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• BT GAY WTER'ISH HOLIDAY ROMANCE
• THE GAYT CHRISTMAS EVER: INSI 2020’S BIG, QUEER HOLIDAY EXPLOSN
• A GAY CHRISTMAS LOVE STORY: THE GIFT
• MAKE THE YULETI GAY WH THE NEW LGBTQ CHRISTMAS MOVI
• THE LONG WAY HOME: A GAY CHRISTMAS LOVE STORY
• SGLE ALL THE WAY REVIEW – NETFLIX’S FIRST GAY CHRISTMAS ROM
• 'LIKE A GAY DREAM E TE': NETFLIX'S FIRST GAY HOLIDAY ROM- 'SGLE ALL THE WAY' RELISH JOY
• 10 QUEER CHRISTMAS MOVI TO MAKE THE YULETI GAY
• MERRY QUEERMAS! 2020 IS THE YEAR OF THE LGBTQ+ ROM-COM'HAPPIT SEASON,' 'THE CHRISTMAS HOE,' AND SIAR QUEER-LED MASTREAM HOLIDAY MOVI ARE LG THE CEMATIC {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY MTV NEWS STAFFDECEMBER 16, 2020/10:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4160PX;WIDTH:6240PX;}LACEY TERRELL/HULUBY MTV NEWS STAFFDECEMBER 16, 2020 / 10:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MERRY QUEERMAS! 2020 IS THE YEAR OF THE LGBTQ+ ROM-COM","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-12-16T15:00:52.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-12-16T15:00:52.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MTV NEWS STAFF","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY CHRIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAPPIT SEASON DIRECTOR CLEA DUVALL HAD NO IA SHE WAS GOG TO BE A PART OF WHAT HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY QUEER CHRISTMAS 2020. HER ROM- ABOUT A LBIAN UPLE UGHT A CHRISTMASTIME FAY CEPTN, WHICH THE GAY FILMMAKER ALSO -WROTE, BROKE HULU PREMIERE RERDS WHEN BUTED ON NOVEMBER 25. IT WASN'T MAKG S POT ALONE. WH ME AN ARMY OF NONHETERO-LED MASTREAM HOLIDAY MOVI, MORE THAN ANY OTHER YEAR THE HISTORY OF POP CULTURE: LIFETIME'S THE CHRISTMAS SETUP, HALLMARK CHANNEL'S THE CHRISTMAS HOE AND PARAMOUNT NETWORK’S DASHG DECEMBER. "I THOUGHT WE WERE GOG TO BE THE ONLY ONE THIS YEAR," DUVALL TELLS MTV NEWS. "I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE MOVI UNTIL FAIRLY RECENTLY, ACTUALLY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW, THE LGBTQ+ MUNY IS FALLY SEEG VERSNS OF THEMSELV LOOKG CUTE AND UPLED OUTSI FAKE-SNOW HOLIDAYSP, L SOFTLY AND WARMLY — THE LIGHT OF PROGRS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN HAPPIT SEASON’S STARS, KRISTEN STEWART AND MACKENZIE DAVIS, WHO PLAY THE ONSCREEN UPLE, DIDN'T FOREE A YULETI QUE THIS GAY. DAVIS WAS SHOCKED TO FD OUT HALLMARK WAS DOG A QUEER-CLIVE CHRISTMAS MOVIE SCE "THEY ARE HISTORILLY NOT PROGRSIVE, TO SAY THE LEAST," SHE DIVULGED A JOT TERVIEW WH STEWART FOR PRISOURCE. "NOW THEY HAVE TO BE," STEWART SASSED, "OR ELSE THEY GET LEFT BEHD!"LACEY TERRELL/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAPPIT SEASON DIRECTOR CLEA DUVALL WH STARS MACKENZIE DAVIS AND KRISTEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS HISTORY HAS MONSTRATED, NOTHG SPARKS CHANGE LIKE ANGRY GAYS. PAT MILLS, THE DIRECTOR OF MATCHMAKG MOVIE THE CHRISTMAS SETUP, THKS THE FUR BACKLASH OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY TARGETED AT HALLMARK FOR PULLG FOUR MERCIALS FEATURG SAME-SEX WEDDGS DECEMBER 2019 LIKELY PRSURED THE WORK (AND SUBSEQUENTLY OTHER WORKS, LIKE LIFETIME) TO DIVERSIFY. “TO BE HONT, I FEEL LIKE THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED A WHILE AGO,” MILLS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST