A Buddhist monk has bee an unlikely champn of Thailand's gay and transgenr muny by lacg his popular live-streamed talk shows wh LGBT+ slang, irreverent humour and social mentary that fans say are helpg to challenge taboos.
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JAPAN HAS A BUDDHIST MONK FIGHTG FOR GAY RIGHTS?
Redisverg Buddhism’s LGBT history of gay monks, homoerotic samurai, and genr-nonnformg practners and gods * gay buddhist monk *
Durg his childhood socially nservative Japan, Nishimura found refuge om homophobia and ostracizatn through studyg English and nnectg onle wh peers who were also explorg their genr inty and sexualy.
He has always known that I was a homosexual, [but] he was very aaid that I would be targeted and huiated wh the Buddhist muny when I publicly me out. Although there is no general nsens wh regard to sexual orientatn and genr inty wh Buddhism, overall the third precept is most often referenced when discsg gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and queer issu.
THE GAY PRECEPT: HOW BUDDHISM VIEWS HOMOSEXUALY
* gay buddhist monk *
Yet a 1997 prs nference he mented that “om a Buddhist pot of view [lbian and gay sex] is generally nsired sexual misnduct.