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- HALLMARK REVEALS CHRISTMAS MOVIE DETAILS — INCLUDG RETURNG STARS & STORYLE ABOUT GAY COUPLE
- FALLY, HALLMARK’S HOLIDAY FARE MAK A GAY UPLE ‘PART OF THE FAY’
- ‘CHRISTMAS SETUP’ WRER ON ‘HUGE RPONSIBILY’ OF BRGG GAY EXPERIENCE TO LIFETIME’S HOLIDAY SLATE
HALLMARK REVEALS CHRISTMAS MOVIE DETAILS — INCLUDG RETURNG STARS & STORYLE ABOUT GAY COUPLE
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This year, the works troduce their most diverse lp ever, featurg their first film wh a story le about a gay uple, starrg Hallmark staple, Jonathan Bent.
FALLY, HALLMARK’S HOLIDAY FARE MAK A GAY UPLE ‘PART OF THE FAY’
This year’s movi reflect our most diverse reprentatn of talent, narrativ, and fai, cludg The Christmas Hoe, featurg a storyle about a gay uple lookg to adopt their first child, ” EVP of Programmg Michelle Viry said a statement on Wednday.
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‘CHRISTMAS SETUP’ WRER ON ‘HUGE RPONSIBILY’ OF BRGG GAY EXPERIENCE TO LIFETIME’S HOLIDAY SLATE
Let’s be clear, as of the start of 2021, no Hallmark movie has featured gay characters as leads.
No matter what official Hallmark reps say, The Christmas Hoe and Mix Up the Mederranean do not feature gay leads.