Durg a sheltered upbrgg a Buddhist temple Tokyo, gay Japane monk Kodo Nishimura kept his sexualy a closely guard secret, and also ncealed his burgeong love of make-up.
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JAPANE MONK LEAV DOUBLE LIFE AS OPENLY GAY MAKP ARTIST THE US
There are two gay characters on "Sailor Moon, " but they're villas who get feated by the heroe. So I cid to tra as a monk to see what says about life, homosexualy, and to see how I uld evolve as a person.
Gay people are not perverts or villas — they n even be Buddhist monks. 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.
As he tells his memoir, he suffered homophobia at school and was ostracized by his peers. Aware that he was gay, but intifyg neher as male nor female, he doubted he uld be accepted Buddhism. At high school, his life revolved around learng English, the only subject other than art he felt an affy wh, and gay chatrooms on the ter, where he first learned about the experienc of LGBTQ+ people around the world.