Can queers be ordaed as Buddhist monks? The qutn sparked tense bat on social media when Pataradanai Setsuwan, a well-known openly gay celebry, entered the monkhood late last month.
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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 monks *
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