well, i am glad i am the first one to answer this question, because u are bound to get various answers. but just know that the sankirtan movement of sri krsna chaitanya mahaprabhu is for ALL people, regardless of gender, age, caste, creed, colour or sexual orientation. krsna consciousness is a process, to free ourselves from the desires that keep us away from krsna. now although illicit sexual behaviour is discouraged (especially for those of us that have taken vows) it is still a process. now some devotees might show u all the places where it is written that its wrong etc, stay away from them. and there are those that will show u evidence that this has existed since time immemorial.
prabhupada initiated devotees he knew were gay and was ESPECIALLY kind to them. he treated allen ginsberg (50's-60's poet and gay) and his partner with the utmost respect and grace. may all of his followers do the same with ppl of all persuasions.

You might like to read "Revolutionary Psychology."

You can download it for free here --
www.gnosticweb.com/document...ology.pdf

The free Astral Travel and Searching Within courses will be most beneficial as well.

Take care,
Denny

Well Real devotees of Krsna do not think about sexuality at all. They are always absorbed in Krsna seva and remembrance.

But as for us aspiring devotees, sexuality is no barrier in taking up bhakti-yoga.

The reason you may get different responses in relation to this is that the Srimad Bhagavatam sets a very high standard as the ideal of human behavior. That being that we are the soul within the body and that any activity that is based on bodily identification is to be given up and replaced with service to Krsna. Srila Prabhupada set up some observances in this regard which the devotees know as the regulative priniciples. These observaces aid one in their spiritual life. They are 1. no meat eating 2. no illicit sex 3. no intoxication and 4. no gambling. I know one of the things that impressed me about Srila Prabhupada when I first came in contact with his teachings was that he was giving very specific directions on how one could make progress in spiritual life and that included things to not do. For example no one else at the time was telling me no intoxication, even though society at large is quite familiar with the downsides that intoxication causes. Krsna consciousness is meant for everyone, and to the degree one can bring his life in line with these principles, Krsna will reciprocate. Srila Prabhupada explains in the Srimad Bhagavatam: (First Canto chapter 17)

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tapah saucam daya satyam
iti padah krte krtah
adharmamsais trayo bhagnah
smaya-sanga-madais tava

SYNONYMS

tapah--austerity; saucam--cleanliness; daya--mercy; satyam--truthfulness; iti--thus; padah--legs; krte--in the age of Satya; krtah--established; adharma--irreligiosity; amsaih--by the parts; trayah--three combined; bhagnah--broken; smaya--pride; sanga--too much association with women; madaih--intoxication; tava--your.

TRANSLATION

In the age of Satya [truthfulness] your four legs were established by the four principles of austerity, cleanliness, mercy and truthfulness. But it appears that three of your legs are broken due to rampant irreligion in the form of pride, lust for women, and intoxication.

