Editing Radical Faeries (section)

{{short description|Counter-cultural movement}}
[[File:Radical Faerie Founders- Harry Mitch Don and John.jpg|thumb|Founders of the Radical Faeries (from left) [[John Burnside (inventor)|John Burnside]], [[Don Kilhefner]], [[Mitchell L. Walker|Mitch Walker]], and [[Harry Hay]], were influenced by the legacy of [[counterculture of the 1960s|1960s counterculture]].]]
'''Radical Faeries''' are a loosely affiliated worldwide network and [[Counterculture|countercultural]] movement blending [[queer]] [[consciousness]] and [[secular spirituality]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/28/facebook-rainbow-colored-profiles-san-francisco-pride | date = 28 June 2015 | access-date = 28 June 2015 | first1 = Rory | last1 = Carroll | first2 = Amanda | last2 = Holpuch | newspaper = [[The Guardian]] | location = London | title = Hold the applause for Facebook's rainbow-colored profiles, activists say }}</ref> Sharing various aspects with [[neopaganism]], the movement also adopts elements from [[anarchism]] and [[environmentalism]]. Rejecting [[Heteronormativity|hetero]]-[[Identification (psychology)|imitation]], the Radical Faerie [[LGBT social movements|movement]] began during the 1970s [[sexual revolution]] among [[homosexuality|gay men]] in the United States.<ref name=remembering>{{citation |title=Remembering Harry |first=Mark |last= Thompson |access-date=2008-10-17 |date=21 January 2003 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SWUEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Remembering%20Harry%22%20advocate&pg=PA24 | periodical=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]] |publisher=Here Publishing}}</ref> Gay activists [[Harry Hay]], [[Mitchell L. Walker|Mitch Walker]], [[Don Kilhefner]], and [[John Burnside (inventor)|John Burnside]]{{sfn|Timmons|1990|p=257}} organized the first [[Spiritual Conference for Radical Faeries]] in September 1979.{{sfn|Timmons|1990|pp=265–268}} 

The network subsequently evolved alongside [[queer rights]] expansions, engaging with [[New Age|eclectic constructs]] and [[ritual]]s while challenging [[pink capitalism|commercialized]] and [[patriarchal]] aspects of modern [[LGBTQ|LGBTQ+]] life.<ref name=OIPRLG/> Faeries tend to be fiercely independent, [[anti-establishment]], and [[community]]-focused.<ref name=OIPRLG/> Contemporary Radical Faeries embody a wide range of [[Gender identity|genders]], [[sexual orientation]]s, and [[Terminology of homosexuality|identities]].