YEAR, HALLMARK EXECS APOLOGIZED, REVERSED THEIR CISN, AND LLED CLN A “TOP PRRY” — AND THEN THEY PUT WORDS TO ACTN. THE CHRISTMAS HOE, WHICH PREMIERED ON THE CHANNEL ON NOVEMBER 22, FEATUR A GAY MARRIED UPLE HOPG TO ADOPT WHO GET TO BE AS SICKLY HAPPY AS THE STRAIGHT PEOPLE THE MOVI. AND Y, THEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY MEAN GIRLS STAR JONATHAN BENT, WHO PLAYS ONE HALF OF THE UPLE (ACTOR BRAD HARR PORTRAYS HIS HBAND), TELLS MTV NEWS THAT THE LGBTQ+ MUNY "HAD ENOUGH OF SUPPORTG THE MASSIVE WORKS AND NOT FEELG REPRENTED THEIR STORYL. THEY'VE HAD TO EXPAND THE TABLE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL THAT UPROAR PUBLIC PRSURE, DUVALL ADDS, HAS MEANT THAT EVEN MORE NSERVATIVE WORKS ARE NOW HAVG TO TCH UP TO THE "REALY THAT DIENC WANT TO SEE ALL DIFFERENT KDS OF STORI" AFTER BEG "PRENTED STORI THROUGH THIS VERY SPECIFIC CIS, WHE, MALE, STRAIGHT LENS FOR SUCH A LONG TIME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EXPANSN OF LGBTQ+ REPRENTATN ON WORKS AND THE BIG SCREEN HAS ALREADY BEEN A REALY MASTREAM NON-CHRISTMAS NTENT. IN MANY WAYS, HAPPIT SEASON IS AN EXTENSN OF 2018’S GROUNDBREAKG ROM- LOVE, SIMON, WHICH ALSO TOLD A FAIRLY NVENTNAL STORY ABOUT G OUT AND YOUNG LOVE. LIKE HAPPIT SEASON, WAS A BIG-STUD RELEASE WH A GAY CHARACTER THE LEAD ROLE. QUEER LOVE ALSO TOOK CENTER STAGE THE ROM- THE THG ABOUT HARRY, RELEASED EARLIER THIS YEAR ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FOR THIS YEAR'S QUEER CHRISTMAS-MOVIE BOOM, JAKE HELGREN, WHO WROTE AND DIRECTED DASHG DECEMBER AND HAS PRODUCED MANY OPPOSE-SEX CHRISTMAS ROMANC FOR LIFETIME AND HALLMARK, THKS THE POLIL AND SOCIAL CLIMATE OF 2020 MA FOR THE PERFECT TIME TO CHALLENGE THE STAT QUO. "I DON'T KNOW IF THE ENVIRONMENT WOULD HAVE FELT AS FORTABLE LAST YEAR," HE SAYS. "THIS YEAR, WAS LIKE WE BATTENED DOWN THE HATCH AND WE ME FULL FORCE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DUVALL'S HAPPIT SEASON HAD BEEN VELOPMENT SCE THE END OF 2017, TWO YEARS BEFORE THE HALLMARK NTROVERSY. THOUGH THE FILM WAS ACQUIRED BY SONY TRISTAR, AND EVENTUALLY SOLD TO HULU DUE TO THE COVID-ED CLOSURE OF THEATERS NATNWI, DUVALL SAYS WAS NOT A HARD SELL. INSTEAD, "THERE WERE SEVERAL STUDS THAT WERE TERTED MAKG THE MOVIE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, DASHG DECEMBER BEGAN AS JT ANOTHER STRAIGHT-FOCED FILM BUT, THANKS TO PRODUCER STEPHANIE SLACK'S SUGGTN, EVOLVED TO A LOVE STORY ABOUT TWO GAY MEN (PLAYED BY PETER PORTE AND JUAN PABLO DI PACE), WHO MEET BY HAPPENSTANCE RAL COLORADO. EXECS BEHD THE SCEN ENURAGED HELGREN TO IMPART HIS OWN EXPERIENC AS A GAY MAN TO THE SCRIPT. (MTV NEWS AND PARAMOUNT NETWORK ARE BOTH OWNED BY VIACBS.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MILLS, HOWEVER, FOUND THAT, AT LIFETIME, THE BAKED- FORMULA OF HOLIDAY ROM-S IS MORE LIKE A HAIKU. "YOU N CHANGE SOME WORDS, BUT YOU N'T ACTUALLY CHANGE THE STCTURE AT ALL," HE SAYS, RELAYG WHAT THE CHRISTMAS SETUP WRER MICHAEL J. MURRAY TOLD HIM. EVEN THOUGH HE HAD TO ADHERE TO LIFETIME'S RTRICTNS, HE WANTED TO "SATISFY QUEER PEOPLE AND PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO ARE BEGGG TO SEE THEMSELV REPRENTED," SO HE SNUCK SOME NUENDO DURG A SCENE PICTG THE TWO GAY LEADS, PORTRAYED BY REAL-LIFE MARRIED UPLE BEN LEWIS AND BLAKE LEE, AWKWARDLY SETTG UP A CHRISTMAS TREE. MILLS HAD L LIKE "I'LL