"I'm just aware they're labels": Researching Western Buddhist Practices of Gender and Sexual Identification
This article discusses fieldwork in two research projects on Buddhists in London. It explores issues involved in researching lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, questioning and/or intersex (LGBTQI) Buddhists. It also considers issues around heterosexual identities in Buddhist communi-ties. In res...
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[2012]
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Fieldwork in religion
Year: 2012, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 179-193 |
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Queer
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