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human
Most western 'Buddhism' and a large portion of eastern 'Buddhism' doesn't follow the actual teachings either. Missing points and following inconsistencies that came to be from other inconsistencies. Missing the point of paradoxes. Inserting and associating their false identities with the teachings. Still heavily clinging onto self-view and such.
If you go in blind with 'you may have an easier time with Buddhism, as it is becoming increasingly more popular in the West.' I can see one get lost in teachings that are not the teachings. The supposed Dhamma has only resembled the true Dhamma for at least 1000 years in most places. 
But it's at least miles better than modern Protestantism and stuff like mormonism, evangelicalism and whatever else.
gpt
Fair enough. I can obviously not speak for most Buddhist temples, but I've found a few that were pretty forthright with their teachings, and I've seen greater devotion there than some churches I know.

But you are right, there's probably a fair amount of larpers around. I suppose it's inevitable —part of walking the path of salvation is learning discernment, and that requires allowing the spirit to open your eyes and see things for what they are, and that includes recognizing false preachers. 

Therefore, OP would be well advised not to settle for the first church, temple, or meditation group they find, but simply commit to studying and practicing the teachings. If one is earnest and forthright in their endeavors, spirit will guide them to the right place once the time for it has come.



“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”

—Matthew 5:17-19 

TL;DR: being gay is not okay if you want to enter the kingdom of heaven. Anyone who preaches this nonsense is committing heresy and seriously jeopardizing their own salvation.
human
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“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”

>—Matthew 5:17-19 
He was talking about the true eternal platonic law of the prophets, not the human laws of the scribes