The late Lama Thubten Yeshe, a Gelugpa Lama and founder of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, indicated that he did not consider homosexuality to be sexual misconduct. In response to a question of whether homosexuality is considered misconduct, Lama Yeshe replied: "No, not necessarily. You mean, man go with man, female go with female? No; but if making disunity, yes. For example, if there is wife and husband, a couple, I think it has some effect. But if it’s a free man and a free woman, it doesn’t matter. [...] My own view, man stay with man, female stay with female, I don’t consider it good or bad. This is my opinion. It’s just no big deal, no big deal, that’s all."