May 10, 2019 / Yvonne Aburrow

This week I have been mostly reading The Guardian with great sadness over the horrific murder of 50 Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand, and growing incredulity at the self-inflicted wound of Brexit. So I have not been keeping up with what’s going on in the blogosphere.

However, I just spotted this excellent post about queer magic by Julian Vayne.

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