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:
- IT: CHAPTER TWO’S GAY-BASHG SCENE EXPLOS A REAL-LIFE KILLG FOR A CHEAP SHOCK
- IT CHAPTER TWO GAY CHARACTERS: THE TE STORY BEHD HARROWG HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK
- LIFETIME STS REAL-LIFE MARRIED GAY UPLE S FIRST LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVIE
- HALLMARK PREMIER S FIRST LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVIE WH A GAY LEAD UPLE
IT: CHAPTER TWO’S GAY-BASHG SCENE EXPLOS A REAL-LIFE KILLG FOR A CHEAP SHOCK
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” is the retort that preces a btal physil attack on a gay uple near the start of It Chapter film ntu the adventur of Stephen Kg’s “Loser” outsts, who battle the killer alien clown, Pennywise, and al wh the hate-filled attus of their townsfolk Meg Ryan quip om Adrian Mellon, the gay man who is beaten by homophob before beg murred by Pennywise.
IT CHAPTER TWO GAY CHARACTERS: THE TE STORY BEHD HARROWG HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK
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Kg has nfirmed that the character is based on Charlie Howard, an out gay man murred Kg’s home town of Bangor, Mae, 1984 – who was targeted, part, bee he was wearg a flamboyant hat.
LIFETIME STS REAL-LIFE MARRIED GAY UPLE S FIRST LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVIE
But, tth, this is lopsid: the story ntas hate speech aimed at (legally-protected) disabily through to (as-yet unprotected) fatphobia, but the BBFC’s guidance foc only on homophobia: “A young man is subjected to homophobic abe (‘faggot’) before beg serly beaten” and “a young boy beg verbally abed a siar manner. ”One of the ratgs body’s ma ncerns is preventg pyt behavur: the BBFC not that, to get a 15 ratg, “the work as a whole mt not endorse discrimatory language or behavur, although there may be racist, homophobic or other discrimatory them and language”.
HALLMARK PREMIER S FIRST LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVIE WH A GAY LEAD UPLE
Acrdgly, It Chapter Two’s homophobic murr scene disurag discrimatn by prentg Adrian and his partner, Don, as hero.