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Contents:

• 'BROS' TRAILER: BILLY EICHNER TO LEAD FIRST GAY ROM- BY A MAJOR STUD
• 'BROS' STARS SAY 'S TIME FOR STRAIGHT PEOPLE TO ENJOY A GAY ROM
• GAY ROM- 'BROS' IS LIGHT AND BRIGHT WHILE MAKG MOVIE HISTORY
• GAY ROM- ‘BROS’ ACCSIBLE TO ANYONE
• NETFLIX’S FIRST GAY CHRISTMAS ROM-COM IS THE #3 MOVIE RIGHT NOW
• BILLY EICHNER'S GAY ROM-COM TO MAKE HISTORY WH ALL-LGBTQ CAST PLAYG EVERY MAJOR ROLE
• NETFLIX'S 1ST GAY HOLIDAY ROM- 'SGLE ALL THE WAY' IS NOT JT FOR THE LGBTQ MUNY

'BROS' TRAILER: BILLY EICHNER TO LEAD FIRST GAY ROM- BY A MAJOR STUD

The movie, which was -wrten by Eichner and director Nicholas Stoller, also stars Guy Branam, Guillermo Diaz, Ts Madison, Raven, and Bowen 's the first gay romantic edy film to be released theaters by a major stud and the first wh an all-LGBTQ+ prcipal st, 's not the first gay rom- ever. In fact, there have been several over the years, wh que a few g out the past few years you liked Bros, here are some other gay rom-s you n check out! RELATED | Meet the All-LGBTQ+ Cast of Bros, Billy Eichner's New Gay Rom-Com.

Bros isn't the only big gay rom- released this recently. Joel Kim Booster's Fire Island was a terrific example of a gay rom- released on Hulu that h all the right spots. This movie was a morn retellg of Pri and Prejudice, also starrg Bowen Yang, Conrad Rimora, Matt Rogers, and Tomas Matos, set at the gay statn of Fire Island P was one of our favore movi of the year.

'BROS' STARS SAY 'S TIME FOR STRAIGHT PEOPLE TO ENJOY A GAY ROM

This now-classic teen rom- kicked the doors open for gay teen romanc. Starrg Nick Robson and directed by Greg Berlanti, this movie follows a closeted teen who's aaid he'll be outed when the emails he's wrten to a fellow gay stunt are disvered.

Natasha Lyonne plays a high school cheerlear who is sent to gay nversn mp bee her parents thk she's gay.

If we chew all the palist tradns that straight people thk Valente’s Day is about, we’re left wh a day full of love and glter, and that sounds pretty damn gay to me. If I didn’t get to see a heartwarmg gay romance featurg a shy general store owner, then what was the pot of beg alive?

GAY ROM- 'BROS' IS LIGHT AND BRIGHT WHILE MAKG MOVIE HISTORY

And is really a gay rom- if there isn’t some kd of parental reckong? Datg Amber (2020) — HBO MaxIf Derry Girls had, like, one more gay person , would be a lot like Datg Amber. Experiencg teenagehood ral Ireland durg the mid-1990s, Eddie (Fnn O'Shea) and Amber (Lola Petticrew) strike up a fake relatnship to hi their gayns and lbianns, rpectively.

GAY ROM- ‘BROS’ ACCSIBLE TO ANYONE

This is all to say, if you have a baby gay your life, show them this premise is (weirdly) simple: Ellie (Sophie Hawkshaw) wants to ask Abbie (Zoe Terak) to formal. Ellie is nervo, and so naturally, her ad lbian nt manifts as an unwanted spirual gay gui.

Framed as a morn take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the film follows Timothy (Tanner Cohen), an openly gay stunt who gets mercilsly bullied. In a sdg seri of events, he turns the entire town gay g magic, cludg his csh – but what will happen after the curta clos? The Weddg Banquet giv a now-rare mix of sobriety, heart, and (Wston Chao) is a happily gay Taiwane realtor livg Ameri wh his boyiend, Simon (Mchell Lichtenste).

