Kobai Scott Whitney was a friend of Issan Dorsey and part of the first group of Gay Buddhists who met in the late 1970s. That group later evolved into such entities as GBF and Issan-ji Zendo. Whitney has practiced with Aitken Roshi's group since the early 1980s. He lives at Koko An Zendo n Honolulu and works as a writer and magazine editor. Support the show______________ To participate live and be notified of upcoming speakers in advance, please Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/gaybuddhistfellowship) or visit https://gaybuddhist.org/calendar/ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audiences worldwide, please visit www.GayBuddhist.org.There you can: * Donate * Learn how to participate live * Find our schedule of upcoming speakers * Join our mailing list or discussion forum * Enjoy many hundreds of these recorded talks dating back to 1996 CREDITSAudio Engineer: George HubbardProducer: Tom BrueinMusic/Logo/Artwork: Derek Lassiter