Happy Holigays: Every 2021 LGBTQ+ Holiday Movie | Decir

Contents:

• THE BT QUEER HOLIDAY MOVI TO MAKE THE YULETI GAY
• MAKE THE YULETI GAY WH THE NEW LGBTQ CHRISTMAS MOVI
• JONATHAN BENT WANTED TO CREATE A GAY UNCLE BUCK FOR THE HOLIDAY STER
• BARBIE SAID “GAY RIGHTS!” LONG BEFORE MARGOT ROBBIE OR GRETA GERWIG SHOWED UP
• 10 QUEER CHRISTMAS MOVI TO MAKE THE YULETI GAY
• HAPPY HOLIGAYS: EVERY 2021 LGBTQ+ HOLIDAY MOVIE
• SEE FIRST-LOOK PHOTOS OF NETFLIX'S FIRST GAY CHRISTMAS MOVIE SGLE ALL THE WAY
• THE GAYT CHRISTMAS EVER: INSI 2020’S BIG, QUEER HOLIDAY EXPLOSN
• 12 MERRY AND GAY MOVI TO SPICE UP YOUR HOLIDAY

THE BT QUEER HOLIDAY MOVI TO MAKE THE YULETI GAY

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Nearby, handsome sgle-gay-father-aspiree Jason (Gee Krissa) studi an adoptn pamphlet his ftively rated mansn while his dotg mom nsol him via phone om her home across the street. Netflix’s first te gay Christmas movie (2019’s Let It Snow has a cute queer-teen subplot) follows plant daddy Peter (Michael Urie) as he heads home to New Hampshire wh his bt iend and pretend boyiend, Nick (Philemon Chambers), to avoid his mom’s (Kathy Najimy) naggg about his perpetual sgle stat. Drama and secrets get exposed this brand new, queer-clive fay saga that featur a gay uple played by Broadway actor/photographer Anthony Chatmon II and out mol Derek Chadwick!

Nonbary actor Hugh Sheridan is takg on their first gay role, playg the happily married David alongsi hubby (played by Nicholas Brown) the Asie Christmas rom- Christmas on the Farm! Directed by Tony wner Michael Mayer and starrg a stacked st that clus Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers, Le MacFarlane, Barry Bostwick, Jennifer Robertson, and edy screen legends Jennifer Coolidge and Kathy Najimy, Sgle All the Way is Netflix's highly-anticipated, first gay holiday film and tells the story of a gay man named Peter who is "sperate to avoid his fay's judgment about his perpetual sgle stat, " acrdg to the film's official (and relatable AF) scriptn. Emmy-wng TV in and Drag Race legend RuPl is gettg on all of the gay cheer this year by releasg her very own special holiday special for VH1, aptly entled The Bch Who Stole Christmas!

MAKE THE YULETI GAY WH THE NEW LGBTQ CHRISTMAS MOVI

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JONATHAN BENT WANTED TO CREATE A GAY UNCLE BUCK FOR THE HOLIDAY STER

But the se is put to the tt when his mother (another gay fave, Kathy Najimy) sets him up wh her hunky traer (“Brothers and Sisters” actor Le Macfarlane) to “Sgle All the Way” for stg three out actors as gay characters — and for stg Jennifer Coolidge, perd. 3, NetflixFormer nttants return to the tents for a pair of holiday-themed episos: In “The Great Christmas Bakg Show, ” out ic Tom Allen subs for Noel Fieldg to -host wh gay prenter Matt Lus as season ne’s Jon Jenks and Kim-Joy Hewlett and season 11’s Herme and Rowan Williams whip up wondro Yuleti treats.

BARBIE SAID “GAY RIGHTS!” LONG BEFORE MARGOT ROBBIE OR GRETA GERWIG SHOWED UP

“The showstopper challenge, they’ve got to make a ftive feast illn ke, ” judge Pl Hollywood teased, acrdg to “The Great New Year’s Bakg Show, ” 's season five wner Nancy Birtwhistle up agast season ne champn Rahul Mandal and two nttants om season 19: Gay nerd Henry Bird and wchy Helena Garcia. Baneatta’s gay son, Kenny (Anthony Chatmon II), brgs his boyiend, Logan (Derek Chadwick), home for the holidays but is given an icy receptn.

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10 QUEER CHRISTMAS MOVI TO MAKE THE YULETI GAY

19, LifetimeLast year, Lifetime buted s first gaycentric holiday flick, "The Christmas Setup, " and this season, 's brgg a lbian romance to the small this holiday tale om "The Christmas Setup" screenwrer Michael J.

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HAPPY HOLIGAYS: EVERY 2021 LGBTQ+ HOLIDAY MOVIE

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SEE FIRST-LOOK PHOTOS OF NETFLIX'S FIRST GAY CHRISTMAS MOVIE SGLE ALL THE WAY

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THE GAYT CHRISTMAS EVER: INSI 2020’S BIG, QUEER HOLIDAY EXPLOSN

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A married uple (Treat Williams and Sharon Lawrence) v their adult children, cludg gay son Brandon (Jonathan Bent) and his partner (Brad Hardner), to stay wh them the weeks leadg up to Christmas to revis the old fay tradn of transformg their childhood home to "The Christmas Hoe" — a procs that means extensively ratg the home for the Christmas holiday for what uld possibly be the last "The Christmas Hoe" has a sequel, 's not nearly as good as the origal. In the movie, which buts Sunday, Bent plays Sam, a gay guy whose personal life suffers at the st of his profsnal life — work over marriage. '" Add to the formula the actor's love of the '80s classic Uncle Buck starrg John Candy, pl his sire to see a movie that was "really thentic to what 's like beg a gay man 2022.

12 MERRY AND GAY MOVI TO SPICE UP YOUR HOLIDAY

" And that turned to me and my love for Uncle Buck, the movie wh John Candy that I grew up on, and I kd of put those ias together and I said, "What if Uncle Buck was gay? As gay men, we're navigatg what our liv look like wh kids, or gettg married, or whout kids, and 's not black or whe — there's so many different avenu to startg a fay and havg a chosen fay. In 2020, Hallmark e QUITE the drama when they promised they would fally create a gay Christmas film for their work – and then “fot” to clu when they announced their listg.

But was hard to overlook the fact that while both films featured a gay uple, they were mor characters – or at bt, part of an ensemble st! I do have to ll out somethg I’ve noticed this year, everyone seems to be promotg Hallmark’s 2022 film The Holiday Ster the channel’s “first gay Christmas rom-” – umm, exce me?