I really want to thank Sharon Bridgforth for sharing this video called “6 Rules For Allies”, as I learned about through it my friend, Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano. Definitely food for thought for me in light of my recent posts about support the queer family in Africa. It’s food for though for me speaking [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Spirituality’
Silence Equals Consent tour to challenge homophobia in African-American churches
A frequent guest and commentator here at Mandrake Society Radio podcast, Tuan N’Gai, is producing a tour of speaking engagements to challenge African-American gay people to collectively speak out against homophobia especially within black religious institutions. The tour entitled, Silence Equals Consent, is the mantra of the organization and website, Operation REBIRTH, which N’Gai [...]
Book Review: Sefer Digambara Pulkhanim ha’Yehudi by Joseph T. Farkasdi
Uniting the worlds of Judaism and naturism, practitioner Joseph T. Farkasdi has created a special volume of Hebrew religious literature called Sefer Digamabara Pulkhanim ha’Yehudi that reads more like a siddur (or Hebrew prayer book). While the term digambara means “clothed with air” and comes from a order of Jain monks, Farkasdi borrows from that [...]
Podcast: Interviews with Alpha Thomas and Mark Anthony Lord
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This week, I discuss past and present activism within the Dallas LGBT and African-American communities with Alpha Thomas. A long-time activist, mother, and breast cancer survivor, Alpha recalls her cross-coalition work towards HIV awareness and gay adoptions, as well as discussing her intent to re-start Umoja Hermanos, a poetry and support circle for lesbians [...]
New publishing on Jewish rituals for the naturist
Past Mandrake Society Radio podcast interviewee, Joseph Farkadsi, has just published a new book called Sefer Digambara Pulkhanim ha’Yehudi for those who are currently involved in or interested in the practice of performing Jewish rituals as a part of a naturist lifestyle. The book is literally translated, “Book of Ascetic Nudity Rituals of the [...]
Liberation 2010: a new national LGBTQ spiritual conference.
Just came across my Facebook stream today about a new national conference happening April 8 -10, 2010, to focus on Spirituality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people. Under the direction of Mark Anthony Lord, the conference entitled, Liberation 2010, looks like something you would think that a national organization like Human Rights Campaign [...]
NY Times articles highlight more of Ugandans side of the anti-gay conflict.
This special multimedia feature posted at NY Times features four individuals in Uganda, two transmen and two heterosexual men, and where they stand around the issue of the proposed “death to gays” amendment in the parliament. Since the recent retraction of support from key U.S. religious and political figures (also reported about in [...]
Seeking African voices on African issues: on Uganda
In light of heightened awareness in the LGBT community over recently introduced legislation affecting sexual minorities in Uganda and possibly soon (if you haven’t heard, Rwanda), I’m looking for and sharing as many African queer voices here on the blog as I can find. I need their written voice, as do you. Living [...]
