H. Alan Scott Talks About What It Means To Be Jewish And Queer In 2019

The new documentary, Latter Day Jew, follows H. Alan Scott, a former Mormon who gets cancer and converts to Judaism. 

www.advocate.com/film/2019/12/12/h-alan-scott-talks-about-what-it-means-be-jewish-and-queer-2019

26 of the Best LGBTQ Novels We Discovered This Year

They had us discovering queer romance in Israel, Greenland, France, and our own backyards.

www.advocate.com/books/2019/12/24/26-best-lgbtq-novels-we-discovered-year

This advice on how to deal with an anti-LGBTQ family member is priceless

A humorous tweet on how to deal with an LGBTQ-phobic family member has gone viral.

Posted by Twitter user @jaboukie, it says: “if you have an lgbtq phobic family member tht merely tolerates you. take them aside and explain how you have seen the light and are trying to be cishet. there are classes but they’re expensive–you want it to be a surprise to the rest of the family – so you need $8500 to be straight.”

In just over seven hours, it’s had over 100,000 likes and 15,000 retweets.

Of course, the subject of so-called conversion therapy is a serious matter. The dangerous, if not deluded practice, has been banned on minors in several US states and countries. Attempting to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling or other psychological means will not work and is likely to cause harm.

Related: Utah’s Republican governor acts to ban conversion therapy on minors

That said, most of those commenting on the tweet appreciated the pre-holidays joke.

Some speculated on whether it was a monthly or weekly fee.

Those classes are a monthly fee right?

— молодой большевик (@youngbolshevik) December 24, 2019

Some wondered if producing a fake pamphlet might help with the hustle.

Do we need a fake pamphlet to seal the deal or do we keep it vague?

— B S (@BASabbar) December 24, 2019

Some even shared a little of their own experiences. @renegademom said: “My parents barely tolerated me and my girlfriend. I spent my 30s (the 80s) choosing either my partner or my family on holidays. Sometimes I’d run back-and-forth on the LIRR trying to do both. To this day I hate holidays. I’m glad it’s a joke now. it was horrible and hurtful then.”

My parents barely tolerated me and my girlfriend. I spent my 30s (the 80s) choosing either my partner or my family on holidays. Sometimes I’d run back-and-forth on the LIRR trying to do both. To this day I hate holidays. I’m glad it’s a joke now. it was horrible and hurtful then.

— La Gata (@renegademom) December 24, 2019

And then there were the memes.

Them when you roll up to Thanksgiving in designer clothes pic.twitter.com/90D3t7OUMV

— Krishan Patel (@IAmKrishanPatel) December 24, 2019

Looking for some more serious advice about spending time with relatives over the holidays? Check out Queerty’s ‘You’re home for the holidays and about to lose your damn mind’ 

www.queerty.com/advice-deal-anti-lgbtq-family-member-priceless-20191224?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29