Vodou Is for Everyone: Honoring Pride Through Spirit
As Pride Month begins, we lift our voices and candles high in celebration of our LGBTQIA+ community—not in spite of our spirituality, but because of it.
In Vodou, there is no separation between the sacred and who you are. The spirits know your heart, your light, your struggles, and your strength. They see you fully. And they love you.
Vodou accepts all.
For many, Vodou has been a refuge—a spiritual haven for those who have been cast aside or harmed by other faiths. Where some traditions may shame or exile, Vodou invites you to come as you are. It gives you space to access the divine without fear. Here, the door to spirit is open to every soul willing to honor it with respect, humility, and love.
Vodou understands that identity is sacred. That gender, like spirit, can move, shift, and transcend categories. In our pantheons, we walk with spirits who not only accept gender and sexual diversity—but reflect and protect it.
✨ LGBTQIA+ Orisha
- Oshun – Welcomes her children across the gender and sexuality spectrum, including trans women and femmes. She teaches love, beauty, and self-worth to all.
- Obatalá – Androgynous and transcendent, embodying both masculine and feminine aspects. The Orisha of wisdom, peace, and clarity.
- Eleguá – Gender-fluid trickster and gatekeeper who moves between roles with ease, embracing the full spectrum of expression.
- Oya – Warrior Orisha of transformation and storms. She breaks down old systems and is often walked with by queer folks creating change.
- Oshumare – The rainbow serpent, divine symbol of gender fluidity and wholeness. Oshumare embodies movement between binaries, unity in duality.
- Logun Ede – Child of Oshun and Oxóssi, who lives half the year as female and half as male, representing harmonious gender duality.
- Olokun – Deep and powerful Orisha of the abyssal ocean, often understood as strictly androgynous—mysterious, boundless, and genderless.
- Inle – Orisha of healing, estuaries, and androgyny. A serene, beautiful spirit who transcends gender while offering protection and peace to queer and gender-diverse people.
✨ LGBTQIA+ Loa / Lwa
- Erzulie Freda – Patroness of love, beauty, and sensuality. Deeply connected to gay men, trans femmes, and all who seek self-love and softness.
- Erzulie Dantor – Fierce protector of lesbians, all mothers, and female (regardless of biology) survivors of violence. A powerful warrior and loving matriarch.
- Baron Samedi – Gender-bending master of the cemetery. Known for his flamboyant charm, queerness, and wild wisdom. He protects those who live unapologetically.
- Ghede Nibo – Guardian of the dead who died young. Closely associated with queer youth and gender-variant spirits. Joyful, clever, and protective.
These spirits are not symbolic—they are real, living energies who walk with those often left out of mainstream religious narratives. They remind us that queerness is not an outsider to spirit—it is part of the divine plan.
To all our queer, trans, nonbinary, and two-spirit siblings: you are not just welcome here—you are sacred. You have always been here. You walk with spirits who reflect your truth.
This Pride Month, we honor you. We uplift your magic. And we affirm that Vodou is, and has always been, a path of radical acceptance and love.
Vodou is home. Vodou is healing. Vodou is for everyone.
With unconditional love and devotion, Mambo Jae Ashé
www.thehouseofashe.com