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Dharma Groups & Sanghas in the SF Bay Area
with an Alphabet community focus
SAN FRANCISCO

Mondays, 5:30-6:30 pm
San Francisco LGBTQ Sangha

open to LGBTQ people
San Francisco LGBT Center
(more info at the Sangha's web site)

Thursdays, 7 pm (3rd Thurs of the month only)
Dharma Dykes
open to self-identified queer women
San Francisco Buddhist Center
(more info at the SFBC web site)

Sundays, 10:30 am-12 pm
Gay Buddhist Fellowship

open to gay men
San Francisco Buddhist Center
(more info at the GBF web site)

Sundays, 3-4:30 pm
Gay Buddhist Sangha

open to LGBT folk
meets at Hartford St. Zen Center
(more info at the GBS web site)

Daily
Hartford Street Zen Center
See website for zazen hours
(more info at HSZC web site)

Monthly
TRANS: THRIVE Meditation group

open to all
TRANS: THRIVE drop-in center
San Francisco
(more info at the TRANS: THRIVE site)

Monthly
Queer Dharma at SF Zen Center
LGBTIQ group at SFZC City Center, meets monthly.
(more info at SFZC web site)

POZ Dharma
A Dharma discussion/support group for GLBTQ people with HIV
contact Mark at 415-
488-4783, mspon1@yahoo.com
San Francisco

EAST BAY

Tuesdays, 7-9 pm (2nd & 4th Tues of the month only)
Berkeley Lesbian Buddhist Sangha

open to lesbian, bisexual, transexual and questioning women
Epworth United Methodist Church
North Berkeley
(more info at the LBS web site)

Wednesdays, 7-8:30 pm
Alphabet Sangha
open to LGBTQI & same-gender loving people
East Bay Meditation Center
Oakland
(more info at the Alphabet Sangha web site)

Monthly (1st Tuesdays)
Vietnamese LGBTQ Sangha
in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh
Oakland
(email for info)

NORTH BAY

1st & 3rd Mondays, 7-9 pm
LGBTQI Vipassana (Insight) Meditation & Study Group
Santa Rosa
Contact info:
Shanti Soule: (707) 887-8675
or Tim Wickens: (707) 573-9466, buddho@aol.com

Dharma Groups & Sanghas everywhere
with an Alphabet community focus
Eastern North America

MONTREAL, QC
LGBTQ group (in French)

BOSTON, MA
Outbreath
Shambhala LGBT Meditation Group

WESTERN MA
LGBT Practice Support Group

PHILADELPHIA, PA
Rainbow Buddhist Meditation

NEW YORK, NY
Queer Dharma
Open Sky Sangha
LGBTQ Sangha @ Brooklyn Zen Center

WASHINGTON, DC
LGBTQ Sangha
Queer Dharma
Mintwood Zendo

Western North America

VANCOUVER, BC
D.I.Y. Dharma

SEATTLE, WA
• Dharma Buddies

RENO, NV
One River Sangha

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
See above

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Dharma Alliance LGBTQ Sitting Group
LGBTQ Engaged Buddhist Meditation Group

Midwest North America

CHICAGO, IL
Shambhala GLBT Buddhist Group

ANN ARBOR, MI
LGBT Dharma Discussion Group

TORONTO, ON
Dharma Friends

OTTAWA, ON
Queer Dharma Group

Southwest North America

AUSTIN, TX
Austin Gay Men's Meditation Group

Europe

BRIGHTON, UK
LGBT Meditation Group

 

OTHER PLACES TO LOOK

International list of LGBTQ sanghas (by QueerDharma)

Internet Dharma Communities
with an Alphabet community focus

LGBT Vipassana (Yahoo Groups)

Gay Buddhist Open Forum (Yahoo Groups)

Lesbian Buddhists (Yahoo Groups)

Lesbian Satsang (Yahoo Groups)

International Transgender Buddhist Sangha (Ning.com)

Gay Buddhist Fellowship, Singapore (blog & Yahoo Group)

LGBT Buddhists (Yahoo Groups)

Dharma Centers
with an Alphabet community focus/teachers

OAKLAND, CA: East Bay Meditation Center

SAN FRANCISCO, CA: Hartford Street Zen Center

SOUTHERN CA: Manzanita Village

WESTERN MA: Dhamma Dena

General Bay Area Dharma Groups & Centers

Bay Area Buddhism: A Seeker's Guide

Dharma Teachers & Teachings
with an Alphabet community focus

Teachers with web sites
Anushka Fernandopulle
Arinna Weisman

Caitríona Reed & Michele Benzamin-Miki

Carol Newhouse
Eric Kolvig
Larry Yang

Readings
Articles about Transgender Issues by Caitríona Reed
The Lone Mountain Path: AIDS in the Life & Death of Issan Dorsey Roshi by Kobai Scott Whitney
Buddhist Resources Gay Studies Index (LinksPitaka)
Dharma Talks by Rev. Vajra Karuna (Gay Zen LA)
QueerDharma articles

Buddhism and Homosexuality (The Buddhist Channel)
Homosexuality and Theravada Buddhism (BuddhaNet)
Diversity is Unity (Tova Green's Dharma Talk from LGBTIQ Welcoming Day at SF Zen Center)
"According to Buddhist Tradition": Gays, Lesbians and the Definition of Sexual Misconduct by Steve Peskind (Shambhala Sun)
Coming Home to Who We Are: Buddhist Spiritual Practice and Transformation by Larry Yang (Tikkun)

Audio Dharma Talks
Anushka Fernandopulle: (AudioDharma) (Dharma Seed)
Arinna Weisman: (Dharma Seed) (Seattle Insight) (IMC Pioneer Valley)
Carol Newhouse: (Lesbian Buddhist Sangha)
Eric Kolvig: (DharmaWeb)
Evan Kavanaugh: (DharmaWeb)
Hartford Street Zen Center: (archive.org)
Kim Weeber: (IMC Pioneer Valley)

Larry Yang: (Dharma Seed) (Larry's site) (DharmaWeb)
Pascal Auclair: (Dharma Seed)
Shanti Soule: (DharmaWeb) (PodNova)


General Dharma Talks & Readings