Merry and Gay: 8 Queer Movi to Watch Over the Christmas Holidays

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• MERRY AND GAY: 8 QUEER MOVI TO WATCH OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
• THIS WEEK MORMON LAND: GAY POLICY ADD TO MISSNARY MANUAL, APOSTLE’S WIFE REMEMBERS SGLE LIFE, CHURCH BUYS CHIGO TOWER(PHOTO URTY EXCEL ENTERTAMENT) JANE MANNG SS WH THE PARTRIDGE AND LAWRENCE SISTERS A SCENE OM THE UPG FEATURE FILM TLED "JANE & EMMA."BY DAVID NOYCE  | AUG. 17, 2018, 6:15 P.M. | UPDATED: 7:49 P.M.THE MORMON LAND NEWSLETTER IS A WEEKLY HIGHLIGHT REEL OF VELOPMENTS AND ABOUT THE CHURCH OF J CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SATS, WHETHER HERALD HEADL, PREACHED OM THE PULP OR BUZZED ABOUT ON THE BACK BENCH. WANT MORMON LAND YOUR BOX? SUBSCRIBE HERE.THIS WEEK’S PODST: ‘JANE AND EMMA’ ON THE BIG SCREEN(COURTY EXCEL ENTERTAMENT) DANIELLE DEADWYLER AND EY GOSS PORTRAY JANE MANNG AND EMMA SMH, RPECTIVELY, THE UPG FEATURE FILM "JANE & EMMA."EMMA SMH STANDS ALONE AS THE MOST FAMO WOMAN MORMON HISTORY. THE WIFE OF CHURCH FOUNR JOSEPH SMH IS MENTNED HISTORI, JOURNALS, EVEN LDS SCRIPTURE.LS KNOWN IS HER ENDURG AND ENARG IENDSHIP WH THE EARLY CHURCH’S MOST NOTED BLACK WOMAN, JANE MANNG JAM.A FORTHG FILM, TLED “JANE AND EMMA,” DOCUMENTS AND DRAMATIZ THEIR RELATNSHIP.THE MOVIE’S DIRECTOR, CHANTELLE SQUIR, AND S SCREENWRER, MELISSA LEILANI LARSON, DISCS THE FILM, S TLE CHARACTERS AND THEIR HOP FOR WHAT THE FILM MIGHT DO FOR RACE RELATNS WH — AND WHOUT — THE CHURCH.LISTEN HERE.‘PREACH MY GOSPEL’ PREACH THE GAY POLICYTHE CHURCH’S HOTLY DISPUTED NOVEMBER 2015 POLICY — CLARG SAME-SEX MORMON UPL “APOSTAT” AND GENERALLY FORBIDDG THEIR CHILDREN OM RELIG R UNTIL THEY TURN 18 — HAS FOUND A HOME NOT ONLY THE FAH’S HANDBOOK FOR BISHOPS AND STAKE PRINTS BUT ALSO S TRAG MANUAL FOR MISSNARI.THE UPDATED “PREACH MY GOSPEL,” A FIELD GUI OF SORTS FOR PROSELYTIZERS, NTAS THE FOLLOWG NDN THAT MT BE MET BEFORE MISSNARI N BAPTIZE A MOR:“THE CHILD’S PRIMARY RINCE IS NOT WH PARENTS WHO ARE POLYGAMISTS OR A SAME-SEX RELATNSHIP. IF ONE OR BOTH OF THE CHILD’S PARENTS ARE POLYGAMISTS, YOU MT NTACT THE MISSN PRINT FOR ADDNAL RMATN. FOR ADDNAL RMATN REGARDG CHILDREN OF PARENTS SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS, SEE FIRST PRINCY LETTER, NOV. 13, 2015 (“FIRST PRINCY CLARIFI CHURCH HANDBOOK CHANG,” ) AND “CHURCH PROVIS CONTEXT ON HANDBOOK CHANG AFFECTG SAME-SEX MARRIAG,” NOV. 6, 2015 ().”ADDISON JENKS, A BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSY STUNT AND AN OPENLY GAY MORMON, TOLD KUER’S LEE HALE THAT THE ADDN TO “PREACH MY GOSPEL” APPEARS TO BE CEMENTG PLACE THE 2015 POLICY.THAT EXCLNARY CREE, HE SAID, SENTIALLY TOLD GAY LATTER-DAY SATS: “IF YOU WANT TO BE GAY AND MORMON, OK, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE MORMON. AND YOU N’T REALLY BE GAY.”APOSTLE’S WIFE REMEMBERS CHALLENG OF SGLE LIFE(RICK EGAN | THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE) APOSTLE M. RSELL BALLARD, DALL H. OAKS, AND HIS WIFE, KRISTEN OAKS, AFTER THE SATURDAY MORNG SSN OF THE188TH ANNUAL GENERAL CONFERENCE SALT LAKE CY, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2018.IT’S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO BE SGLE A CHURCH THAT PREACH ETERNAL MARRIAGE AND THAT FAI ARE “CENTRAL TO THE CREATOR’S PLAN FOR THE ETERNAL STY OF HIS CHILDREN.”A PROMENT LDS WOMAN KNOWS SOMETHG ABOUT THAT CHALLENGE. AFTER ALL, SHE WAS SGLE FOR NEARLY 53 YEARS — UNTIL SHE MARRIED APOSTLE DALL H. OAKS TWO YEARS AFTER HIS FIRST WIFE DIED.