After a public outcry last year when pulled an ad featurg a same-sex weddg, Hallmark Channel is back wh s first holiday movie featurg a gay uple.
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- FALLY, HALLMARK’S HOLIDAY FARE MAK A GAY UPLE ‘PART OF THE FAY’
- TREAT WILLIAMS SHOWED ALL PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN HOW TO LOVE THEIR KIDS ‘THE CHRISTMAS HOE’
- 'CHRISTMAS HOE 2' IS MAKG THE YULETI GAY AGA FOR HALLMARK
FALLY, HALLMARK’S HOLIDAY FARE MAK A GAY UPLE ‘PART OF THE FAY’
After all, the project hails om Hallmark Channel, whose annual “Countdown to Christmas” lp of origal movi — a seasonal mastay both lucrative and beloved — clud 23 tl 2019, none featurg a gay uple.
)As turned out, Bent‘s love tert wasn’t a woman at all: Instead, he’ll play half of the first gay uple highlighted the work’s heavily watched holiday programmg. ”Grossman — who is gay, as are Bent and Harr — unrstands where they’re g om and hop to meet some of the Hallmark fans halfway.
This isn’t the first Hallmark movie wh gay characters this year; that honor probably go to Christmas wh the Darlgs, although I haven’t watched all of the 127 Hallmark movi that have aired over the past 3 weeks.
TREAT WILLIAMS SHOWED ALL PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN HOW TO LOVE THEIR KIDS ‘THE CHRISTMAS HOE’
But still, that film (along wh another g out soon) featur gay characters supportg rol. The Christmas Hoe mak history as s gay characters are part of a six-person lead; their adoptn storyle is as emotnally ronant as the straight romance. This is somethg that may be lost on straight dienc, but seeg a married gay uple kiss a Hallmark Christmas movie, a movie where their stggle do not volve g out—the effect that that moment is gog to have on an entire generatn of queer kids will be felt for s to e.
Mike and Andi are a charmg pair, and watchg their lifelong love story unfold via Rashomon style flashbacks had me fully vted the straights. Hallmark cidg to have a married gay uple be part of The Christmas Hoe was big al when the movie premiered back November of 2020. I wasn’t expectg The Christmas Hoe 2 to go que so ep to Brandon’s thought procs as an out gay man.
We did see him and Jake experience trouble durg the adoptn procs due to beg a gay uple the first movie.
'CHRISTMAS HOE 2' IS MAKG THE YULETI GAY AGA FOR HALLMARK
As a queer man, he knows that if he slips jt once, pecially as a gay father, certa people will look at him differently and will imply that he failed at beg a parent bee he’s not straight enough to be an actual father. Brandon’s secury over beg the “gay” siblg and havg to experience a childhood different om Mike’s (even though they grew up the same hoe) is likely gog to touch many viewers. One of our art partment guys who’s gay me up to me and had tears his ey.
He played a father figure who loved his sons — straight and gay — and was equally vted each of their happs.