In a nservative genre that has maly told straight stori, six new films, cludg tl on Hallmark and Lifetime, center on gay or lbian characters.
Contents:
- THE GAYT CHRISTMAS EVER: INSI 2020’S BIG, QUEER HOLIDAY EXPLOSN
- THE 10 BT GAY/LGBTQIA+ CHRISTMAS MOVI OF ALL TIME
- THE TWELVE GAYS OF CHRISTMAS
- 'LIKE A GAY DREAM E TE': NETFLIX'S FIRST GAY HOLIDAY ROM- 'SGLE ALL THE WAY' RELISH JOY
THE GAYT CHRISTMAS EVER: INSI 2020’S BIG, QUEER HOLIDAY EXPLOSN
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Christmas 2020 is the gayt Christmas ever. This holiday season has gifted dienc wh four—y, four—gay Christmas roms: Hallmark’s The Christmas Hoe, Hulu’s Happit Season, Lifetime’s The Christmas Set-Up (December 12), and Paramount’s Dashg December (December 13). There have been more mastream gay holiday roms released 2020 than every other year rerd pop culture history bed.
THE 10 BT GAY/LGBTQIA+ CHRISTMAS MOVI OF ALL TIME
Gays didn’t jt startg lovg Christmas this year. “I thk when they said make the Yuleti gay, they meant , ” said Jonathan Bent, one half of the gay uple at the heart of Hallmark’s The Christmas Hoe.
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THE TWELVE GAYS OF CHRISTMAS
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'LIKE A GAY DREAM E TE': NETFLIX'S FIRST GAY HOLIDAY ROM- 'SGLE ALL THE WAY' RELISH JOY
Seeg a gay man openly talk his your same-sex partner at Christmas around strangers?
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