Leo Martello (September 26, 1930 — June 29, 2000) was a noted Wicn prit, gay rights activist, Greenwich Village rint, and thor. He was a foundg member of the Strega Tradn, a morn form of Wic rmed by Italian herage and anctral teachgs. Durg his life, he published a number of books on such oteric subjects as
Contents:
- GAY WIC
- GAY WIC GROUPS
- QUEERG PAGANISM: A GAY PRACTNER’S PERSPECTIVE OF WIC-CRAFT
- PAGAN PATHS FOR A GAY MAN: WIC OR DIDRY?
- GAY WICN SPELLS THAT WORK
- GAY WCHCRAFT
- OUT OF THE BROOM CLOSET: GAY ACTIVIST & VILLAGE WICN LEO MARTELLO
GAY WIC
What is gay Wic? Well-drsed! Flamboyant! Sparklg! Serly, though, lots of lbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgenred folk practice Wic. In fact, Wic seems pecially sued to GLBT... * wicca gay *
What is gay Wic? There are lots of lbians, gay men, bisexual, and transgenr folks who practice Wic.
For simplicy's sake, "gay" will be ed to mean queer folk general, sce most people object to ls than "queer, " and 's cumbersome to keep wrg out "lbians, gay men, bisexual, and transgenr folks". GLBT people are weled to most Wicn circl, and this clivy is necsarily for gay spirualy.
A Gay Wicn is right on board, then, sce Wic mands beg rponsible only to yourself, the Earth (and all Her children), and your Dey. In fact, I believe is partly the gay fluence that gave birth to the New Wic.
GAY WIC GROUPS
Lookg for a gay Wicn group to Circle wh? While 's not a necsy to jo a Wicn ven, and lots of GLBT Wicns jo regular vens, some groups are geared specifilly to gay Wic... * wicca gay *
Is Gay Wic Any Different?
There's nothg herently different between gay Wic and "regular" Wic spirualy. Not unls the gay Wicns make so.
Can There Be Gay Gardnerians? So n be difficult for gay Wicns to fd a "tradnal" Wic ven to jo, eher as a sgle person or a queer uple.
QUEERG PAGANISM: A GAY PRACTNER’S PERSPECTIVE OF WIC-CRAFT
He knows gay Wicn spells that work. In fact, we all know how people who are om this muny are beg treated. * wicca gay *
Gardnerian Wic, wh s emphasis on sexual polary, n feel totally appropriate for a Gay Wicn.
Still, persistent gay Wicns n follow the Gardnerian Wic by focg on the qualy of spir rather than reproductive ans. Gay Wicn Spirualy.
Gay or straight, male or female, or any of the optns the middle... In fact, wh Wicn Spirualy, there is no distctn at all between gay or straight, male female or other.
PAGAN PATHS FOR A GAY MAN: WIC OR DIDRY?
(RNS) — But some pagans say more visibily for trans and gay members of a largely whe, mostly heterosexual muny is need. * wicca gay *
As mentned earlier, Gay Wicns offers special gifts to Wic — which are gifts to the world at large — such as... So What Is Gay Wic?
Gay Wic is jt Wic. Gay Wic.
There are some Wicn Covens and tradns that are specifilly created for gay Wic. And a lot of gay Wicns jo "regular" vens, tegratg naturally to the mix. But if you want to jo a gay Wic group, you'll want to know what's available.
GAY WICN SPELLS THAT WORK
Wic For Gay Women. Wic For Gay Men. Men have more optns for groups dited to Gay Wic...
Astarte, the Semic Godss of war and sexual love, had a ste of gay male prits her templ lled the is famo for his sexual prows wh both mains and shepherds. Iols’s shre Theb was often a place ed to bls homosexual unns, where male upl worshiped and ma vows. This was most famoly done by possibly the world’s only gay army, The Sacred Band of Theb, who swore soldiers to their legn at the tomb of, Artemis and Htia were specifilly virg Godss, possibly implyg asexualy.
This is why beg a wch and a pagan ronat wh me as someone wh the LGBTQ+ muny specifilly as a gay man. And I’m not the only one; exampl would be Alex Sanrs, the -founr of Alexandrian Wic, who me out as bisexual later life and created new ruals which sexual orientatn was irrelevant & Edmund “Eddie” Buczynski who the mid-1970s found The Moan Brotherhood as a Wicn tradn for gay and bisexual men. A notable and fluential homosexual Wicn Author would be Stt Cunngham who wrote some of the most popular books on Wic-Craft.
GAY WCHCRAFT
The first two books I read regards to the Craft were Gay Wchcraft: Empowerg the Tribe and Sons of the Godss: A Young Man’s Gui to Wic wrten by a nomee for the Lambda Lerary Award for Spirualy, Christopher Penczak who found his pagan path after searchg for a spirualy that honored and embraced his homosexualy. Many tradnal Wicns mata the emphasis on male-female pairgs and an acceptance of homosexualy.
OUT OF THE BROOM CLOSET: GAY ACTIVIST & VILLAGE WICN LEO MARTELLO
Margaret Adler wr her book Drawg down the moon: Wch, Dids, Godss-worshippers, and other pagans Ameri, “Some will claim that morn Wicns veneratg a homophobic prit, livg by his l, and fendg him dogmatilly don’t have any effect on how they treat LGBT people. I have found more acceptance pagan circl as an openly gay man both om other LGBTQ+ pagans as well as their straight/cis-genred unterparts than I ever did growg up the Christian church. It matters not whether we are gay, straight, bisexual, or transgenred – the physil world is sacred, and we are celebratg our physily, sexualy, human nature, and celebratg the Godss, Giver of ALL life and soul of ALL nature.
A product of his time, Gardner was known by others to be racist, sexist, as well as beg homo/queerphobic. Lois Bourne, another High prits who was iated by Gardner had this to say her book Dancg wh Wch, “Gerald was homophobic. He had a ep hatred and ttatn of homosexualy, which he regard as a disgtg perversn and a flagrant transgrsn of natural law….
‘There are no homosexual wch, and is not possible to be a homosexual and a wch’ Gerald almost shouted.