Dharmaguptaka Vinaya and ordination of gay people

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@Gus

Is it too much to suggest that the classical attributes of the Buddha indicate him to have been gendered male, but anatomically intersex?

Not at all, in fact it is the most likely reading of the evidence. Whether or not we believe the 32 marks are real, the important fact is they were taken to be real by the Buddhist tradition.

The politics of the Buddha’s genitals

And the worst thing about this title is, I’m not even kidding. As sutta students are well aware of and somewhat embarrassed about, the suttas depict the Buddha as possessing 32 special marks, regarded as signs of a Great Man. Most of these are visible to a careful observer, but two are hidden: the nature of his penis, and the size of his tongue. When the Buddha realizes that someone wants to check out his equipment, he uses his psychic powers to reveal his genitals to that person. As respectfu…