‘1946’ movie: Word homosexual first appeared in Bible in 1946
01.12.2023 - 10:21
/ qvoicenews.com
In the documentary “1946,” director Sharon “Rocky” Roggio combines personal experiences with thrilling historical exploration to uncover a great mystery that could shift understanding of the Bible.
“1946” follows tireless researchers Kathy Baldock and Ed Oxford, who trace the origins of the anti-gay movement among Christians to a potential grave mistranslation in the biblical text.
They find that the Revised Standard Version, published in 1946 was the first time the word “homosexual” appeared in any Bible, in any translation.
“1946” premieres in Los Angeles Friday at the Laemmle Noho 7 in North Hollywood.
The documentary also chronicles the discovery of never-before-seen archives at Yale University that unveil new revelations, leading the researchers to doubt any biblical basis for hating gay people.
Interwoven with the scriptural analysis is Roggio’s story.
Before her career as a filmmaker, Roggio grew up in a Christian household where her father, Pastor Sal Roggio, disapproved of her sexual orientation given his understanding of the Word of God.
Including Sal in the film shows how his daughter is caught between the trauma of anti-gay prejudice and her genuine love for her father, and her desire to keep him in her life, all while making a documentary around herself that aims to undermine his misguided ideology.
“I believe that my family and anybody who oppresses the LGBTQ community are victims of bad theology,” Roggio says in the film. “How do we undo a lie that is so ingrained in our culture?”
Rocky and Sal’s story thus turns 1946 into a film not only about history and language, but about understanding and humanity, and through it Roggio takes her place in the growing movement of LGBTQ Christians reconciling their