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A Gender-Diverse Sangha

By Emily DeMaioNewton, Kevin Manders — 2020

How a groundbreaking book created a community for trans, genderqueer, and nonbinary Buddhists

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Pushing Past Tokenism

La Sarmiento has been a leader of American LGBTQ and people-of-color Buddhist communities for close to a decade. I caught up with the trans, queer Filipino teacher before a silent retreat to discuss the dynamics of race and gender in a world that is typically White, cisgender and straight.

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Gender Issues in Spiritual Life