JT GRAB THE BOTTOM" (OF THE TREE) AND "IT SLID RIGHT " (AS , THE TREE, UH, PERATED THE TIGHT DOORWAY) WRTEN TO THE MOVIE ON THE DAY OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH DASHG DECEMBER, HELGREN WAS EXCED TO GIVE THE GAY MUNY WHAT THE STRAIGHT MUNY HAS LONG BEEN ABLE TO ENJOY WHEN WATCHG THE KD OF RANCH WTERSPE FLICKS: SOME SK, GRATUO DIP PANS, AND A GUY FTIVE REER-PRTED  BOXER-BRIEFS. "I SAID, HEY, THIS IS A SCENE THAT I DREAMED OF HAVG THIS FILM. CAN I GO DO THIS?" SURE ENOUGH, WAS A CHRISTMAS WISH E {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MILLS PARTED OM THE GRTY EDY STYLE HE CEMENTED WH HIS 2014 SATIRIL MOVIE GUIDANCE TO MAKE THE CHRISTMAS SETUP, AND DOG SO LEARNED THAT LGBTQ+ PEOPLE, WHOSE ONSCREEN NARRATIV HAVE OFTEN ALT WH DIFFICULT TOPICS LIKE AIDS AND G OUT, REALLY JT WANTED WHAT STRAIGHT FOLKS ALREADY HAD: BASIC-BLE MEET-CUT AND HOLIDAY HAPPILY-EVER-AFTERS. "PEOPLE DON'T WATCH THE MOVI TO SEE REAL LIFE REFLECTED BACK ON THEM," HE SAYS. "I THK THERE'S SOMETHG POWERFUL ABOUT QUEER PEOPLE SOMETHG THAT IS NOT CHALLENGG AT ALL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT FOR SOME FILMMAKERS, QUEERG TRADNAL TROP IS SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH. "IT'S IMPERATIVE TO SHOW SOMETHG THAT HAS NOT BEEN SEEN — THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO STAND OUT," SAYS OTOJA AB, WRER-DIRECTOR OF A NEW YORK CHRISTMAS WEDDG, A LS-GLOSSY GAY CHRISTMAS LOVE STORY WH A AO-LATA ACTRS NIA FAIRWEATHER THE LEAD ROLE, FOR NETFLIX. HE LLS A "TRAVTY" THAT THIS YEAR, "WH ALL THE DIFFERENT VARIATNS OF STORI TOLD, AT MAJOR LEVELS, MD YOU, NOT ONE HAS PTURED A SAPPHIC LOVE STORY WH A WEDDG A CHURCH DURG CHRISTMAS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, THIS SURPRISE WAVE OF QUEERED CHRISTMAS MOVI HAS SURELY LEFT DIENC FEELG MERRY AND BRIGHT. DUVALL'S BEEN SHOWERED WH GRATU OM THOSE THE LGBTQ+ MUNY WHO'VE LONGED FOR REPRENTATN THE MASTREAM CHRISTMAS-MOVIE NON. MANY HAVE TOLD HER THAT, BEE OF HAPPIT SEASON, THEY'RE LS AAID OF G OUT. "IT REALLY MAK ME FEEL VERY EMOTNAL," DUVALL SAYS. THE SAME IS TE FOR BENT, WHO WAS RECENTLY TEARS AFTER SEEG SOME FACEBOOK POSTS EXPRSG HOW GOOD FEELS TO SEE LOVG HBANDS EMBRACED BY FAY ON THE HALLMARK CHANNEL. "IT'S BIGGER THAN PEOPLE THK," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CHRISTMAS HOE DIRECTOR MICHAEL GROSSMAN TELLS MTV NEWS THAT THIS IS A "TRANSFORMATIVE TIME OUR HISTORY." HE SAYS, "I HAVE DIRECTED OVER 200 HOURS OF NTENT MY REER, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WHERE MY LIFE EXPERIENCE WAS DIRECTLY REPRENTED THE NTENT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INIALLY, HELGREN THOUGHT DASHG DECEMBER WAS GOG TO BE A QUEER CHRISTMAS FLICK FIRST, BUT WHEN HE HEARD THERE WERE OTHERS THE WORKS, HE KNEW THIS WOULD BE A "BETIFUL MOVEMENT AND SUCH A BETIFUL TIME FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FOR DUVALL, SHE LIGHTS UP KNOWG SHE'S GOOD, QUEER PANY WH FILMMAKERS WHO ARE REVOLUTNIZG THE STALE NVENTNS OF A CLASSIC FORM OF 21ST-CENTURY CHRISTMASTIME AMERINA. AND NOT ONLY DO SHE PLAN ON WATCHG ALL OF THEIR FILMS, BUT, SHE SAYS, LIKE ANY LEARS WHO E TOGETHER FOR A MON E (ALBE, PANMIC-STYLE NOW), "WE ALL NEED TO HAVE A CHRISTMAS MOVIE ZOOM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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

