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 So it's time to abandon that *Iron Age* social construct and not before time. In #Triratna, we did this 50 years ago and have never looked back. Nor do we have any institutional barriers to including marginalised people or classes.