Gay Buddhist Fellowship records

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GLBT Historical Society

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San Francisco, California 94103

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2023

Descriptive Summary

Title: Gay Buddhist Fellowship records

Dates: 1991-2022

Collection Number: 2015-01

Creator/Collector: Gay Buddhist Fellowship

Extent: 1.6 linear feet

Online items available

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

San Francisco, California 94103

Abstract: This collection contains administrative records, correspondence, flyers, mass mailings, newsletters, meeting minutes and photographs of activities and members, and audiotapes from the Gay Buddhist Fellowship (GBF). The GBF started in the early 1990s, and these materials span the first decade of the group’s existence. Early on, the group was called the Gay Buddhist Fraternity. Audiotapes include lectures and Dharma talks by Robin Courtin, Roger Corless, Howie Cohn, Robert Ennis, Erik Kolvig (”Gay Sexuality and the Dharma”), Norman Fisher, Myo Lahey and Amy Miller, the First GBF Relationships Forum, among others. There are also a few 3.5” floppy disks that contain correspondence, talks and newsletter materials. Researchers interested in newsletters should also see the GLBT Historical Society Periodical Collection.

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Gay Buddhist Fellowship records. Collection Number: 2015-01. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of Lee Perry Robbins, on behalf of GBF, 2015. Accretions received by mail on November 30, 2015, and from Cass Brayton in July 2023.

Scope and Content of Collection

This small collection contains administrative records, correspondence, flyers, mass mailings, newsletters, meeting minutes, photographs of activities and members, and audiotapes from the Gay Buddhist Fellowship (GBF). The GBF started in the early 1990s, and these materials span the first decade of the group’s existence. Early on, the group was called the Gay Buddhist Fraternity. Audiotapes include lectures and Dharma talks by Robin Courtin, Roger Corless, Howie Cohn, Robert Ennis, Erik Kolvig (”Gay Sexuality and the Dharma”), Norman Fisher, Myo Lahey and Amy Miller, and the First GBF Relationships Forum. There are also a few 3.5” floppy disks that contain correspondence, talks and newsletter materials. Researchers interested in newsletters should also see the GLBT Historical Society Periodical Collection. GBF has digitized 800+ lectures and Dharma talks, dating back to 1996. The recordings are accessible here: https://gaybuddhist.org/podcast/. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007698; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007699

Indexing Terms

Buddhists

Religion and Spirituality

LGBTQ