Buddhist Studies Footnotes14 Nov 2025

Living a queer Buddhist life, with Jampa Wurst

A conversation between Kody Muncaster and Jampa Wurst, as part of a series of interviews with queer folks in Buddhism and Buddhist Studies. Dr. Jampa Wurst is a queer, non-binary Buddhist and founder of the International Queer Buddhist Conference (IQBC). Dr. Wurst has a PhD in Comparative Studies in Religion from the Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany, completing a dissertation on Tibetan Buddhist Nuns and the Sakyadhita Network, an English translation of which was published in 2025 as Identity in Exile: Tibetan Buddhist Nuns and the Network Sakyadhītā.

Kody Muncaster, PhD, the host of this series, has an MA in Buddhist Studies (University of South Wales) and a PhD in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies (Western University). They are an OCSWSSW Psychotherapist and Clinical Director of Pink Lotus Counselling & Psychotherapy, and they have taught at the Buddhism, Psychology, and Mental Health program at the University of Toronto as well as at Western University’s Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. They began a three-year training to become a Zen priest under Venerable Bhikkhuni Thích Nũ’ Tinh Quang in 2024. Kody Muncaster is the author of the 2025 book, Queer Engaged Buddhism: Trans(forming) Buddhist Studies (Sumeru Press).

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