Radical Faeries (New Age movement)

found: sf93-94661: RFD, spring '98:p. 2 (articles often explore ... radical faerie consciousness)

found: The gay almanac, 1996:p. 344, under 1979 (the Radical Faeries are est. when Harry Hay, a pioneer of gay liberation, organizes a 1st gathering of approx. 200 men in the Arizona desert; the Faeries)

found: Encyc. of homosexuality, 1990:p. 384, under Fairy (in the late 1970s a quasi-religious movement began on the west coast of the U.S. under the rubric of fairy spirituality; inspired by the ideas of Harry Hay, this trend emphasized the concept that male homosexuals who will acknowledge their difference ("fairies" or "faeries") have special insights; this movement is part of a larger complex of New Age religious phenomena that are characteristic of the western U.S., though they also enjoy some following elsewhere)

found: Letter from S. Berman, Hennepin, May 16, 1997(Radical Faeries is an est. hdg. in Hennepin catalog)

found: Gay spirit, 1987:p. 260 ("radical fairies," a nationwide, grass-roots movement of gay men seeking alternatives within their own subculture and society at large; fairie-identified men; loosely organized faction of gay men)