NETFLIX’S FIRST GAY CHRISTMAS ROM-COM IS THE #3 MOVIE RIGHT NOW

However, this is ultimately a tenr time psule of ’90s gay love. It's felt like a big year for the LGBTQ+ muny on the big screen, spe a recent GLAAD report showg that only 16 of the 77 theatrilly-released films clud LGBTQ+ of those theatril releas were Billy Eichner's gay romantic edy Bros and Michael Showalter's emotnal but still heartwarmg and funny Spoiler Alert starrg Jim Parsons.

Outsi of the theaters, the most popular gay rom- of 2022 is arguably Joel Kim Booster's Fire Island, which streamed exclively on the are only a few of the LGBTQ+ films released 2022, they all played a role startg a nversatn around LGBTQ+ people beg leadg rol mastream films that aren't almost exclively about pa and sufferg. Stead of tryg to please a ntrarian for Spoiler Alert, the most recent film about gay love to h theaters, certaly helps to brg an entire box of tissu to make through the movie.

Parsons and Aldridge discsed the importance of the film and how rewardg was to be a part of a film that foc on gay love, joy, and loss. 2023 is shapg up to feature some awome gay films, such as Good Grief wh Dan Levy and Le Evans, Our Son starrg Billy Porter and Le Evans, as well as another tearjerker tled Of An Age set for a release on Valente's Day. RELATED | A Romantic Gay Drama Is Head to Theaters Time for Valente's Day.

BILLY EICHNER'S GAY ROM-COM TO MAKE HISTORY WH ALL-LGBTQ CAST PLAYG EVERY MAJOR ROLE

Universal Pictur released Wednday the trailer for “Bros, ” the first gay romantic edy to premiere by a major gay rom- was wrten by and stars Billy Eichner, makg the edian and four-time Emmy nomated actor the first openly gay man to ever wre and star his own major stud film. "While ’s sane to me that took this long to get this movie ma, ’s still credibly excg to me — and a real sign of progrs — that the same stud makg movi like 'Jurassic World' and 'The Fast and the Fur' is also releasg this R rated gay rom wh an all LGBTQ+ st, and wh as much passn and enthiasm as they release those other films, " Eichner wrote.

"Nile Rivelli / Universal PicturDirected by Nicholas Stoller, "Bros" featur Eichner playg an openly gay man, Bobby, who stggl "to fd another tolerable human beg to go through life wh.

In the trailer, Eichner's character is seen talkg on a podst about his experience meetg wh Hollywood producers about creatg a romantic film about gay people that "a straight guy might even like. ""They said: 'We jt want a movie that shows the world that gay relatnships and straight relatnships are the same. From heartfelt gay and lbian films about love and acceptance, to passnate romanc wh trans leads, this lorful llectn of 20 LGBTQ+ rom-s will make you giggle, swoon, and wipe away tears all one stg.

NETFLIX'S 1ST GAY HOLIDAY ROM- 'SGLE ALL THE WAY' IS NOT JT FOR THE LGBTQ MUNY

I know I’m not alone but I feel like I am—one of the central emotnal tes of queer life, Don’t Cry(Image cred: Getty Imag)Queers have ded at the buffet of straight cema forever—leagu of gay men of a certa age n quote Steel Magnolias start to fish. There are not of gay romance here and there funny films like The Birdge, and die films have served up lbian realns for a while now (ex: 1999’s But I’m a Cheerlear). I’d rather see an expert productn by a wrer and director about whom we know nothg (and therefore, would prume to be straight bee heteronormative bias), than s through a cematic grd ma by a queer person so lashed to the mast of timidy that the temperature the room never gay rom-s, allegedly, are g—an announcement of an LGBT rom- directed by Nick Stoller, wrten by and starrg Billy Eichner, and produced by Judd Apatow, as well as one starrg Kristen Stewart have recently ma the news.

The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli. It stars Nick Robson as Simon, a closeted gay high school stunt stgglg wh his hidn sexualy and a sense of beg nstantly out of place.