“Don’t expect anything to change if you won’t,” writes makeup artist, Buddhist monk and LGBTQ advocate Kodo Nishimura in his heartfelt memoir and self-help guide, “This Monk Wears Heels.” Most self-help books espouse this aphorism in one form or another. Nevertheless, it doesn’t feel blindly optimistic coming from Nishimura, especially in the context of hard-won…
