Recurrent
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Queer Dharma Share is a space for people who identify across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum to gather for zazen and dharma discussion amidst challenging times.
Previously a peer-organized group, we’re exploring a new format with guest teacher Dawn Haney (they/she) facilitating, continuing our commitment to queer sangha while deepening our dharma exploration.
Location: Online
Date: First Monday, monthly
Upcoming: Jan 5, Feb 2, March 2, April 6, May 4, June 1 (2026)
Time: 7:00-8:30 PM ET
Contact info@brooklynzen.org for the link to participate
This event is offered freely in the spirit of making the dharma accessible to everyone who is seeking it, and in Dana Paramita – the practice of generosity.
As you consider your offering, we invite you into this practice: What arises in your body when someone is generous to you? When you give wholeheartedly to another? How is it to be in reciprocal generosity with these teachings? The teachings you’ve received will continue to unfold over time – can you meet that unfolding by stretching a little further in your generosity?
Dana for the teacher: Dana for Dawn Haney is welcomed and supports their continued teaching. Dana Teacher link
Dana for BZC: Your donation sustains our offerings, keeps these teachings accessible to all, and supports our teachers by providing the organizational backbone that makes their teaching possible. Dana Link.
Dawn Haney (they/she) weaves together wisdom from Buddhism and social justice traditions, understanding identity, power, and change through their own experiences as a white, fat, queer, chronically ill, nonbinary femme. For the past 15 years, Dawn has been a voice for justice and inclusion in Buddhism and mindfulness, including serving as co-director of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, DEIA consultant and mentor for the global Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program, and teaching on innovative and popular classes like Finding Liberation in Relationship, Fat Dharma, Mudita Revolution, and for East Bay Meditation Center’s Alphabet Sangha. Most formally trained to teach dharma through Theravada lineages, including the Community Dharma Leaders training at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Dawn collaborates with Zen teachers on a range of engaged Buddhist teaching, including with Brooklyn Zen Center’s Dharma Teachers, Sarah Emerson and Charlie Pokorny on Rev. Liên Shutt’s Dharma of Being Anti-Racist course. Learn more about Dawn in our recent interview.
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