| LC control no. | sh 98004651 |
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| Topical heading | Radical Faeries (New Age movement) |
| Variant(s) | Faeries, Radical (New Age movement) Fairies, Radical (New Age movement) Radical Fairies (New Age movement) |
| See also | Gay men--Religion New Age movement |
| Found in | sf93-94661: RFD, spring '98: p. 2 (articles often explore ... radical faerie consciousness) The gay almanac, 1996: p. 344, under 1979 (the Radical Faeries are est. when Harry Hay, a pioneer of gay liberation, organizes a 1st gathering of approx. 200 men in the Arizona desert; the Faeries) Encyc. of homosexuality, 1990: p. 384, under Fairy (in the late 1970s a quasi-religious movement began on the west coast of the U.S. under the rubric of fairy spirituality; inspired by the ideas of Harry Hay, this trend emphasized the concept that male homosexuals who will acknowledge their difference ("fairies" or "faeries") have special insights; this movement is part of a larger complex of New Age religious phenomena that are characteristic of the western U.S., though they also enjoy some following elsewhere) Letter from S. Berman, Hennepin, May 16, 1997 (Radical Faeries is an est. hdg. in Hennepin catalog) Gay spirit, 1987: p. 260 ("radical fairies," a nationwide, grass-roots movement of gay men seeking alternatives within their own subculture and society at large; fairie-identified men; loosely organized faction of gay men) |
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