As Jewish arts centre JW3 celebrat the bt of LGBT culture, and the release of BFI-backed documentary Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? draws closer, we remember some of the bt Jewish and Israeli gay and lbian films.
Contents:
- A GAY JEWISH READG LIST
- MEET DR. JSE EHRENFELD: A JEWISH VETERAN, AND THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT OF THE AMA
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
A GAY JEWISH READG LIST
When I was first g out 25 years ago, there were prec few books about beg gay and Jewish.
But will anyone who isn’t gay read them?
Conventnal wisdom the publishg dtry says that non-gay people won’t read books wh gay them — wh the notable exceptn of works by humorists, such as David Sedaris or Augten Burroughs, who play their liv for lghs.
MEET DR. JSE EHRENFELD: A JEWISH VETERAN, AND THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT OF THE AMA
Straight people n’t relate serly to gay life, the thkg go; they don’t know om such thgs, and they don’t want to know.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
Even if there’s a kernel of tth that notn — and I fear, sadly, that there often is — straight Jewish rears particular should be able to bridge this culture gap by choosg Jewish gay books: While some of the gay ntent might be unfaiar, at least the Jewish ntent will provi a pot of intifitn. If you’ve never read a book wh gay characters and them, I hope this’ll be your first.