Issan Dorsey (March 7 1933 — September 6 1990) born Tommy Dorsey Jr. was a Sōtō Zen monk and teacher Dharma heir of Zentatsu Richard Baker and onetime abbot of Hartford Street Zen Center (HSZC) located in the Castro district of San Francisco California. Earlier in his life he had worked as a prostitute and a drag queen and had struggled at times with drug addiction.
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