My experiences and thoughts protesting the Sacred Body of a Woman ritual at PantheaCon

thegreenwolf:

I went to the protest at the Sacred Body of a Woman ritual tonight here at PantheaCon, and you can read about my experiences here.

First, I want to emphasize that this is only my opinion, not that of any organization I am a part of or write or otherwise work for. This is me, as an individual, speaking.

Second, this is raw material—emotionally and otherwise. PantheaCon ends tomorrow (Monday), and I need to release this from myself before I make the long, rejuvenating journey back up the 101 to enjoy the coast as I return to Portland. If there is time to process further, then I will continue to share the distillations when and as I can. Such as it is, I will be reading comments as they come into my inbox, but may not respond immediately. In the meantime, if you feel the need to comment, please keep it as civil as you can; I realize this is an emotionally charged topic for a lot of people on all sides.

Read more here.

I am so so glad to hear that people protested this bullshit. I want to thank you and all of your fellow protesters for standing up for standing up for the rights of ALL women. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Through watching this controversy over the past year I have lost ALL of my respect for Z Budapest. She is a transphobic hypocrite and I cannot support her bigotry. I appreciate your well-written response to the situation this year.

I hope all of my followers will take the time to read up on what happened. Last year and this. If you want/need to read up on what happened last year, check out The Wild Hunt’s review of the situation.

I was very pleased that there were nearly 100 of us protesting “officially”, and I’ve heard from a number of other people who couldn’t be there due to other obligations that they would have joined us as well.

Tagged: pantheacon transphobia civil rights human rights