Satanism and lgbtq
The Satanic Temple: Think you know about Satanists? Maybe you don't
BBC News, Boston
This may be the world's largest ever gathering of Satanists - and it's about to open at a Marriott hotel in downtown Boston.
In a candle-lit room set aside for Satanic ceremonies, a neon sign welcomes you to The Little Inky Chapel. A raised altar stands at one conclude, a white pentagram on the floor in front of it.
The ritual being performed here is an "unbaptism", in which participants symbolically reject religious rites performed when they were children.
"No names," says a Satanist who agreed to let me witness their ceremony, as drawn-out as they aren't identified.
They wear a floor-length, hooded cloak and a inky face mask. Their hands are bound with rope, which is then cast off to represent liberation. Pages are torn out of a Bible to symbolise overturning their Christian baptism.
It's clear the experience was powerful for them.
"As a same-sex attracted child, being told you are an abomination and should be destroyed, warped a lot of my thinking. Finding The Satanic Temple has really helped me embr
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