O New Day, I get to build the boat!
]]>It’s well-established that providing trans teens gender-affirming health care lowers their rates of depression, suicide, and hopelessness, among countless other benefits. That didn’t stop the New York Times from opining that there could be a “cost” to allowing trans teens to access [hormone treatment]. The cost, we learn, is a reduction in bone density over time—the same side effect found in common acne treatments for teens, like Accutane.
How “just asking questions” masks ideology.
]]>Some questions to ponder and discuss after watching this video:
I found him on the porch that morning…
]]>Sometimes I get a little bit Genghis Khan
]]>Thailand has long been known to be friendly to the queer community. However this is not always the case for gay monks
]]>I do not like the ‘single issue’ approach to Dhamma. However, a few years ago I had an encounter which made me realize that inquiries about homosexuality should be given my whole attention.
]]>… the queerness of the figure of Ānanda, whose name can be variously translated as “joy,” “bliss,” or “happiness,” fairly lept off the pages at me
]]>I swear, you will wake–
& mistake these walls
for skin.
A song on the cycle of life and death.
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