News
Ramaswamy joins TikTok and promptly cursed
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Republican Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy just joined TikTok to the dismay of WitchTok. Curses follow.
Opinion
Opinion: Pride and Prejudicial Ponderings
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We need to be visible for the next generation of kids so that they know that there is a place for them in this world. For that small percentage of children who are destined to be queer, our visibility can be a shining beacon of hope that can make the difference between giving up and hanging on for another day.
Editorial
Editorial: Trans people are under attack. What are Pagans going to do about it?
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Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott examines the current assault on transgender rights and calls for the Pagan community to show support to our queer siblings.
LGBTQ
Opinion: How the “Rainbow Wave” Changed the Story of the Midterm Election
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Storm Faerywolf discusses the increasing numbers of queer politicians elected to office in the United States, and how they played a pivotal role in the U.S. midterm elections.
Culture
Column: The Dark Heart of Billy Graham
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On the last day of February and the first day of March, the corpse of evangelical Christian minister Billy Graham was presented for public viewing in the rotunda of the United States Capitol Building. Graham was only the fourth private citizen whose body was honored in a ritual normally reserved for presidents, elected officials, and military officers. The only other exceptions to the rule have been civil rights icon Rosa Parks and two Capitol Police officers who died in the line of duty, Jacob Chestnut and John Gibson. Graham is the first religious leader to be awarded this honor by the government of the United States of America. The first clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” Laying out a preacher’s dead body in the central building of the nation’s legislative branch does not establish his form of Christianity as an official federal religion, of course, but it is a bold break with 166 years of tradition at the Capitol, and it clearly gives an official stamp of approval to a man who made his living selling one branch of one faith.