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Shozenji, A Japanese LGBTQ Safe Temple Run By A Transgender Nun

Matcha reports on Soshuku Shibatani, the transgender head nun of the Shozenji Temple in Moriguchi City, Osaka. It  is Japan’s first temple built as a refuge for the LGBTQ community.

Soshuku Shibatani, a 65-year-old openly transgender Buddhist nun, was assigned male at birth: 

She began to identify as a female in elementary school but never dared to express her gender identity at the time. As a university student, she met people similar to her and briefly lived at ease among like-minded peers. However, upon entering the workforce, she had to hide her true self once more…

According to Ms. Shibatani, “Buddha saw beyond the differences of gender.”

There is no need to hide your true self. Ms. Shibatani gradually became interested in Buddhist teachings and enrolled in community courses at the Graduate School of Koyasan University. She later resigned from her company, joined the priesthood, and went on to study Esoteric Buddhism.

Ms. Shibatani stated, “Shozenji is not exclusively for the LGBTQ community, but rather a temple for everyone.”

“The Kannon Bodhisattva has no gender identity,” Soshuku Shibatani says. A statue of Kannon, the Buddhist deity of mercy, is enshrined in the temple. Others see Kannon or Guan Yin  as a female incarnation of the Buddha.

|| Important Announcement Regarding Fanart ||

     It is becoming even more apparent that people aren’t respecting fanartists and their works. The best rule of thumb is If you didn’t draw it, or receive artist permission to repost it for them,  DON’T DO IT. You shouldn’t like/reblog unsourced art as it only encourages blogs to continue doing so and their actions going unchanged. Tags like;

#Credits to the artist

#Credits to the owner

#Not my art

#facebook

#weheartit

#pinterest

#google

#deviantart ( as in mentioning you found it there without linking the appropriate member you found from.)

[Etc.]

These are not proper credits. Also, even if you ARE crediting the artist make sure it hasn’t been posted numerous times or you aren’t reposting their art when they have it already posted on their personal tumblr. The point of them posting it on tumblr is to share it with us and it isn’t hard to hit that reblog button. It shows the artist that their work was enjoyed and it serves further to encourage them to continue with the hard work.

“If they didn’t want it on the internet they shouldn’t have posted it.”

I see this statement a lot, obviously they wanted to share their work and share their passion with everyone but is it really so hard to go to their page and like/share it from there? If there is a picture that you are uncertain of it’s source and you would like to see it’s source or share it with someone give saucenao.com a try. Sometimes careless fans constantly reposting art gets the artist in trouble become of distribution and laws. Example; A fellow artist of mine mentioned about a law changes in their home country made them take their art down simple for if the government saw/deemed it inappropriate, even if someone else was reposting it. They would be fined heavily and possible even go to prison. They ended up taking down all of their “shipped” art but still worries that their art could be circulating. Also there are other law and regulations we aren’t aware of and when more posting occurs outside of the artist knowledge can cause them to remove the art all together. 

“I don’t speak ” —- “ so I couldn’t ask them anyway.”

There are a few really good guides about asking members on pixiv if you can reblog or use their art for blog things. ( Example right here—- >> [x] ] They even pre set some phrases for you to copy and paste and also published what some replies would translate to. Also there is a good chance that a few of them speak a little english. If the artist says no, THEN DON’T DO IT.  I shouldn’t have to say that. I don’t care if everyone and their dying grandma does it. So quick review;

If you didn’t draw it, don’t post it without permission

You see something else someone posted without credit, don’t like it or reblog it. 

External outside multimedia (weheartit, pinterest, facebook, etc.) are not sources.

I am tired of seeing art that I like but I have seen many times being reposted and have 20 separate posts being reblogged over again. I also hate not liking a picture due to improper handling. It is sad, rude, and really disheartening to other artists who want to share their works and I hate it most when the artist has to take their work down.

When the cleric goes wooosh, Febuary 2022

Older and cooler version of this little dude His switched from celestial warlock to cleric after some character development, as well as getting sick new tatts, which were a nightmare to draw and design.

Embroidery Art

Mary Labrador on Etsy

See our #Etsy or #Embroidery tags

Hehe a wayfinder fox :D

non native english speaker culture is constantly switching between british and american spelling and writing words however you prefer without caring about consistency and you dont really always know which is which anyway

Trans Rights Signs from the 2018 Glasgow Pride march

Your disability/illness/disorder is NOT “an excuse”, it’s a reality. Having limitations does not make you lazy. You should never feel guilty because you have limitations.

Sketch vs Final, June 2021

My drow wizard / celestial warlock at the start of the campaign.

Here is him with the whole party during a boss battle