Tribe.net. Local Connections Vaughn http://BayAreaRF.tribe.net/thread/80a392b1-0098-4ef3-a63d-9b65819315fa#87bf3996-2c18-463e-82b3-5beba699cefc 2009-06-27T18:34:46Z 2009-06-27T18:34:46Z

The Arizona event as were the Stonewall riots was a rung of the ladder of a people moving up. In my opinion the first proto-faerie gathering was the "Faggots in Class Struggle" gathering held at Wolf Creek, around Labor day 1976. This grew into an escalation of events by alternative Gay men for other gay men for community, ritual, history, and empowerment. During the national Rainbow Gatherings in the 1970's a Gay ghetto collected each year, safe then in the San Francisco camp. The San Francisco camp at Rainbow each year became a safe space for Gay men to gather there. The dream of what became our modern Faerie gatherings grew from this rainbow seed. Ever wonder why so many of our Faerie traditions mirror that of the Rainbows? The sitting together in circles; passing of the talking stick; consensus politics; No one turned away from lack of funds; Subject/subject etiquette's, etc.

Vaughn 2009-06-27T18:34:46Z Ron http://BayAreaRF.tribe.net/thread/80a392b1-0098-4ef3-a63d-9b65819315fa#745db236-b35f-45dc-a23c-4df1d8bfc83c 2009-06-14T01:41:12Z 2009-06-14T01:41:12Z

what happy memories out in the AZ desert on that ashram in the mud and the shower and the pool and the sun and under a night sky w/millions of stars always surrounded by my loving brothers! Sigh

Ron 2009-06-14T01:41:12Z Keer http://BayAreaRF.tribe.net/thread/80a392b1-0098-4ef3-a63d-9b65819315fa#5074e720-6986-4b1e-a848-1588ae17448f 2009-06-10T00:37:57Z 2009-06-10T00:37:57Z

30 years ago this Summer..... The First Fairy Gathering of its Kind Happened in Arizona... from a gathering of around 100, we now Celebrate at Gatherings around the world ,,, we are now in the 1000s, That humble begining has turned into a movement of Gay/Queer people waking up to the vast possibilities of ways to be. This year at SF Pride Lets Celebrate Those WHO visualized a different way to be Queer. Thank You Harry Hay.... Thank You John Burnside.... Thank you Spirits Of Old and Young, AND..... Thank all of US that continue to have Vision of our Fairy selves into a Greater Future.

Keer 2009-06-10T00:37:57Z