‘It’s difficult to survive’: China’s LGBTQ+ advocates​ face jail and forced confession
www.theguardian.com
Trans and queer people and their supporters suffer ‘systemic persecution’ as country pushes increasingly conservative values

Last I’ve heard, there were some issues, but things were getting better. Now I have stumbled upon this headline and wish to know more details about the situation.

  • Munrock ☭@lemmygrad.ml
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    10 months ago

    It's not exclusively from Buddhism. Buddhism wasn't prevalent in the Philippines, but the indigenous animist religions had gods and legends that Western culture would call trans. The spiritual leaders, the babaylans, were exclusively women and the few men that felt a calling to that role switched gender expressions.