“I REJOICED DURG MY SGLE YEARS, AND I SUFFERED THROUGH THEM, TOO,” KRISTEN MEREDH MCMA OAKS WR THE LDS CHURCH NEWS, “WHILE I WAS DISVERG WHAT HEAVENLY FATHER WANTED FOR ME.”KRISTEN OAKS NOT HOW HELPFUL SGL WARDS N BE AND HOW DIFFICULT THE TRANSN N BE FOR UNMARRIED ADULT MORMONS WHEN THEY SWCH TO TRADNAL “FAY” NGREGATNS.“WHAT THE SGL WARD DO PROVI IS AN ENVIRONMENT TO ASSOCIATE WH OTHERS OF SIAR TERTS AND AGE, WHERE BEG SGLE IS THE NORM. IT IS EASY TO FEEL ACCEPTED WHEN OUR LIV ARE SO MUCH LIKE THOSE AROUND ,” SHE WR. “... FOR SOME, A MOVE TO A FAY WARD N SEEM LIKE A SEPARATN OM A SURROGATE FAY AND CLOSE IENDS. IT IS EXACERBATED BY ENTERG A RINTIAL WARD AND SEARCHG FOR A PLACE TO F . I PERSONALLY REMEMBER HOW DIFFICULT WAS FOR ME AS A SGLE TO S ALONE CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY.”HOW DID SHE PE?“SERVICE AND LLGS,” SHE SAID, “MA ALL THE DIFFERENCE.”THE RELIGN OF NAME-DROPPG“TH SHALL MY CHURCH BE LLED THE LAST DAYS, EVEN THE CHURCH OF J CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SATS.”SO CLARED JOSEPH SMH 1838 A WHAT HE REPORTED AS A REVELATN OM GOD.MORE THAN 180 YEARS LATER, PRINT RSELL M. NELSON PROCLAIMED MUCH THE SAME THG:“THE LORD HAS IMPRSED UPON MY MD THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NAME HE HAS REVEALED FOR HIS CHURCH, EVEN THE CHURCH OF J CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SATS,” THE 93-YEAR-OLD LEAR SAID A NEWS RELEASE URGG MEMBERS, NONMEMBERS, MEDIA AND OTHERS TO STOP REFERRG TO THE UTAH-BASED FAH BY THE NICKNAME “LDS CHURCH” OR “MORMON CHURCH.”CALLG MEMBERS “MORMONS” IS OUT AS WELL. NELSON PREFERS “LATTER-DAY SATS.”THE CHURCH TRIED THIS BEFORE BUT BACKED AWAY AND EVEN EMBRACED THE “MORMON” MONIKER. WNS, FOR STANCE, THE “MEET THE MORMONS” MOVIE, THE “I’M A MORMON” AD MPAIGN AND THE MORMONANDGAY WEBSE.SOME LATTER-DAY SATS DOUBT THE LATT RENAMG MOVE WILL WORK AS WELL. CHECK BACK A FEW YEARS.SOME CLAIMS DIE, BUT MTC ABE SE LIV ON

MERRY AND GAY: 8 QUEER MOVI TO WATCH OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

The hope, of urse, is that someday won’t feel like a Christmas miracle every time we see a queer person on screen the while we’re on our way to that realy — the spir of Christmas, I tst that this will happen, a few plot pots om now — here are some holiday films featurg queer stori, wh jt the appropriate amount of ches for the Yuleti All the Way (2021) Helmed by Tony-wng director Michael Mayer, Netflix’s first gay holiday movie tells the story of Peter (Michael Urie). — a ol nt, and this stg choice is only the cherry on top of a film that stars three out actors for s gay the Christmas Tree (2021) Lifetime’s first-ever lbian Christmas movie, Unr the Christmas Tree is part of the work’s “It’s a Wonrful Lifetime” lp this year, and tells the story of marketg workaholic Alma Beltran (Elise Bman) and Christmas tree whisperer Charlie Freemont (Tattiawna Jon) the film, Charlie is exced when she fds the perfect tree for the Mae Governor’s Holiday Celebratn. Dashg December (2020) Paramount Network’s Dashg December is to gays as Christmas at the Ranch is to lbians.

