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Shanah Tovah to LGBTQIA+ Jews and Friends

Posted on 24 Sep 2025 in Religion

Channel Four television in the UK included Shanah Tovah greetings in its programming and commercial breaks on Tuesday, as the Jewish community prepares to celebrate the festival of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. And we at ShoutOut follow their example, especially noting that LGBTQIA+ Jewish organisations are sending greetings at this special time of year. The Jewish New Year usually falls in mid September. In the Hebrew calendar, we are at the beginning of the Year 5786.

LGBTQIA+ Pagans Greet the Autumnal Equinox

Posted on 18 Sep 2025 in Religion

The weekend of Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st September will mark the Autumnal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. Day and Night are equal and the dark half of the year begins, where there are more hours of night than of day. For many LGBTQIA practitioners of nature based religi

American Atheists Sound Warning in Trumpland

Posted on 13 Sep 2025 in Religion

Freethinkers, Atheists, pagans, minority religions in the US such as Hinduism, women and LGBTQIA people have good reason to fear the antics of the Trump administration, writes Geoffrey T.

LGBTQIA Pagans Mark Later Summer Festival

Posted on 2 Aug 2025 in Religion

For pagans, the wheel of the Year turns again, and over the weekend of August 1st to 3rd, many wiccans, druids, pagans and followers of nature based religions will be marking the agricultural festival of Lammas, sometimes known as Lughnasadh, particularly in Ireland where the festival was linked

Pagan Pride for Maryland Held on 27th Sept

Posted on 21 Jul 2025 in Religion

Pagan Pride, a queer friendly celebration of earth based religions in Maryland's city of Frederick, will take place on Saturday 27th September. The venue will be the Universalist Unitarian Centre in the city, universalism being a dissident Christian path which e

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Protesters Gather after "Death" Church Sermon

In Indianapolis, in the United States, several dozen protestors gathered outside a fringe church, after preachers there called for the murder of LGBTQIA+ people. According to Pink

Jun

Wise Words Ahead of Pride Season

Queer Spirit website this week carries a web essay by Shokti, entitled Pride in a Time of Crisis. Shokti reflects on their time in the Pride movement, and touches

Jun

Progressive Muslims on Gay Pride Month

The international, US based group Muslims for Progressive Values have launched an appeal for funding during LGBTQIA+ Pride Month. Reminding people that the group

Feb

Wearing Atheist Resistance on the Streets

American Atheists, which has long supported LGBTQIA people's right to self determination, has new T-shirts for sale, in sizes from small to five XL. Reading "Democracy not Theocra

Feb

LGBTQIA Pagans mark Imbolc, Candlemas

Pagan radio stations have been marking the festival of Imbolc, which in the Christian calendar is known as Candlemas or St Bride's Day. LGBTQIA P