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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 elsewhere
with an Alphabet community focus
Eastern North America

BOSTON, MA

Queer Buddhist Fellowship
at Boston Shambhala Meditation Center

WESTERN MA

LGBT Practice Support Group
at Dhamma Dena in Easthampton

PHILADELPHIA, PA

Rainbow Buddhist Meditation
at the William Way Community Center

NEW YORK, NY

Queer Dharma
at the NY Shambhala Meditation Center

Open Sky Sangha
2nd & 4th Sundays at the NY Insight Meditation Center

WASHINGTON, DC

LGBTQ Sangha
of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington

Queer Dharma
at the DC Shambhala Meditation Center

Mintwood Zendo
at Friends Meeting House

Western North America

VANCOUVER, BC

D.I.Y. Dharma
see web site for location

SEATTLE, WA

Dharma Buddies
for GBT Men, meets at Cal Anderson House

RENO, NV

One River Sangha
GLBT-friendly sangha; meets at Norther Nevada HOPES facility on Tuesday evenings

Midwest North America

CHICAGO, IL

Shambhala GLBT Buddhist Group
at the Shambhala Meditation Center

ANN ARBOR, MI

LGBT Dharma Discussion Group
at the Ann Arbor Zen Buddhist Temple

TORONTO, ON

Dharma Friends
see web site for location

OTTAWA, ON

Queer Dharma Group
at the Ottawa Shambhala Meditation Centre

Southwest North America

AUSTIN, TX

Austin Gay Men's Meditation Group
at the Austin Shambhala Meditation Center

Europe

BRIGHTON, UK

LGBT Meditation Group
at The Bodhi Garden

 

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)

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)
Shanti Soule: (DharmaWeb) (PodNova)


General Dharma Talks & Readings