Redisverg Buddhism’s LGBT history of gay monks, homoerotic samurai, and genr-nonnformg practners and gods
Contents:
- GERMAN GAY EX-MONK MARRI PARTNER CHURCH
- THE GAY PRECEPT: HOW BUDDHISM VIEWS HOMOSEXUALY
- THE GAY CHURCH
GERMAN GAY EX-MONK MARRI PARTNER CHURCH
A gay Buddhist monk talks about his sexualy and relign. * monk homosexuality *
” In this later perd, we see a newfound homophobic ristance to the re that, the reactn’s vrl, speaks to the role this re uld really play for men mtg themselv to each other: The Patriarch’s words acknowledge the realy that no matter s tentn, the re enabled the space for sexual timaci between men.
While other religns and cultur teach that homosexualy is sful, Buddhist monk Kodo Nishimura is spreadg the word that Buddhism preach that all people n be liberated equally wh no exceptns. So, Nishimura, 33, who is also a makp artist and an LGBTQ+ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and others) person himself, published a book English tled "This Monk Wears Heels: Be Who You Are" Febary.
THE GAY PRECEPT: HOW BUDDHISM VIEWS HOMOSEXUALY
* monk homosexuality *
Nishimura wr the book that he gaed a strong realizatn that there was nothg wrong wh wearg makp or beg open about beg homosexual after he saw how people were livg their liv while beg te to themselv. The notn that SSB has arisen nvergently so many different leag only mak tuive sense om a heteronormative world view which ‘heterosexual’ behavur is amed as the ‘natural orr’ for sexually reproducg speci, and ‘homosexualy’ is viewed as a recent aberratn whose existence mt be explaed and jtified12. Evolutnary blogists have long sought to unver the adaptive origs of 'homosexual behavur' an attempt to rolve this apparent Darwian paradox: how has SSB repeatedly evolved and persisted spe s prumed fns sts?
THE GAY CHURCH
”In the time of the Buddha, there were no homosexuals, so our great teacher did not mentn anythg about this; hence is difficult to discs the subject om a Buddhist pot of view. The lecturer then went on to elaborate on Thuriya’s exposn regardg why homosexualy uld be ed by bad karma:”This might sound sexist to you, but Buddhism the hight physil state one n be reborn to is that of a man. Surely there are lots of gay people who live enjoyable liv wh plenty of material posssns, a partner they love, children they re for and the eedom to be who they really are.
If gay people often are faced wh tolerance, if they are kept om achievg certa liberti life and if they stggle wh themselv bee of their preference, uld be nsired they are not at ease and unable to fd peace, ” he explaed. If I, pecially beg a straight man wh Mlim roots, was to publicly announce that homosexualy led to sufferg and was fact ed by sexual misnduct, I would be nsired a ‘gay hater’.