THIS WEEK MORMON LAND: GAY POLICY ADD TO MISSNARY MANUAL, APOSTLE’S WIFE REMEMBERS SGLE LIFE, CHURCH BUYS CHIGO TOWER(PHOTO URTY EXCEL ENTERTAMENT) JANE MANNG SS WH THE PARTRIDGE AND LAWRENCE SISTERS A SCENE OM THE UPG FEATURE FILM TLED "JANE & EMMA."BY DAVID NOYCE  | AUG. 17, 2018, 6:15 P.M. | UPDATED: 7:49 P.M.THE MORMON LAND NEWSLETTER IS A WEEKLY HIGHLIGHT REEL OF VELOPMENTS AND ABOUT THE CHURCH OF J CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SATS, WHETHER HERALD HEADL, PREACHED OM THE PULP OR BUZZED ABOUT ON THE BACK BENCH. WANT MORMON LAND YOUR BOX? SUBSCRIBE HERE.THIS WEEK’S PODST: ‘JANE AND EMMA’ ON THE BIG SCREEN(COURTY EXCEL ENTERTAMENT) DANIELLE DEADWYLER AND EY GOSS PORTRAY JANE MANNG AND EMMA SMH, RPECTIVELY, THE UPG FEATURE FILM "JANE & EMMA."EMMA SMH STANDS ALONE AS THE MOST FAMO WOMAN MORMON HISTORY. THE WIFE OF CHURCH FOUNR JOSEPH SMH IS MENTNED HISTORI, JOURNALS, EVEN LDS SCRIPTURE.LS KNOWN IS HER ENDURG AND ENARG IENDSHIP WH THE EARLY CHURCH’S MOST NOTED BLACK WOMAN, JANE MANNG JAM.A FORTHG FILM, TLED “JANE AND EMMA,” DOCUMENTS AND DRAMATIZ THEIR RELATNSHIP.THE MOVIE’S DIRECTOR, CHANTELLE SQUIR, AND S SCREENWRER, MELISSA LEILANI LARSON, DISCS THE FILM, S TLE CHARACTERS AND THEIR HOP FOR WHAT THE FILM MIGHT DO FOR RACE RELATNS WH — AND WHOUT — THE CHURCH.LISTEN HERE.‘PREACH MY GOSPEL’ PREACH THE GAY POLICYTHE CHURCH’S HOTLY DISPUTED NOVEMBER 2015 POLICY — CLARG SAME-SEX MORMON UPL “APOSTAT” AND GENERALLY FORBIDDG THEIR CHILDREN OM RELIG R UNTIL THEY TURN 18 — HAS FOUND A HOME NOT ONLY THE FAH’S HANDBOOK FOR BISHOPS AND STAKE PRINTS BUT ALSO S TRAG MANUAL FOR MISSNARI.THE UPDATED “PREACH MY GOSPEL,” A FIELD GUI OF SORTS FOR PROSELYTIZERS, NTAS THE FOLLOWG NDN THAT MT BE MET BEFORE MISSNARI N BAPTIZE A MOR:“THE CHILD’S PRIMARY RINCE IS NOT WH PARENTS WHO ARE POLYGAMISTS OR A SAME-SEX RELATNSHIP. IF ONE OR BOTH OF THE CHILD’S PARENTS ARE POLYGAMISTS, YOU MT NTACT THE MISSN PRINT FOR ADDNAL RMATN. FOR ADDNAL RMATN REGARDG CHILDREN OF PARENTS SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS, SEE FIRST PRINCY LETTER, NOV. 13, 2015 (“FIRST PRINCY CLARIFI CHURCH HANDBOOK CHANG,” ) AND “CHURCH PROVIS CONTEXT ON HANDBOOK CHANG AFFECTG SAME-SEX MARRIAG,” NOV. 6, 2015 ().”ADDISON JENKS, A BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSY STUNT AND AN OPENLY GAY MORMON, TOLD KUER’S LEE HALE THAT THE ADDN TO “PREACH MY GOSPEL” APPEARS TO BE CEMENTG PLACE THE 2015 POLICY.THAT EXCLNARY CREE, HE SAID, SENTIALLY TOLD GAY LATTER-DAY SATS: “IF YOU WANT TO BE GAY AND MORMON, OK, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE MORMON. AND YOU N’T REALLY BE GAY.”APOSTLE’S WIFE REMEMBERS CHALLENG OF SGLE LIFE(RICK EGAN | THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE) APOSTLE M. RSELL BALLARD, DALL H. OAKS, AND HIS WIFE, KRISTEN OAKS, AFTER THE SATURDAY MORNG SSN OF THE188TH ANNUAL GENERAL CONFERENCE SALT LAKE CY, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2018.IT’S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO BE SGLE A CHURCH THAT PREACH ETERNAL MARRIAGE AND THAT FAI ARE “CENTRAL TO THE CREATOR’S PLAN FOR THE ETERNAL STY OF HIS CHILDREN.”A PROMENT LDS WOMAN KNOWS SOMETHG ABOUT THAT CHALLENGE. AFTER ALL, SHE WAS SGLE FOR NEARLY 53 YEARS — UNTIL SHE MARRIED APOSTLE DALL H. OAKS TWO YEARS AFTER HIS FIRST WIFE DIED.