In recognition of the International Transgender Day of Visibility, Ray Buckner shares a personal view of what it means to be Buddhist, gender-queer, and trans.
Buddhist teacher and feminist Rita Gross dies following stroke

Rita Gross, a prominent scholar on Buddhism and gender and a senior Buddhist teacher, has died.
On Awakening Through Race, Sexuality, and Gender
I was hungry when I attended my first Nichiren Buddhist meeting in 1988. I mean that literally.
Forum: San Francisco Zen Center at Fifty

Members of the San Francisco Zen Center, in its fiftieth year, join a forum on how it approaches issues important to those practicing Buddhism in the west.
Free from the Prison of Gender Roles
Joan Sutherland reviews “A Garland of Feminist Reflections: Forty Years of Religious Exploration” by Rita Gross.
Ain’t She Still a Woman?
Increasingly, patriarchy is offered as the solution to the crisis black men face. Black women face a culture where everyone wants us to stay in our place.