Was ram dass gay

Ram Dass was definitely not “homosexual”, he was just very Freudian in that he wanted to try every possible experience. People can use the word “gay” to describe a wide spectrum of sexuality, gay does not always equal explicitly homosexual. In the s, Ram Dass discussed his bisexuality. [55][56][57] He stated, "I've started to talk more about being bisexual, being involved with men as well as women," and added his opinion that for him, his sexuality "isn't gay, and it's not not-gay, and it's not anything—it's just awareness.".

A world-renowned spiritual leader, Ram Dass was formerly Richard Alpert, the psychology professor at Harvard who was fired with Timothy Leary for experimenting with LSD. He's bisexual with a preference for men, has never wanted children and teaches that spiritual love is of a higher order than personal love. Ram Dass, a gay man who epitomized the countercultural psychedelic s and later became a bestselling New Age guru, died December 22 at his home on Maui, Hawaii.

He was 88, and surrounded by loved ones, according to his Instagram account. In his later years, Ram Dass openly embraced his bisexuality, becoming a voice for inclusivity within the spiritual community. This revelation was significant, challenging and broadening the. I grew up in a time where I was a closet homosexual. That was what I called myself. I had a girlfriend, and I did the whole double life thing. I was a psychotherapist in the University Health Services, and they began to see that I was quite successful with people that were easily confused about sexual identity.

So pretty soon, they gave me all the homosexual cases. They had no idea about my sexual orientation. I mean, this is in the therapeutic counsel, and at one point a young man who I had met, and who was staying at my apartment, I loaned him my car for the day, which was a rather distinctive car. It was a fellow I was sleeping with. You have my resignation. Go ahead. Your sexual orientation is your own.

Allen Ginsberg is a very close friend of mine, and for a long time, because Allen was being very much publicly gay in his writings and his writing at work, I questioned whether that was my role too. I began to see that every one of these roles and labels was both a way of having a feeling of comfort in a group identity, while also being a defining concept in my own mind.

I see people who have labels in their mind of who I am. I found it a little too complicated to have any labels at all. Be Here Now. Board Of Directors. LSRF Team.

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