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Queer Dharma

Kuan Yin
#Bodhisattva#Buddhism#Dharma#Queer Dharma#Traditions

Embracing the Trans Bodhisattva, Kuan Yin

By Cathryn Bailey

That trans individuals have discovered Kuan Yin’s gender transition has been evident for a number of years, for example, from references like this one from blogger Stacie Ku: “Even if I didn’t grow up worshiping her, once I found out she was transgendered, she would have made my list of favorite deities anyway.” A blogger who was writing a novel whose main character is trans said she designated Kuan Yin as one of the character’s ‘‘role models.’’

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the yogic body

God is Queer: A Personal Confession of a Polemical Nature

By Jacob Kyle

In many religious environments around the world, being gay, gender-bending, or otherwise queer is considered a surefire recipe for eternal damnation.

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Kuan Yin
#Bodhisattva #Buddhism #Dharma #Queer Dharma #Traditions

Embracing the Trans Bodhisattva, Kuan Yin

That trans individuals have discovered Kuan Yin’s gender transition has been evident for a number of years, for example, from references like this one from blogger Stacie Ku: “Even if I didn’t grow up worshiping her, once I found out she was transgendered, she would have made my list of favorite deities anyway.” A blogger who was writing a novel whose main character is trans said she designated Kuan Yin as one of the character’s ‘‘role models.’’

By Cathryn Bailey
the yogic body
#Practice #Queer Dharma #Yoga

God is Queer: A Personal Confession of a Polemical Nature

In many religious environments around the world, being gay, gender-bending, or otherwise queer is considered a surefire recipe for eternal damnation.

By Jacob Kyle

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