Arun Kumar
1 min readNov 14, 2019

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Thanks for the question, Shiva. I included Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in that list based on this article from the Gay and Lesbian Vaishnava Association: https://www.galva108.org/single-post/2016/10/06/Hindu-Deities-and-the-Third-Sex-1

I use the term “Gay/LBT” as an umbrella for all the people in that list. In Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s case, based on GALVA’s descriptions, a more precise term within the LGBT+ umbrella may be “genderqueer” IMO. In general, Vaishnavism is replete with LGBT+ themes, including in relation to Krishna himself.

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Arun Kumar
Arun Kumar

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Associate Professor at UC San Diego CSE and HDSI. Research on data management and machine learning systems. Freethinker. Poet. Memester. Gay. He/him.

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