proy wrote:With all the separation of Brothers and Sisters I am puzzled as to how homosexuality or bi-sexuality is dealt with in the BKs.
Anyone know?
Interesting one.
I know that there are BKs, even high profile BKs, that were active homosexuals before Gyan and that they are able to recognise other ex-homosexual within the BK community in the way that they can recognise themselves amongst straight society. That they talk and chat about the changes. I have no idea about what sort of numbers nor their personal experience.
I guess the senior Sisters live in some Victorian illusion that there are no such things as lesbians and so therefore there is no need to make a separate law or equal opportunity bhavan for them. I wonder if they get to live in celibate gay relationships like married couples if they come out?
I have never heard it formally discussed, only amongst students. Opinions were commonly the " female soul in male body " concept etc and just bundled in with " lust ".
In India, there is a lot more homosexual behaviour especially between men than you would realise because of the problems of finding and affording a wife. It spills over into the monasteries and ashrams. I would not call it homosexually per se, just a bastard child of sexual suppression in a messed up society. My experience is that it is not a big issue within BK and that the BKWSU is astonishing free of it but I do not know.
Perhaps the life is just designed to be so busy and tiring that one has no time or energy to think of sex!?!