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Radical Faeries

Modern Pagan and Heathen Organization
Origin from 1979

Radical Faeries are a loosely affiliated worldwide network and countercultural movement blending queer consciousness and secular spirituality, sharing various aspects with neopaganism and adopting elements from anarchism and environmentalism. The movement began during the 1970s sexual revolution among gay men in the United States, and the gay activists Harry Hay, Mitch Walker, Don Kilhefner and John Burnside organized the first Spiritual Conference for Radical Faeries in September 1979. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Origins
Origin Period
from 1979 1
Year of the first organized Spiritual Conference for Radical Faeries; the lead describes the wider movement as beginning during the 1970s without a more specific year.
Founder
Harry Hay, Mitch Walker, Don Kilhefner and John Burnside (organizers of the first Spiritual Conference for Radical Faeries, 1979) 1
Classification
Activity
Worship and Religious Practice 1
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Founded By

Co-organized with Mitch Walker, Don Kilhefner and John Burnside; recorded here as founded-by per the mint lane's own gap record, Hay being the movement's best-documented originating figure.

Source Radical Faeries (Wikipedia)
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1. Radical Faeries (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    Gay activists Harry Hay, Mitch Walker, Don Kilhefner, and John Burnside organized the first Spiritual Conference for Radical Faeries in September 1979.
  • Introduction, activity
    are a loosely affiliated worldwide network and countercultural movement blending queer consciousness and secular spirituality.
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