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10/29/2006
12:03:37 pm EST
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Gay Pagans Pull From The Past For Samhain
Author: Will O'Bryan Source: Metro Weekly (DC)
Title: A HOMO HAUNTING
  There are any number of icons that pop up at Halloween. Skeletons, jack-o-lanterns, ghosts and witches readily come to mind. And though none is particularly gay in its own right, the costumed festivity of Halloween has been adopted heartily by the gay community. After annual Pride celebrations, Halloween may be seen as one of the gay community's most revered occasions.
For many, the holiday is an excuse for drag. For other creative queers, it's an opportunity to let one's imagination play and create a fabulous costume. For most, it's time for a party.
But despite the modern trappings of bite-sized candies and naughty-French-maid costumes, there are traditionalists in the gay community -- and beyond -- who are sticking to a more formal interpretation of this autumnal interlude between the lazy days of summer and the chill to come.
''It's a Celtic tradition,'' explains Eric Riley, referring to Samhain -- pronounced ''sow-en.'' As a member of the D.C. Radical Faeries, it's the name Riley recognizes for what the rest of us call Halloween.
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| What's Great. . . | Oct 30th. at 9:01:58 am EST
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Dynnys Derwydd (Lubbock, Texas) - Email Me
. . .about this article is the fact that it show how open and accepting Paganism is when it comes to sexual orientation, unlike certain other religious ideologies.
We do not judge people by their gender, religion or sexual orientation. We Pagans are, normally, the most accepting of people, judging people by both their words and deeds, and not the unimportant things.
Fight with knowledge, not in ignorance.
honi soit qui mal y pense,
Dynnys Derwydd
H.P., Lucus Cortinae
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| Woohoo! | Oct 29th. at 9:07:24 pm EST
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AnnieBW (Laurel, Maryland) - Email Me
I loves me some RadFae! They're a great bunch of folks, and always willing to help. One might even say that they're "fabulous"!
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