trans inclusion at PantheaCon

[ianphanes]

There was kerfluffle at PantheaCon about trans inclusion.  One response can be found at:
http://fruitofpain.wordpress.com/2011/02/27/in-response-to-the-lilith-rite-at-pantheacon/

I'm not focusing on the blog post but on two of the comments to the post.

Z. Budapest wrote:This struggle has been going since the Women’s Mysteries first appeared.

Comments

[ianphanes]

Z's language is simply shocking:
"Transies"
"Women are born not made by men on operating tables."

Then she asks "Why are we the ONLY tradition they want?" and follows it with "Go Gardnerian!" Is she really unaware that some transfolk have had serious problems being accepted into BTW?

Kenaz, on the other hand, answers beautifully, from a third-gender perspective. I hope someday to get to know hir.

[ianphanes]

I will admit that I think transwomen doing a modified cult of Attis kind of thing would be pretty bad-ass, if galli were an identity people wanted to claim.

There are transwomen doing this. I'm certain of this since at least one of them used to write about it on the transpirits email list back when I was on the list.

[ianphanes]

Oh, it occurred to me last night: Can you imagine, you, me, and Kenaz planning a ritual together? The only thing I'm certain of is that there wouldn't be any offices assigned by gender.

[ianphanes]

In a discussion of this in nonfluffypagans, smarriveurr wrote:

A religious group has the right to believe whatever they like, and I have the right to believe they are wrong-wrong-wrongety-wrong.

*applause*

In response to these issues.

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