PURPORT

The deluding energy, or material nature, can act upon the living beings proportionately in terms of the living beings' falling prey to the deluding attraction of maya. Moths are captivated by the glaring brightness of light, and thus they become prey to the fire. Similarly, the deluding energy is always captivating the conditioned souls to become prey to the fire of delusion, and the Vedic scriptures warn the conditioned souls not to become prey to delusion but to get rid of it. The Vedas warn us to go not to the darkness of ignorance but to the progressive path of light. The Lord Himself also warns that the deluding power of material energy is too powerful to overcome, but one who completely surrenders unto the Lord can easily do so. But to surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord is also not very easy. Such surrender is possible by persons of austerity, cleanliness, mercy and truthfulness. These four principles of advanced civilization were remarkable features in the age of Satya. In that age, every human being was practically a qualified brahmana of the highest order, and in the social orders of life they were all paramahamsas, or the topmost in the renounced order. By cultural standing, the human beings were not at all subjected to the deluding energy. Such strong men of character were competent enough to get away from the clutches of maya. But gradually, as the basic principles of brahminical culture, namely austerity, cleanliness, mercy and truthfulness, became curtailed by proportionate development of pride, attachment for women and intoxication, the path of salvation or the path of transcendental bliss retreated far, far away from human society. With the progression of the age of Kali, people are becoming very proud, and attached to women and intoxication. By the influence of the age of Kali, even a pauper is proud of his penny, the women are always dressed in an overly attractive fashion to victimize the minds of men, and the man is addicted to drinking wine, smoking, drinking tea and chewing tobacco, etc. All these habits, or so-called advancement of civilization, are the root causes of all irreligiosities, and therefore it is not possible to check corruption, bribery and nepotism. Man cannot check all these evils simply by statutory acts and police vigilance, but he can cure the disease of the mind by the proper medicine, namely advocating the principles of brahminical culture or the principles of austerity, cleanliness, mercy and truthfulness. Modern civilization and economic development are creating a new situation of poverty and scarcity with the result of blackmailing the consumer's commodities. If the leaders and the rich men of the society spend fifty percent of their accumulated wealth mercifully for the misled mass of people and educate them in God consciousness, the knowledge of Bhagavatam, certainly the age of Kali will be defeated in its attempt to entrap the conditioned souls. We must always remember that false pride, or too high an estimation of one's own values of life, undue attachment to women or association with them, and intoxication will divert human civilization from the path of peace, however much the people clamor for peace in the world. The preaching of the Bhagavatam principles will automatically render all men austere, clean both inside and outside, merciful to the suffering, and truthful in daily behavior. That is the way of correcting the flaws of human society, which are very prominently exhibited at the present moment.

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idanim dharma padas te
satyam nirvartayed yatah
tam jighrksaty adharmo 'yam
anrtenaidhitah kalih

SYNONYMS

idanim--at the present moment; dharma--O personality of religion; padah--leg; te--of you; satyam--truthfulness; nirvartayet--hobbling along somehow or other; yatah--whereby; tam--that; jighrksati--trying to destroy; adharmah--the personality of irreligion; ayam--this; anrtena--by deceit; edhitah--flourishing; kalih--quarrel personified.

TRANSLATION

You are now standing on one leg only, which is your truthfulness, and you are somehow or other hobbling along. But quarrel personified [Kali], flourishing by deceit, is also trying to destroy that leg.

PURPORT

The principles of religion do not stand on some dogmas or man-made formulas, but they stand on four primary regulative observances, namely austerity, cleanliness, mercy and truthfulness. The mass of people must be taught to practice these principles from childhood. Austerity means to accept voluntarily things which may not be very comfortable for the body but are conducive for spiritual realization, for example, fasting. Fasting twice or four times a month is a sort of austerity which may be voluntarily accepted for spiritual realization only, and not for any other purposes, political or otherwise. Fastings which are meant not for self-realization but for some other purposes are condemned in the Bhagavad-gita (17.5-6). Similarly, cleanliness is necessary both for the mind and for the body. Simply bodily cleanliness may help to some extent, but cleanliness of the mind is necessary, and it is effected by glorifying the Supreme Lord. No one can cleanse the accumulated mental dust without glorifying the Supreme Lord. A godless civilization cannot cleanse the mind because it has no idea of God, and for this simple reason people under such a civilization cannot have good qualifications, however they may be materially equipped. We have to see things by their resultant action. The resultant action of human civilization in the age of Kali is dissatisfaction, so everyone is anxious to get peace of mind. This peace of mind was complete in the Satya age because of the existence of the above-mentioned attributes of the human beings. Gradually these attributes have diminished in the Treta-yuga to three fourths, in the Dvapara to half, and in this age of Kali to one fourth, which is also gradually diminishing on account of prevailing untruthfulness. By pride, either artificial or real, the resultant action of austerity is spoiled; by too much affection for female association, cleanliness is spoiled; by too much addiction to intoxication, mercy is spoiled; and by too much lying propaganda, truthfulness is spoiled. The revival of bhagavata-dharma can save human civilization from falling prey to evils of all description.