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:

• Are there any minority groups that have not historically or still might not feel welcome in your community?
• What norms or behaviors contribute(d) to that?
• Are there any people you’d have a hard time “greeting with a smile” if they showed up at your temple?

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.