( August 24, 2008 )

Transgender / Cross Dressing NOT welcome!

The Ohio Renaissance Festival, in Harveysburg, OH (close to Cincinnati, OH) has had a very clear rule against “Cross dressing” for some time. That rule, according to the “Rules of the realm” is that such is not permitted. In fact, although it is a long standing medieval and renaissance tradition that he Feast of Fools was celebrated with the cross dressing of a villages most masculine individuals, when my participation in the Feast of Fools weekend at the Ohio Renaissance Festival was noted, the canceled that theme weekend completely.

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Filled under GLBT Discrimination by formerblacksmith
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( August 22, 2008 )

ORF and the Occult

The Ohio Renaissance Festival and the Occult

There is a popular web service called Answer Bag which attempts to answer as many questions as possible about the world in which we live. One question in particular addresses the subject of this blog entry.

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Filled under Religous Discrimination by formerblacksmith
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