Tag: transgender

• Sex & Death: Santa Muerte’s Strong LGBT Following

  Enduring discrimination and even persecution at times makes the fierce, female skeleton saint especially attractive to those who’ve been ostracized, taunted or even subjected to physical violence because of their alternative sexual orientation. World leading expert on Santa Muerte, Andrew Chesnut has observed this special attraction from the outset of his research eight years ago. Introducing us…

  Death and the Maiden

  15/02/2017

  Guest Post

  America, Bony Lady, Catholic, Deadmaidens, Death, Devoted to Death, Devotee, Discrimination, Empowerment, Homosexuality, Judgement, LGBT, Mexico, Religion, Saint Death, Santa Muerte, Sexuality, Society, transgender

• Rizpah, Guardian of the Dead

  Host and creator of Kaddish the Podcast, Ariana Katz tells us the story of Rizpah. Appearing in 2 Samuel, first as a sexual commodity and later, as a fierce advocate for the dignity of her sons. Rizpah is the foremother of shmirah, the Jewish custom of guarding the dead between time of death and time of…

  Death and the Maiden

  12/12/2016

  Guest Post

  Burial, Culture, Deadmaidens, Death Rituals, Jewish Culture, Religion, Rizpah, shmirah, social justice, transgender, Women