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Photos Celebrate the Lives of Gender Non-Conforming Spirit Mediums in Southeast Asia

The pioneering photographer's latest book documents the welcoming community of transgender individuals who serve as spirit mediums in Burma and Thailand
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How spirit mediums blur gender lines in Southeast Asia

Combining Buddhist practices with ancient spirit worship, the individuals profiled in "Transcendents: Spirit Mediums in Burma and Thailand," are mostly biological men who, during religious ceremonies, wear makeup and clothes traditionally associated with women.
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International Transgender Day of Visibility in Amsterdam

MAR30
Fri 8:00 PM UTC+02The Manor AmsterdamAmsterdam, Netherlands
171 people interested

Watch President Obama give incredible advice to a transgender activist

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Watch President Obama give incredible advice to a transgender activist

See Us Clearly: A Buddhist’s View of Transgender Visibility

For the International Transgender Day of Visibility, Ray Buckner shares a personal view of what it means to be Buddhist, gender-queer, and trans.
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Every year on November the 20th, we remember and honour the lives of trans and gender-diverse people reported murdered in the past 12 mont

Every year on November the 20th, we remember and honour the lives of trans and gender diverse people reported murdered during the year.
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"The practice of queer divinity is about remembering our ourselves including our bodies, our sexuality, our gender identification, our history, traumas, lovers, and all the ways we use our bodies to engage in pleasure. It is also remembering our ancestors. It is evoking the ancestral presence of transgender women of color at the Stonewall Inn who initiated the modern gay rights movement"

The Satipatthana is the 4 Foundations of Mindfulness offered by the Buddha, which established the practice of contemporary mindfulness. Sati can be translated as remembering. The practice of queer div
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International Trans Art and Culture Night in Amsterdam

OCT20
Fri 8:00 PM UTC+02Jungle AmsterdamAmsterdam, Netherlands
125 people interested

Celebrating Pride

Pride, Basic Goodness and Good Society: part two of a three-part series by Eugene Castillo Celebrating our identities as gays, lesbians, bisexuals, trans, intersex, questioning, and gender-queer individuals is both an individual process and a communal activity, though it may seem odd at times
shambhalatimes.org

Queer Pride Meditation Group is an open community of meditation practitioners led by and for LGBTQI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex) individuals and their friends.

Queer Pride Meditation is an open community of meditation practitioners for LGBTQI people and their friends. Join us for meditation practice & socializing!
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Queer Pride Meditation Group

On September 16th, the Shambhala Meditation Center (Eagle Rock) will launch a new program: “Food, Conversation and Meditation” for members of the LGBTQI community by Eugene Castillo “We can use our interconnectedness to cultivate human dignity – the bedrock of all diversity.” (Sakyong Mipham R
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Shambhala joins in this year’s Halifax Pride Parade, with an award-winning entry

Shambhala joins in this year's Halifax Pride Parade, with an award-winning entry by Seth Levinson For years, just before Pride, a colleague of mine—deeply involved with LGBTQ community in Halifax—would drop by for a chat. We'd wonder together whether we still needed a Pride Parade. And each ye
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The Former Buddhist Monk Who Is Now A Tibetan Queer Icon

Tenzin Mariko is an aspiring makeup artist and dancer and perhaps the biggest star in a community that, until her arrival, had been bereft of LGBT idols.
buzzfeed.com

Trans/hearts travels all over India but we are based in the offices of the Sahodari Foundation in beautiful Pollachi, South India. Sahodari is a movement, a family, and a team of young transgender people, volunteers and friends from India and around the world. The foundation was founded by Kalki Subramaniam, a successful transgender woman from Pollachi, Tamilnadu.

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The Effects of Buddhist Psychological Practices on the Mental Health and Social Attitudes of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People

This non-experimental, quantitative study explored the effects of the Buddhist-derived practices of mindfulness and loving-kindness meditations on the wellness of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people. LGB people are at higher risk of mental illness and increased social isolation due to minority s...
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Amsterdam TransPride - This is my TransPride

JUL30
Jul 30, 2017 - Aug 4, 2017Generator Hostel AmsterdamAmsterdam, Netherlands
201 people interested