The Father of the Radical Faeries, Harry Hay, founded the movement in 1979 with the intention of “exploring breakthroughs in gay consciousness,’ ‘sharing gay visions,’ and discovering ‘the spiritual dimensions of gayness” (Wilcox 103). Today, the Radical Faeries are a New Religious Movement bound by their “shared values [of] feminism, respect for the Earth, and individual responsibility rather than hierarchy” (RadFae). As an eclectic form of neopaganism, their “practices focus on honoring and healing the earth, honoring and healing queer folk and especially gay men, and exploring the sacred aspects of gayness and queerness” (Wilcox 104).
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