Editing Gardnerian Wicca (section)

=== Controversy over transgender individuals and male/female polarity ===
On July 18, 2022, ''A Declaration of the Traditional Gardnerian Wica'', was released, with [[The Wild Hunt (periodical)|The Wild Hunt]] reporting that "the document was signed and sealed by 47 Gardnerians who are either third-degree or autonomous second-degree," before further clarifying that "there is no central Gardnerian authority akin to a sovereign spiritual leader found in other faiths."<ref name="Pagliarulo-1">{{cite web |last1=Pagliarulo |first1=Antonio |last2=Moreno |first2=Manny |date=31 July 2022 |title="Traditional Gardnerian" declaration draws accusations of transphobia |url=https://wildhunt.org/2022/07/traditional-gardnerian-declaration-draws-accusations-of-transphobia.html |access-date=13 September 2023 |website=The Wild Hunt}}</ref> The declaration asserts that Gardnerian Wicca is fundamentally rooted in "fertility and the generative powers of the universe," and that its core Mysteries are transmitted specifically through ritual polarity between biological males and biological females.<ref>{{cite web |author=Traditional Gardnerian Wica |date=2022-09-12 |title=A declaration of the Traditional Gardnerian Wica |url=https://www.tradgardwica.com/_files/ugd/4fc6e7_3d104073a0174ba081c84f07698e9956.pdf |website=TradGardWica.com |access-date=23 April 2025}}</ref> These claims which were "labeled transphobic by a number of prominent Gardnerians" were met with "strong condemnations and widespread dismissal" from others in the community, with at least three on record describing the signatories as a "minority" spreading transphobic rhetoric that contradicts the writings of Gerald Gardner.<ref name="Pagliarulo-1">{{cite web |last1=Pagliarulo |first1=Antonio |last2=Moreno |first2=Manny |date=31 July 2022 |title="Traditional Gardnerian" declaration draws accusations of transphobia |url=https://wildhunt.org/2022/07/traditional-gardnerian-declaration-draws-accusations-of-transphobia.html |access-date=13 September 2023 |website=The Wild Hunt}}</ref><ref name="Pagliarulo-2">{{cite web |last1=Pagliarulo |first1=Antonio |title=Trans and nonbinary Witches respond to "Traditional Gardnerian Wica" declaration |url=https://wildhunt.org/2022/08/trans-and-nonbinary-witches-respond-to-traditional-gardnerian-wica-declaration.html |website=The Wild Hunt |date=7 August 2022 |access-date=13 September 2023}}</ref> Pagan news site ''The Wild Hunt'' noted that because of Gardnerian Wicca's decentralized structure and emphasis on coven autonomy, the declaration "effectively only applies to covens that are led by or hive from the documents' signers."<ref name="Pagliarulo-1" />