The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/tag/queer-history)
“I really appreciated that instead of simply highlighting one queer aspect of history,” writes Sprocket Wagner, “this zine emphasizes the encompassing nature of queerness throughout time: that it is everywhere and always has been.”
As I watched the current two seasons, I often found myself driven to tears, not because of sadness, but because I felt it was so profoundly healing to see. Here, I saw myself in a world that still had its challenges but was still far more accepting than the one I had grown up in.
I call the queer ancestors the Rainbow Dead. This term specifies their special place in our collective histories as well as in our spiritual practices. Ancestors need not be of our blood in order to be potent allies in our lives and work. It just takes us getting to know them, and a recognition of the work that they did to lay a foundation upon which we today may walk.
Storm Faerywolf looks back on the history of queer rights that have shaped the modern celebration of Pride Month.
Storm Faerywolf examines the difference in response between the COVID-19 pandemic and the HIV/AIDS pandemic of the 1980s, and calls for solidarity and adaptability in the days to come.