Editing Homosexuality and religion (section)

=== African Diasporic religions ===

====Candomblé====
Within [[Candomblé]], a [[Syncretism|syncretic]] religion found primarily in Brazil, there is widespread (though not universal) support for gay rights, many members are LGBT, and have performed gay marriages.<ref name="candomble">{{cite web |last=Rodney |first=Pai |date=September 22, 2017 |title=Homossexualidade e candomblé |url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/blogs/dialogos-da-fe/homossexualidade-e-candomble/ |access-date=January 21, 2024 |website=CartaCapital |language=pt-BR |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922152923/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/blogs/dialogos-da-fe/homossexualidade-e-candomble/ |archive-date=September 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Moutinho |first=Laura |date=2013 |title=Homosexuality, skin color and religiosity: flirting among the "povo de santo" in Rio de Janeiro |url=http://www.clam.org.br/uploads/publicacoes/book2/32.pdf |journal=CLAM. Sexuality, Culture and Politics – A South American Reader |pages=573–592 |isbn=978-85-89737-82-1}}</ref><ref name="GI São Paulo">{{cite web |date=27 February 2017 |title=Casal gay celebra casamento umbandista em bloco no centro de São Paulo |url=https://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/carnaval/2017/noticia/casal-celebra-casamento-em-bloco-de-carnaval-no-centro-de-sao-paulo.ghtml |work=GI São Paulo |language=pt}}</ref> In Candomblé, homosexuality is usually accepted and explained by the sex of one's orisha.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Santos |first1=Milton Silva dos |date=3 June 2008 |title=Sexo, gênero e homossexualidade: o que diz o povo-de-santo paulista? |url=http://periodicos.pucminas.br/index.php/horizonte/article/view/444 |journal=Horizonte - Revista de Estudos de Teologia e Ciências da Religião |publisher=PUC Minas |pages=145–156 |access-date=18 November 2017}}</ref> Homosexuality would be more probable in a man with a female orisha, a woman with a male orisha, or any of them with an androgynous orisha (such as [[Olokun]]).

==== Haitian Vodou ====
{{Main|Haitian Vodou and sexual orientation}}
Homosexuality is religiously acceptable in [[Haitian Vodou]].<ref name="Haiti's fight for gay rights">{{cite web |title=Haiti's fight for gay rights |url=http://projects.aljazeera.com/2014/haiti-lgbt/ |access-date=2021-03-27 |website=Al Jazeera America}}</ref><ref name="Homosexuality And Voodoo">{{cite web |date=July 20, 2013 |title=Homosexuality And Voodoo |url=http://www.haitiobserver.com/blog/homosexuality-and-voodoo.html |access-date=March 30, 2021 |website=Haiti Observer}}</ref><ref name="advocate.com">{{cite web |title=Queer Haitians Find a Refuge in Vodou |url=http://www.advocate.com/current-issue/2016/10/31/why-queer-haitians-are-turning-vodou |last=Ahmed |first=Beenish |date=October 31, 2016 |website=Advocate |access-date=January 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101121517/http://www.advocate.com/current-issue/2016/10/31/why-queer-haitians-are-turning-vodou |archive-date=November 1, 2016}}</ref> The lwa or loa (spirits) Erzulie Dantor and Erzulie Freda are often associated with and viewed as protectors of queer people.<ref name="Review">{{cite web |last=Review |first=The Global Catholic |date=2018-06-06 |title=Black Madonna Vodou Religion Spirit Lwa Erzulie Dantor by Kate Kingsbury |url=https://www.patheos.com/blogs/theglobalcatholicreview/2018/06/polish-black-madonna-haitian-vodou-spirit-erzulie-dantor-kate-kingsbury-africa-love-religion/ |access-date=2021-03-27 |website=The Global Catholic Review |language=en}}</ref><ref name="lisantiadmin">{{cite web |last=lisantiadmin |title=Haiti's LGBTQ-Accepting Vodou Societies |url=https://www.irenemonroe.com/haitis-lgbtq-accepting-vodou-societies/ |access-date=2021-03-27 |website=Rev Irene Monroe |language=en-US}}</ref> The lao [[Ghede Nibo]] is sometimes depicted as an effeminate drag queen and inspires those he inhabits to lascivious sexuality of all kinds.<ref name="Cassell">Randy Conner, David Hatfield Sparks & Mariya Sparks (eds), Cassell's ''Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol & Spirit'', p. 963, London and New York: Cassell, 1997.</ref><ref>Conner, p. 157, "Ghede Nibo"</ref>

==== Santería ====
Practitioners of [[Santería]], primarily found in Cuba,  generally (though not universally) welcome LGBT members and include them in religious or ritual activities.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Introduction ~ ¡Homofobia no! ¡Socialismo sí! Identity, culture, gender and sexuality in today's Cuba ~ Minority Stories |url=https://stories.minorityrights.org/afrocuba-lgbtqi/chapter/introduction/ |access-date=2021-05-01 |website=stories.minorityrights.org|date=5 March 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vidal-Ortiz |first1=Salvador |date=September 2006 |title=Sexuality discussions in santería: A case study of religion and sexuality negotiation |journal=Sexuality Research and Social Policy |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=52–66 |doi=10.1525/srsp.2006.3.3.52 |s2cid=144582747}}</ref>

==== Umbanda ====
Also a Brazilian syncretic religion, [[Umbanda]] houses generally support LGBT rights and have performed gay marriages.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brazil gays celebrate first mass wedding |url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2011-06-23/brazil-gays-celebrate-first-mass-wedding |access-date=2021-05-01 |website=The World from PRX |date=August 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="GI São Paulo" /><ref name="candomble" /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ogland |first1=Curtis P. |last2=Verona |first2=Ana Paula |date=2 September 2014 |title=Religion and the Rainbow Struggle: Does Religion Factor Into Attitudes Toward Homosexuality and Same-Sex Civil Unions in Brazil? |journal=Journal of Homosexuality |volume=61 |issue=9 |pages=1334–1349 |doi=10.1080/00918369.2014.926767 |pmid=24914634 |s2cid=32139660}}</ref>