The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/tag/lgbtq-rights)
March 8th marks International Women’s Day throughout much of the world. This year’s theme from the United Nations focuses on the legal rights and status of women, who globally have only 64% of the legal rights of men.
The Senate’s confirmation of Brittany Panuccio restores a conservative majority at the EEOC, signaling major shifts in workplace policy. From diversity programs to religious accommodation, the agency’s new direction could reshape how equality, faith, LGBTQ+, and gender rights as well as how it applies the definition of “religious freedom,” Pagan organizations and employers may face new uncertainty and scrutiny as employment policies once meant to protect all faiths may now show preference to majority traditions.
We need to be queer-as-f**k in the face of overwhelming oppression. Those of us who feel called to be visible can stand as lights for those trapped in the darkness of their closets. We will meet fear with pride, and a healthy dose of fabulous silliness. Because silly is a superpower.
Until now the Christians have had to suffer in silence. Now, thanks to the Trump administration, they can complain in anonymity.
Same-sex marriage is now legal in Greece and Pagans and Witches quickly reacted to the news.