November 17, 2015

In writing what I offered on Friday, I choose to stand on the side of compassion. People have asked me where is my compassion for the transcommunity? People have asked me where is my compassion for the activists who are also being called out for naming what they have wittnessed as egregious? Perhaps I should have limited my writing to Macha Nightmare, whom I know best? However I decided to step into the fire and write about three situations that had inpacted the Pagan community. I was unaware at the time I wrote my article there were wider allegations than the ones expressed, and the previous statements held a history of promoting transgender exclusivity, specifically that transgender women are violent preditors and offedners. Things are very polarized for me, and in these situations where my internal compass is torn, I lean even more so into compassion. Read more