The Gay Buddhist Forum by GBF
Buddhism for Liberation and Social Action - especially for LGBTQIA audiences.
We invite teachers from all schools of Buddhism to offer their perspective on its application in modern times. Produced by The Gay Buddhist Fellowship of San Francisco.
The Gay Buddhist Forum by GBF
Latest Episodes
Relating to the Mettā Sutta on Our Own Terms – Prasadachitta
This talk is a preview of the GBF Fall Retreat: Our Belonging to Kindness: Awakening to the World We Carry Together, September 25-27, 2026.______________...
Remagining Buddhist Pride - Trip Weil
In this talk from Pride weekend, Trip Weil explores how we can find a true, universal sense of freedom in our lives if we allow the dharma to reveal and heal painful aspects of shame we may be carrying. Trip invites us to jo...
How We Can Stop Judging and Start Living - Daigan Gaither
We become disconnected from our actual lives when we’re constantly trapped in a cycle of judging every feeling we have. Here Daigan Gaither invites us to look at how we often dismiss our own pain by comparing it to "fi...
Finding Our Universal Flow - Bill Weber
Can we move beyond that small, tight sense of feeling separate and truly experience ourselves as part of the vast, magical universe? In this heart-opening talk, Bill Weber shares how a powerful Qigong practice called the "Six...
The Practice of Unselfish Joy - Melvin Escobar
Melvin Escobar helps us discover how we can tap into a source of happiness that doesn't depend on our personal wins, but actually grows the more others succeed. Here he explores the concept of mudita—often translated a...