LGBTQ+ Satsang: Coming Out, Coming In — The Journey to the Self Behind It All

“Coming out is a spiritual act. It’s about truth. When you hide something about yourself, you separate yourself from the One.” — Ram Dass

Join the Queer Satsang for an evening of bold heart-opening, fierce compassion, and radical spiritual inquiry. This special evening will include shared reflections, a powerful short teaching from Ram Dass, and an invitation to walk together toward a deeper truth—the one that transcends all labels.

Snippets from Ram Dass:

• “When you come out, you are offering love to the world by being who you truly are. That’s what heals others too.”
• “I used to think I had to choose — be gay or be spiritual. But now I see, it’s the same journey. Love tells the truth.”
• “As a result of being caught with another fellow in prep school, I was completely ostracized – nobody would speak to me for about a year. I’d walk into a room and all the kids would stop speaking. I couldn’t tell my parents, so it cast me way back inside myself; it drove me inward.”
• “So I think that being gay in this society at this time has a psychic cost to it that can be seen from a spiritual point of view as a nurturing process in spirituality, because in a way it keeps you separate from a certain identity with the mainstream culture, and that helps free you, which is part of the whole spiritual journey.”
• “I have experienced that there are personality characteristics that I recognize in the homosexual community that… and I don’t think it’s so unique to homosexuals, but it’s clear in that community that there are feelings of inadequacy and unworthiness. So when somebody labels you in a derogatory way from a social point of view, there’s a way in which it’s like a self-fulfilling prophecy.
• “I applaud the removal of that stigma I struggled with so much. Sexual confusion, especially in the teenage years, is more natural than I knew. I take comfort in younger generations that celebrate the rainbow of sexual expression.”

This is not your average satsang. It’s a space of deep connection, wild truth, and sacred curiosoity. Come laugh, cry, reflect, rebel—and love louder than ever before.

With radiant love,
The LGBTQ+ Fellowship
at Love Serve Remember Foundation

For those who identify as LGBTQ+.

LGBTQ+ Satsang Mission Statement

The LGBTQ+ Ram Dass Satsang’s mission is to cultivate loving awareness and heart connections in a community of kindred souls. We celebrate our unity in the full spectrum of gender and sexuality in and from a space of supportive openness.

GOALS:

• Create a refuge of satsang for LGBTQ+ individuals through the teachings of Maharaj-ji and Ram Dass

• Promote inclusive transcendence and self-acceptance of our human incarnation as members of the LGBTQ+ community

• Explore the intersection of seva/service & the spectrum of gender and sexuality 

• Hold a space for exploring being LGBTQ+ from the perspective of consciousness 

• Have a place to have a voice and be a valued part of the community  

• Remove barriers from LGBTQ+ identities within the spiritual world

• Help to generate a shift within the collective consciousness through awakening

To register, sign up for the Ram Dass Fellowship, and check “LGBTQIA Fellowship” under the Fellowship Group Options. You will be added to the mailing list and will receive monthly invitations to events.