Hallmark's first movie wh a gay uple as leads is revolutnary and long overdue. It's gog to be good!
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- HALLMARK PREMIER S FIRST LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVIE WH A GAY LEAD UPLE
- JONATHAN BENT WANTED TO CREATE A GAY UNCLE BUCK FOR THE HOLIDAY STER
- MAKE THE YULETI GAY WH THE NEW LGBTQ CHRISTMAS MOVI
- HALLMARK RELEAS ITS FIRST GAY CHRISTMAS MOVIE WH TWO LEADG MEN
HALLMARK PREMIER S FIRST LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVIE WH A GAY LEAD UPLE
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. * hallmark movie two gay guys *
Gay characters have been featured Hallmark movi before; Bent, fact, has played married gay man The Christmas Hoe and The Christmas Hoe 2 2020 and 2021. “We felt that was time for a story wh a gay uple, ” says Daly, who April signed Bent to an exclive, multi-picture al.
The Holiday Ster lands at a time when gay rom-s are havg a moment. This year, the channel cid to diversify s sts by featurg s first openly gay lead uple. 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.
JONATHAN BENT WANTED TO CREATE A GAY UNCLE BUCK FOR THE HOLIDAY STER
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Like, "Oh wow, he is gay. 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.
MAKE THE YULETI GAY WH THE NEW LGBTQ CHRISTMAS MOVI
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 RELEAS ITS FIRST GAY CHRISTMAS MOVIE WH TWO LEADG MEN
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.