The following is abstracted from materials provided by the publisher.
Over 35 writers and 50 separate works are featured in this illustrated book, with articles from various Buddhist traditions (Vipassana, Zen, Tibetan). Published by San Francisco's Gay Sunshine Press, An Introduction by the editor is followed by Kobai Scott whitney's “Vast Sky and White Clouds: Is There a Gay Buddhism?”
Queer Dharma has six major sections:
Buddhism and Homosexuality: Historical Essays
Includes article on same-sex sexuality at the time of the Buddha; also historical articles on homosexuality in Japanese and Thai Buddhism.
The Dharma and Gay Life: Personal Accounts
Gay people write about their sexuality and spiritual life and how they've integrated the two in such pieces as:
Interview with poet and Tibetan Buddhist John Giorno
He speaks frankly about gay lovemaking in Buddhist monasteries, about the recent statements of the Dalai lama, about the AIDS project he has coordinated, about this practice of 30 years, and about his teacher, H. H. Dodjom Rinpoche, one of the greatest Tibetan Buddhist spiritual masters of the century.
Contemporary buddhism and Homosexuality
Articles by a wide range of writers, including:
Gay Fiction on Buddhist Themes
From the 17th Century love letter by a monk to a young man (“The Monk from Kyoto Who Hated Cherry Blossoms”), to recent fiction (“A Window in the Wall”).
Queer Dharma Poetry
Includes six poems by Allen Ginsberg (“Why I Meditate,” “Thoughts Sitting Breathing II,”: etc.) plus prose piece “Allen Ginsberg on Buddhism and Gayness,” poems by other writers (Richard Ronan's “Buddha's Kisses,” Trebor's “Make My Boyfriend a Buddha,”...
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