The Hallmark Channel is known for s chey but heartwarmg Christmas movi. This year, the channel cid to diversify s sts by featurg s first openly gay lead uple.
Contents:
- JONATHAN BENT WANTED TO CREATE A GAY UNCLE BUCK FOR THE HOLIDAY STER
- HALLMARK PREMIER S FIRST LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVIE WH A GAY LEAD UPLE
- ANTI-GAY PETNS CIRCULATG TO KEEP LGBT CHARACTERS OUT OF HALLMARK CHANNEL CHRISTMAS FILMS
JONATHAN BENT WANTED TO CREATE A GAY UNCLE BUCK FOR THE HOLIDAY STER
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Canadian actor Jake Foy is makg wav for playg the openly gay wboy Tuff McMurray on Hallmark's newt wtern seri, Ri. Dubbed by The Advote's sister publitn Out as the "gay kg of Christmas, " Jonathan Bent has starred some of the Hallmark Channel's most beloved holiday films. Alberta native Brad Harr is an out actor known pecially for The Christmas Hoe seri, which he and Jonathan Bent played the first married gay uple Hallmark history.
HALLMARK PREMIER S FIRST LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVIE WH A GAY LEAD UPLE
The multalented (and proudly out) Ali Liebert has both acted and directed projects for Hallmark, and she helmed the groundbreakg gay Christmas movie The Holiday Ster. " What you might not know is that Bent is openly gay and even starred the first queer-led Hallmark movie, "The Holiday Ster. " However, wasn't always this easy for him as a gay actor Hollywood.
The charismatic performer stars as Tuff McMurray, a gay wboy Hallmark's "Ri, " which he scrib to Pop Culturalist as an "enrichg" experience. "If we're able to watch Tuff wrtle wh that, would set a lovely, lovely precent for a lot of young people, gay or not.
He was st alongsi Billy Eichner for the 2022 gay romantic edy tled "Bros. Gee Krissa joed Jonathan Bent to star Hallmark's first gay-led feature film, "A Holiday Ster. The Hallmark Channel is gettg to the gay Christmas a part of s Countdown to Christmas event, Hallmark Channel has announced s first Christmas movie that foc on a gay Holiday Ster will be released on December 11 on The Hallmark Channel and will star Mean Girls alum Jonathan Bent, Gee Krissa, and Chelsea — Becky VanValkenburg (@Becky VanValkenburg).
ANTI-GAY PETNS CIRCULATG TO KEEP LGBT CHARACTERS OUT OF HALLMARK CHANNEL CHRISTMAS FILMS
He mak the trip wh his hband Jake, played by Brad Harr, and the pair wa to hear about the possible adoptn of their first 's only September, but wh Hallmark announcg s slate of holiday movi, and other platforms like Netflix, Disney+ and Lifetime havg also announced holiday movi and specials, so far, The Holiday Ster is the only one to foc on gay characters. Startg 2020, Christmas was for the gays. RELATED | 23 Christmas Songs by LGBTQ+ Artists to Make the Yuleti Gay.
The openly gay actor who has appeared a dozen Hallmark movi over the past stars oppose Billy Eichner Bros, theaters Sept. Now wh Bros, a same-sex rom- -wrten by and starrg edian Billy Eichner, 43, the openly gay Macfarlane mak the leap to the big screen, starrg as Eichner's love tert.