“I REJOICED DURG MY SGLE YEARS, AND I SUFFERED THROUGH THEM, TOO,” KRISTEN MEREDH MCMA OAKS WR THE LDS CHURCH NEWS, “WHILE I WAS DISVERG WHAT HEAVENLY FATHER WANTED FOR ME.”KRISTEN OAKS NOT HOW HELPFUL SGL WARDS N BE AND HOW DIFFICULT THE TRANSN N BE FOR UNMARRIED ADULT MORMONS WHEN THEY SWCH TO TRADNAL “FAY” NGREGATNS.“WHAT THE SGL WARD DO PROVI IS AN ENVIRONMENT TO ASSOCIATE WH OTHERS OF SIAR TERTS AND AGE, WHERE BEG SGLE IS THE NORM. IT IS EASY TO FEEL ACCEPTED WHEN OUR LIV ARE SO MUCH LIKE THOSE AROUND ,” SHE WR. “... FOR SOME, A MOVE TO A FAY WARD N SEEM LIKE A SEPARATN OM A SURROGATE FAY AND CLOSE IENDS. IT IS EXACERBATED BY ENTERG A RINTIAL WARD AND SEARCHG FOR A PLACE TO F . I PERSONALLY REMEMBER HOW DIFFICULT WAS FOR ME AS A SGLE TO S ALONE CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY.”HOW DID SHE PE?“SERVICE AND LLGS,” SHE SAID, “MA ALL THE DIFFERENCE.”THE RELIGN OF NAME-DROPPG“TH SHALL MY CHURCH BE LLED THE LAST DAYS, EVEN THE CHURCH OF J CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SATS.”SO CLARED JOSEPH SMH 1838 A WHAT HE REPORTED AS A REVELATN OM GOD.MORE THAN 180 YEARS LATER, PRINT RSELL M. NELSON PROCLAIMED MUCH THE SAME THG:“THE LORD HAS IMPRSED UPON MY MD THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NAME HE HAS REVEALED FOR HIS CHURCH, EVEN THE CHURCH OF J CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SATS,” THE 93-YEAR-OLD LEAR SAID A NEWS RELEASE URGG MEMBERS, NONMEMBERS, MEDIA AND OTHERS TO STOP REFERRG TO THE UTAH-BASED FAH BY THE NICKNAME “LDS CHURCH” OR “MORMON CHURCH.”CALLG MEMBERS “MORMONS” IS OUT AS WELL. NELSON PREFERS “LATTER-DAY SATS.”THE CHURCH TRIED THIS BEFORE BUT BACKED AWAY AND EVEN EMBRACED THE “MORMON” MONIKER. WNS, FOR STANCE, THE “MEET THE MORMONS” MOVIE, THE “I’M A MORMON” AD MPAIGN AND THE MORMONANDGAY WEBSE.SOME LATTER-DAY SATS DOUBT THE LATT RENAMG MOVE WILL WORK AS WELL. CHECK BACK A FEW YEARS.SOME CLAIMS DIE, BUT MTC ABE SE LIV ON

But bt of all, I thk, is MacDowell’s performance as Deb, who, like some of the other parents the films on this list, jt wants to fd love for her gay kid. ‘Preach My Gospel’ preach the gay policyThe church’s hotly disputed November 2015 policy — clarg same-sex Mormon upl “apostat” and generally forbiddg their children om relig r until they turn 18 — has found a home not only the fah’s Handbook for bishops and stake prints but also s trag manual for updated “Preach My Gospel, ” a field gui of sorts for proselytizers, ntas the followg ndn that mt be met before missnari n baptize a mor:“The child’s primary rince is not wh parents who are polygamists or a same-sex relatnship.

”Addison Jenks, a Brigham Young Universy stunt and an openly gay Mormon, told KUER’s Lee Hale that the addn to “Preach My Gospel” appears to be cementg place the 2015 exclnary cree, he said, sentially told gay Latter-day Sats: “If you want to be gay and Mormon, OK, but you have to be Mormon. And you n’t really be gay. Wns, for stance, the “Meet the Mormons” movie, the “I’m a Mormon” ad mpaign and the mormonandgay Latter-day Sats doubt the latt renamg move will work as well.