IQBC 2025 Recordings
Welcome! Here you’ll find recordings of all the talks, workshops, and sessions from the 5th International Queer Buddhist Conference. Each video shows the title and speaker—if you’d like full session descriptions and presenter bios, you can find them on the conference schedule.
Opening Ceremony
Dr. Jampa Wurst (they, them)
“Secrecy Is Toxic:” Grassroots Resistance to Sexual Abuse in American Buddhism
Prof. Ann Gleig (she, her),
Prof. Amy Paris Langenberg (she, her)
Breaking the Silence: Legal Pathways and Survivor Power in Buddhist Communities
Carol Merchasin (she, her)
Buddha in a Trans Body
Alimma Dechen Khacho (she, they)
Violence of Exclusion, Denying Human Rights – An Intersectional Queer Perspective from India
Ritash (they, them)
Destigmatizing work with the transgender population: a mental health perspective
Kya Grey (she, her)
Human Rights – Queer Rights all over the world
Anuradha Gupta, AD (she, her)
Introduction to Buddhist Counselling and Queer Suicide Prevention
Kody Muncaster phD (they, them)
Book Launch:
Queer Engaged Buddhism
(Kody Muncaster, ph.D.) &
Identity in Exile. Tibetan Buddhist Nuns and the Network Sakyadhita.
(Dr. Jampa Wurst)
Bodhisattvas’ in the Margins: Optimizing Queer & Trans Health to Liberate Our Suffering World
Stevie Inghram MS, YT, AWC, NMS-4 (they, she)
Standup Comedy
Mezrah Tabitha Jennifer Thompson-Ramsey (she, her)
Goodbye & Outlook
Dr. Jampa Wurst (they, them)