Make the Yuleti gay wh the new LGBTQ Christmas movi

Contents:

• HAPPY HOLIGAYS! NEW LGBTQ HOLIDAY ROMANC FOR 2022
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• 'LIKE A GAY DREAM E TE': NETFLIX'S FIRST GAY HOLIDAY ROM- 'SGLE ALL THE WAY' RELISH JOY
• MAKE THE YULETI GAY WH THE NEW LGBTQ CHRISTMAS MOVI
• GAY HOLIDAYS? HERE ARE 19 AMAZG TOP DTATNS
• THE GAYT CHRISTMAS EVER: INSI 2020’S BIG, QUEER HOLIDAY EXPLOSN
• HAPPY HOLIGAYS: EVERY 2021 LGBTQ+ HOLIDAY MOVIE

HAPPY HOLIGAYS! NEW LGBTQ HOLIDAY ROMANC FOR 2022

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A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

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'LIKE A GAY DREAM E TE': NETFLIX'S FIRST GAY HOLIDAY ROM- 'SGLE ALL THE WAY' RELISH JOY

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The movie, which is beg lled the first gay romantic edy by a major stud, jt wrapped filmg and is schled to h theaters Augt 22, 2022. Tells the story of bt iends Jane and Lucy, when one of them gets a promotn to move to London and the other out as gay. The bsman and his wife, Melissa, first plaed to the Front Porch proprietors about pre-dawn vendor liveri 2019, not long after the nservative Christian uple moved their fancial firm right next door to the rtrant, which fli a gay Pri flag.

MAKE THE YULETI GAY WH THE NEW LGBTQ CHRISTMAS MOVI

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GAY HOLIDAYS? HERE ARE 19 AMAZG TOP DTATNS

Whether ’s Happit Season on Hulu or new romantic edi om the lik of Hallmark Channel and Netflix, there are plenty of optns to make the yuleti gay.

In 2020, both the Hallmark Channel and Lifetime announced their first-ever gay-led, Holiday-themed rom-s, The Christmas Hoe and The Christmas Setup, jog an creasgly diverse mix of origal movi produced each year. Although the stars of The Christmas Setup, married actors Ben Lewis and Blake Lee, admted to beg nervo about translatg their real-life relatnship to a romance onscreen, they were pleased wh not only the experience of playg Lifetime’s first gay uple but also seeg so much queer reprentatn behd the scen as well.

The same go for Happit Season director Clea DuVall, who grew up as a gay kid never seeg herself reprented holiday movi. Planng to propose at her fay’s annual Christmas dner -- until you realize that they don’t even know she’s gay -- is even harr.

THE GAYT CHRISTMAS EVER: INSI 2020’S BIG, QUEER HOLIDAY EXPLOSN

Netflix's first gay holiday romantic edy, "Sgle All the Way" (now streamg), has arrived to lift holiday spirs and change up a tradnally heterosexual, there has been a glut of LGBTQ holiday romance movi as of late – Hulu's "Happit Season" and Hallmark's "The Christmas Hoe" premiered last year, among others – but this one rehgly avoids a g out story and ters to a queer to mentn that the prence of gay in Jennifer Coolidge was "like a gay dream e te, " says star Michael film centers on Peter (Urie) and Nick (Philemon Chambers), bt iends and roommat Los Angel who have always kept their relatnship platonic. "I've never seen that portrayed where there is a gay son and the fay who is heterosexual wants the son to be a relatnship wh another gay man.

HAPPY HOLIGAYS: EVERY 2021 LGBTQ+ HOLIDAY MOVIE

)Netflix approached screenwrer Chad Hodge ("The Darkt Mds, " "Good Behavr") and asked him to wre the streamer's first gay Christmas romantic edy.

The gay wrer had never wrten a Christmas movie before but lik to keep himself on his everyone gets right:Why 'Happit Season' falls short as a LGBTQ romantic holiday edy He wrote the role of Peter's Aunt Sandy – a former off-Broadway diva charge of the lol Christmas pageant – wh Coolidge  md, wh no guarantee she'd actually sign on. "I ma a list when I was startg out wrg this movie of all the thgs I would want to see a gay Christmas movie, " he says, "and one of the thgs was Jennifer Coolidge. "In se you missed Coolidge's turn 'The Whe Lot':Review: HBO's r edy 'The Whe Lot' is your summer mt-watchAlso on Hodge's wish list for the film: an acceptg fay atmosphere; a distctn between big-cy gay life and small-town life; and what you give up when you're far om your lovg stead of another story riddled wh trma queer people face for jt existg, "Sgle All the Way" opts to tell a story about the liv of gay people after they e out and what their adulthood looks has grown all too faiar wh g out stori and acknowledg their importance.

I've been stori about homophobia, I've been stori about shame, I've been stori about trma relatn to the LGBTQ+ muny, " he says. "Hodge agre, sayg he wanted to create a story that felt regnizable " unique ways" to a gay dience, pepperg the film wh referenc to Instagays, Grdr and pop sired a role a romantic edy early his reer but stopped dreamg of opportuni that didn't exist. The tradn ntu 2021, wh films starrg RuPl, Michael Urie, Jonathan Ben and more — pl appearanc by gay favor like Jennifer your holiday season bge-watchg ssns acrdgly wh the upg movi and specials.