Episode 57: A Bunch of Queerdos

Representation matters. Melissa, Hilary, and Jaymi talk about their queerness and how we can see beyond the gender to get to the core of their energy. Jaymi’s mission is to remove the binary from the cards and give readers and sitters the power to create their own language for gender inside the cards. Hilary wants the bi-erasure to stop and to know that when we share our queerness with others it is with honor and privilege. And Melissa sees you. Really.

Please do not out anyone who is queer, it is not safe to do so everywhere. If you need help, reach out to one of these two hotlines:

• The Trevor Project https://www.thetrevorproject.org 
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org 800-273-8255

Decks we discuss:

Queering the Tarot by Cassandra Snow https://bookshop.org/books/queering-the-tarot/9781578636488

Pride Tarot by U.S. Games, Inc by various artists https://bookshop.org/books/pride-tarot/9781646710034

The Modern Witch Tarot by Lisa Sterle & Vita Ayala https://bookshop.org/books/the-modern-witch-tarot-deck/9781454938682

This Might Hurt by Isabella Rotman and Addison Duke https://www.thismighthurttarot.com

Melissa Recommends:

Mystic Garbage Tarot – forces you to be non-binary https://www.etsy.com/listing/779719080/mystic-garbage-tarot-rainbow-tarot-tarot

Animal Totem Tarot by Leeza Robertson and Eugene Smith

https://bookshop.org/books/animal-totem-tarot/9780738743486

Slow Holler Tarot (out of print) 

https://slowholler.bigcartel.com/product/pre-order-slow-holler-tarot-deck

Jaymi Recommends:

Transient Light Tarot by Ari Wisner https://smile.amazon.com/dp/1788178203/ 

Charlie Claire Burgess from the Fifth Spirit Tarot has inspired Jaymi to expand and broaden the language of writing deck books to deconstruct the binary. https://www.fifthspirittarot.com/

Hilary Recommends:

Any animal or nature deck for a workaround that helps bring out the energies and intent of the cards. Hilary also works with archetype decks.

Wild Unknown by Kim Krans https://bookshop.org/books/the-wild-unknown-tarot-deck-and-guidebook-official-keepsake-box-set/9780062466594

Wild Messengers Alchemical Tarot by Tanya Casteel

https://www.etsy.com/listing/716847128/wild-messengers-animal-tarot-card-deck

Tarot of the Burroughs by Courtney Weber (out of print)

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