GOLDEN BETONY : UNDER THE PINK

Queer Death Stories Podcast

Meet Golden, a fabulous Scorpionic, shapeshifting Queer astrologer, who has a lot of experience with grief and loss.

They shared a bit of their poetic musings on Queering Death, in light of Covid, on giving our community access to resources, and the very serious need for queer joy. And it just so happened to be their birthday as well?! And I LOVE birthdays. It is always a great privilege for me to sit down and discuss how we need to project these futures onto to our people, how we need to keep queer lives centered in the narrative because mainstream culture all but forgets us, even when they aren't deliberately erasing us.

Golden is a ritual practitioner and offers a variety of healing modalities and is also a full spectrum doula. They also shared with me some of their private struggle with chronic illness and the loss of a partner, but unfortunately some of the recording was uncooperative, and so I have gleaned the gems of this first conversation between us. Like many of these initial sit-downs I anticipate another time when we can sit down and revisit.

If you are interested in connecting with Golden please follow them on IG as Ritual Witness.

If you are a Queer griever, a death worker / worshipper, or an artist please PM me at QDS on IG.

I would love to talk with you! Please tell your friends and family about my show, it really helps me so much. And as always I hope this conversation gave you some new insights and brought us a little closer to each other during these difficult times. I believe that by sharing these stories and reflections we are building better relationships together and can better support each other through our grief.

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I love a mixtape!

So much love and Gratitude!

Moon Fang