Talk:Hartford Street Zen Center

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Religious org?

Just curious... In this edit: [1] the words "for gays and lesbians" were removed, but the category "LGBT religious organizations" was added. Which is it? And it's not really a "religious organization", is it? I mean, it's not a denomination, it's more like a Category:LGBT community centres, right? -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 16:55, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's definitely LGBT-focused although not solely and per Buddhism can "justifiably be viewed as philosophy, psychology or religion", "community center" is a stretch as it's more a place to do inner worship. I would clump under LGBT spirituality. Benji boi 18:57, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reading through the article, I'm not sure, but I've moved it to Category:LGBT issues and religion. It doesn't seem to be an LGBT religious organization. I mean - it seems LGBT related, it seems religiously related, and a stretch might call it an organization, but I don't think it compares to MCC and Dignity, does it? I'm struggling to understand here... :) -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 01:59, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article needs to be expanded. Looking at homepage, which also states they are the first Buddhist blog, emphasis isn't on community building events in the traditional church (like MCC) way. They seem to have come of age during the AIDS crisis. Here's a good article. In the LGBT community they would be listed under religion/spirituality, this might also be a case for revisiting the categories as this is an LGBT Zen center, perhas not exclusively so but is certainly part of their history and frankly it speaks mainly to that the article needs to be expanded. They have books reffing them so there are sources. 5 hits on google book. Benji boi 09:29, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]