queer witchcraft

Asexual, A-spectrum, and aromantic folks are an important part of the queer community, but these identities are often left out of discussions of queer history. Well, not today! To my ace* and aro* friends: you are valid, you have a place in this community, and today we're here to talk about gods and spirits associated with your identities! An asexual person is someone who does not experience sexual attraction. The term "asexuality" was first coined in the 1890s, but records o

Note: Many thanks to my wonderful sister for proofreading this post and offering feedback from a trans perspective. Love you! A transgender person is anyone whose gender identity is different from what they were assigned at birth. This includes binary transgender identities, i.e., trans men and trans women, as well as nonbinary identities. Importantly, someone does not need to medically transition to be transgender. "Transgender" as a term goes back to the mid-20th century, w

There's a lot of pressue to be happy during the holidays. After all, as the songs on the radio are constantly reminding us, "It's the most wonderful time of the year." Or, at least, that's how it's depicted in pop culture. The reality is that the winter holidays can be pretty miserable for some of us. Maybe you've recently lost a loved one and feel a lot of grief about celebrating without them. Maybe you aren't on good terms with your family and don't have the option to go ho

I don't know about y'all, but in my corner of the world, this is about the time of year when winter starts to creep in. The days are...

This is the time of year when we make physical preparations for winter. In gardening, this is called overwintering. Overwintering tasks...

We're coming up on Samhain here in the northern hemisphere, which means it's peak ancestor work season for a lot of witches and pagans....

It's no secret that Halloween is related to an ancient Gaelic harvest festival called Samhain. (That's “SOW-en,” not “Sam-hane,” thank...

If you spend enough time in witchy spaces, at some point you will likely come into contact with other alternative spirituality and/or...

In the excellent book How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community, author Mia Birdsong writes about the importance of...

I am very excited to announce that I will be giving a talk at the 2025 Critical Thinking Witch Con next month! Critical Thinking Witch...

Many of us are drawn to magic, witchcraft, and paganism as a means of self-care. Whether we're living with a disability or chronic...

About this book: “The Empress tarot card is the key to understanding how creative expression is the foundation of true self-care. Our...

This is an oil I created for Spiralheart Convergence 2025, an online Reclaiming witch camp. The oil is inspired by the 2025 Convergence...

Note: This post is based on a workshop I taught at Spiralheart Convergence, an online Reclaiming witch camp, in 2025. That class was...

In the 1990s, Kelly found herself at the intersection of Atlanta's queer community, punk scene, and witchcraft network. She and her friends practiced witchcraft that was inspired by punk values and wore their ritual jewelry to hardcore shows, all while stubbornly defending their queer family in the face of the ongoing AIDS crisis.