Let’s talk about porn. (Wait, don’t run away.) Not the usual shaming, scolding, or pearl-clutching takes, but an honest, thoughtful conversation about what role pornography can play in a healthy, ethical, and even beneficial life. Yes, beneficial. Science backs...

A heartfelt guide from The Church of Sacred Play to the meaning, magic, and mission behind Pride Month Every June, rainbow flags appear like wildflowers after a storm.Storefronts change their colors.Corporations suddenly “remember” queer people exist.Parades swell through city streets.People...

A Reflection on Freedom, Truth, and the Unfinished Work of Justice June 19th. Juneteenth. A word full of story, full of pain, full of power. For some, it’s a newly discovered holiday -- another date on the calendar whose historical meaning...

How history, myth, and magic have always carried queer voices -- and why it’s time we listen They told us queerness was new.That we invented ourselves only recently, that we were a “modern trend,” a “phase,” a “disruption.”But the truth...

A love letter from The Church of Sacred Play to every soul who’s ever been made to feel unworthy There’s a moment -- sometimes many -- when you start to wonder if maybe they were right. Maybe you really are too...

Some of us were taught from the beginning that hiding was safer.Hide your softness.Hide your joy.Hide your difference.Hide your love.Hide your body, your truth, your self. And so we learned—sometimes without words—that blending in was the only path to survival. But...

Once upon a time—not in Neverland, but right here on Earth—children were told to quiet their sparkle. To dull their colors. To hide their magic. But the sparkle didn’t die. It whispered. It flickered. It glowed faintly beneath the surface until,...

🏫 Education & Students with Disabilities Federal Judge Blocks DEI Funding Cuts: A federal judge in New Hampshire has blocked the Trump administration’s directive that threatened to cut federal funding for public schools maintaining diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs....

420 Easter: He Is Risen (So Are We) This year, Easter falls on April 20th. That’s right—420, the high holiday for marijuana lovers everywhere. Coincidence? Perhaps. Or maybe it’s a sign. A burning bush, if you will. And not the...

I grew up in a religious atmosphere where I was taught that homosexuality was a choice or a sinful deviation that could be "cured" through prayer, deliverance, and conversion therapy. I was told that being anything other than strictly...

One of the most essential—and overlooked—truths about human interaction is this: words are just tools. On their own, they are powerless. It’s not the sound of the word or the shape of the letters that holds meaning. It’s the...

In a decisive move that has sent shockwaves through the nation's capital, President Donald Trump has dismissed General Charles Q. Brown Jr., the second African American to serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This action, coupled...

Across the globe, and particularly in the United States, fundamental human rights are facing unprecedented attacks. Women’s control over their own bodies has been stripped away in many regions, with restrictive laws denying reproductive autonomy. The hard-fought right to...