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Buddhism & gender discrimination

Below are the best resources we could find on Buddhism and gender discrimination.

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The Dance of Gender: A Woman’s Guide to American Buddhism

Author Sandy Boucher introduces the American Buddhist scene—its issues, weaknesses, and strengths—to women interested in taking up Buddhist practice.

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Object Relations, Buddhism, and Relationality in Womanist Practical Theology (Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice)

This book establishes how Buddhism in the Insight Meditation tradition supports “remarkable relational resilience” for women who are of African descent and same-sex loving, yet living in a society that often invalidates women, African-Americans, LGBTQ people, and non-Christians.

Pamela Ayo Yetunde

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From Radical Dharma to All About Love, a Look at Queer Black Buddhist Perspectives on Spiritual Practice in Contemporary Texts

Several queer Black Buddhist authors have showed me how spiritual practice can be a liberating force in the face of challenges as huge as racism, sexism and queerphobia.

Chintan Girish Modi

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