We have long lived in a binary world where sex and gender are divided into two: female and male. But according to the three traditional sacred Buddhist scriptures in the Tripitaka, sexuality can be divided into four categories: female, male, ubhatobyañjanaka and paṇḍaka.

At a frenetic and freewheeling rally in Macon, Ga., in mid-October, with less than three weeks to go before the election, President Donald Trump turned introspective. He reflected on what sets him apart from every other president in American history: his refusal to be presidential.