Editing Radical Faeries (section)

==Sanctuaries and gatherings==
[[File:The Mayday Kiss.jpg|thumb|The Kiss - 2003]]

Rural land or urban buildings where Faeries come together to live a communal life are called sanctuaries,<ref name=OIPRLG>Morgensen, Scott. 2009. "Back and Forth to the Land: Negotiating Rural and Urban Sexuality Among the Radical Faeries." In Ellen Lewin and William L. Leap eds. ''Out in Public: Reinventing Lesbian / Gay Anthropology in a Globalizing World: Readings in Engaged Anthropology''. John Wiley and Sons. {{ISBN|1-4051-9101-5}}, {{ISBN|978-1-4051-9101-2}}.</ref><ref name="FIC">{{cite web | title=Community As Sanctuary: How These Retreats Offer Refuge in Rural Places | website=Foundation for Intentional Community | date=2016-07-07 | url=https://www.ic.org/community-as-sanctuary/ | access-date=2020-03-19}}</ref> which may host gatherings from time to time.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bonck|first=John|date=2015|title=Radical Faeries|url=http://www.glbtqarchive.com/ssh/radical_faeries_S.pdf|journal=GLBTQ Social Science|access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref>

Faerie sanctuaries adapt [[rural]] living and [[environmentally sustainable]] ways of using modern [[technologies]] as part of creative expression.<ref name=OIPRLG/> Radical Faerie communities are sometimes inspired by [[Secular paganism|secular pagan]] or [[secular spirituality|secular spiritual]] practices, especially those that incorporate [[genderqueer]] sensibilities.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Stein |editor-first=Marc |title=Encyclopedia of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history in America |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |date=2004 |isbn=978-0-684-31264-4 |url={{GBurl|id=GOlGAAAAMAAJ}} }}</ref>

Sanctuaries and gatherings are generally open to all, though specific gatherings may focus on the particular spiritual experience of [[Kinsey scale#Table of the scale|man-loving men]] co-creating temporary autonomous zones.<ref name=altreligions>{{citation |page=260 |title=Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America |first1=Eugene V. |last1=Gallagher |first2=W. Michael |last2=Ashcraft |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=2006 |isbn=0-275-98712-4}}</ref>