One concern regarding the inclusion of #LGBTQ persons in the #Buddhist community is that their nonbinary gender does not fit neatly into the fourfold structure of the sangha (the four pillars of the Buddhist community) which is gendered male and female
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@TheConversationUS @flipboard Really, you need to make clear that this is a problem in Theravada Buddism, but not it Mahayana and Tibetan Buddhism. *smh* at the lack of differentiation.
