Transcending: Uplifting Trans Buddhist Voices
A Dharma Studies Series which took place April 10 - July 17, 2023
We used the book Transcending: Trans Buddhist Voices**
editors Manders & Marston
All talks from the series can be found on the “Dharma Talk” page, accessible under the “Teachings” tab or HERE
Rev. Liên Shutt, 4/10: Online
Series begins
READ: Prefaces by La Sarmiento & Caitriona Reed, Introductions fr/ the editors Kevin Manders & Elizabeth Marston, and Lev White’s Blessing
Dawn Haney, 4/17: In-Person
READ: Finn Enke’s What Is a Body, Anyway? Form, Deep Listening, & Compassion on a Buddhist Trans Path, p.5
Direct dana/giving: PayPal: dawnmarissa@gmail.com or Venmo: @dawnmarissa
Rev. Liên Shutt, 4/24: Online
READ: Thuy Vanh’s Barriers Faced by Trans People of Color in Buddhist Communities, p. 229
5/1: Requested before the series was determined…
Direct dana/giving: @Chenxing-Han-1 (last four digits 6089)
Rev. Liên Shutt, 5/8: Online
Sangha Participation Night
Please join us & be prepared to share:
What would support you in practice and work around Transphobia? — Both broadly/generally and from our sangha?
Fresh “Lev” White, 5/15 In-Person
READ: I Am Everything, I Am Nothing, I Am Spirit Manifested: My Three (& More) Truths, p. 81
Direct dana/giving: Venmo: @freshencounter or PayPal: paypal.me/FreshLevWhite
Rev. Liên Shutt, 5/22: Online
READ Lu Lam’s Yellow Poppy and an Annicagender Heart, p. 103+ and Kevin Manders’ Becoming Whole Just to Let It Go, p. 161+
6/5: in-person option. Such rich interactions on 5/22 so we’ll stay with the same READINGS: Kevin Manders’ Becoming Whole Just to Let It Go, p. 161+ and then Lu Lam’s Yellow Poppy and an Annicagender Heart, p. 103+
With Rev. Liên Shutt unless otherwise noted.
JUNE:
6/12: Online. READ: Elizabeth Marston’s Working with Nothing: Being Trans & Buddhist in North America, p. 131+
6/19: No A2Z to celebrate Juneteenth
6/26: We’ll start with Lu Lam’s Yellow Poppy and an Annicagender Heart, p. 103+ Then, justin adkin”s “Right Now… It’s Like This,” p. 209+
