For non-hoax films, see list of works depicting Jesus as LGBT.
"Modern People News has revealed plans for the filming of a movie based on the SEX LIFE OF JESUS in which Jesus is portrayed as a swinging HOMOSEXUAL...."
— An early version of the chain letter[1]
Since around 1979, a chain letter has falsely claimed that a film is in the works in which Jesus will be depicted as gay and involved in a promiscuous swinger lifestyle.[a] Born of half-truths regarding The Many Faces of Jesus, Jens Jørgen Thorsen's abandoned pornographic film about Jesus, the hoax initially implied that the film's would-be producer was a magazine that had run a poll about Thorsen's plans. The narrative has morphed over time to claim that the supposed film is an adaptation of the 1997 play Corpus Christi, which does depict Jesus as gay, although not in a sexualized manner.
Many letters have directed recipients to contact the attorney general of Illinois to demand a ban of the supposed film, peaking at roughly 2,000 letters per week. In 1985, Attorney General Neil Hartigan wrote a letter to advice columnist Ann Landers asking for her help in publicizing the film's nonexistence. Entities to fall for the hoax in subsequent decades include the county council of Pictou County, Nova Scotia, and the affirmative action officer of Schenectady County, New York. As recently as 2018, the hoax film remains the subject of complaints to regulators across the globe.
^Mikkelson 2017.
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).
and 25 Related for: Gay Jesus film hoax information
The Many Faces of Jesus, Jens Jørgen Thorsen's abandoned pornographic film about Jesus, the hoax initially implied that the film's would-be producer was...
a non-pornographic film about Jesus, The Return [da], which received lackluster reviews. In the United States, a long-running hoax emerged falsely claiming...
of Jesus as gay or bisexual The gayJesusfilmhoax, a long-running chain letter that claims that a film will soon be released depicting Jesus as gay, initially...
with a thick coat of fur. GayJesusfilmhoax, a long-running chain letter claiming that a movie depicting Jesus as a gay swinger will soon be released...
Redemption, a 2011 film about the staging of the play Corpus Christi, a fictitious adaptation of the play, involved in the gayJesusfilmhoax Among other names...
The gayJesusfilmhoax claims that a film is in production that will depict Jesus as gay and a swinger. While some films have depicted Jesus as gay or...
Retrieved 19 July 2020. Letterboxd Mark Goodacre (May 19, 2005). "GayJesusFilmHoax?". NT Blog. Retrieved 2009-06-08. Harry Medved and Michael Medved...
platform. The Last Hangover (2018) List of works depicting Jesus as LGBT GayJesusfilmhoax Attributed to multiple sources: Serba, John (9 December 2019)...
"Danish Blue: The Jesus Sex Film Scandal". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 79 – via Newspapers.com. Simbro, William (18 May 1980). "That Jesus sex movie never...
in dispelling the hoax that a film was going to depict Jesus as gay. Lederer replied that "Hoaxes die hard, and the zanier the hoax, the more difficult...
all elements of the Apollo program and the associated Moon landings were hoaxes staged by NASA, possibly with the aid of other organizations. The most notable...
Rap! Filming Ends". KathyGriffin.net. Retrieved April 25, 2010. Zakarin, Jordan (September 2, 2011). "Kathy Griffin Hints Marcus Bachmann Is Gay on the...
claimed that the actor had been killed in an accident while filming a movie in Austria. Another hoax article that surfaced in September of that year had also...
20th-century literary hoax, some commentators express concern that the proliferation and popularity of pseudohistorical books, websites and films inspired by the...
Outer Space" satirized the recently-broadcast Santelli Alien Autopsy hoaxfilm. After the success of The X-Files, Roswell alien conspiracies were featured...
elaborate hoax. Majestic 12 remains popular among some UFO conspiracy theorists and the concept has appeared in popular culture including television, film and...
Black Dynamite (2012–2015). He is also known for his role as Pope Sweet Jesus in the movie Norbit (2007). Griffin was ranked at number 62 on Comedy Central's...
psychology and communications during the 1970s. McCartney parodied the hoax with the title and cover art of his 1993 live album, Paul Is Live. The legend...
ABORTION AND GAY MARRIAGE". Catholic League. March 16, 2017. Donohue, Bill (April 2017). "2017 YEAR IN REVIEW: IRISH NUNS/"MASS GRAVE" HOAX". Catholic League...
Mystery of Flight 1501 (1990) – disaster drama television film telling the story about a bomb hoax aboard a passenger plane, usually advertised as being based...
successful [ectopic] pregnancy, can he survive it?'" Since 2000, several hoax web sites have appeared on the Internet purporting to describe the world's...
1960s, at age 18, he cooperated when Gray Barker urged him to develop a hoax—which Barker subsequently published—about what Barker called "blackmen",...
conspiracy theories Project MKUltra Vallée, Jacques F. (1994). "Anatomy of a hoax: The Philadelphia Experiment fifty years later" (PDF). Journal of Scientific...
included "God is gay", "Jesus is gay", "HOMOSEXUAL SEX RULES", and "Everyone is gay". One of his personal journals states, "I am not gay, although I wish...
massacre was real. Some conspiracy theorists claim that the shooting was a hoax and a false flag operation staged by the United States government. Others...
Global Information