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MAKE THE YULETI GAY WH THE NEW LGBTQ CHRISTMAS MOVI

(Image cred: TLA Releasg)Make The Yuleti Gay (2009) Degrassi: The Next Generatn star Adamo Ruggiero stars alongsi Keh Jordan Make the Yuleti Gay. Olaf then giv Nathan a surprise by rmg him that his fay don’t know that he’s the Yuleti Gay is one of those edi wh a lot of wks and nods to s own jok.

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(Image cred: Cir 87 Films)The Unattaably Perfect Gay Christmas/Red Lodge (2013) Origally this film was entled Red Lodge, but on Amazon Prime, ’s lled The Unattaably Perfect Gay Christmas. This leads to an awkward Christmas wh Jordan’s Unattaably Perfect Gay Christmas is a film that feels thentic. The movie also has an appearance by Stephnie Weir as a “psychic” that’s the highlight of the film bee ’s jt so The Unattaably Perfect Gay Christmas on Amazon.

THE LONG WAY HOME: A GAY CHRISTMAS LOVE STORY

It centers around two gay men meetg when Wyatt (Peter Porte) returns to his hometown for the holidays.

(Image cred: Lifetime)The Christmas Setup (2020) The Christmas Setup is Lifetime’s first Christmas film centered on a gay uple. He is the lead the work’s first-holiday movie wh a gay romance as the ma romance.

SGLE ALL THE WAY REVIEW – NETFLIX’S FIRST GAY CHRISTMAS ROM

One wants to propose, and the other has yet to tell her fay that she's gay. Christmas 2020 is the gayt Christmas ever.

This holiday season has gifted dienc wh four—y, four—gay Christmas roms: Hallmark’s The Christmas Hoe, Hulu’s Happit Season, Lifetime’s The Christmas Set-Up (December 12), and Paramount’s Dashg December (December 13).

There have been more mastream gay holiday roms released 2020 than every other year rerd pop culture history bed.

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

Gays didn’t jt startg lovg Christmas this year. “I thk when they said make the Yuleti gay, they meant , ” said Jonathan Bent, one half of the gay uple at the heart of Hallmark’s The Christmas Hoe. By featurg a married gay uple ont and center (Brad Harr plays Bent’s onscreen spoe), the film is a major step forward for the work.

'” The works—Hallmark, Lifetime, Paramount—fally donned their gay apparel, jtifyg s of passn for this historilly heteronormative holiday. Bee, honey, the gays have always been here for Christmas—even if Christmas hasn’t always been here for .

“It’s so classic, so typil that the queer muni have often loved a lot of the stutns that have not necsarily loved back, ” said Ben Lewis, the other half of The Christmas Setup’s gay power uple, sharg a sentiment echoed by pretty much everyone else terviewed. And so I thk for gay men, I thk even for Christmas enthiasts, I thk we’re chasg after that childhood fort and safety that maybe we missed at that time. Victor Garber—a hero to a generatn of gay people thanks to his work on Broadway, Tanic, Alias, Legends of Tomorrow, and jt beg Victor Garber—played straight Happit Season as closeted Harper Caldwell’s uptight polician father.

10 QUEER CHRISTMAS MOVI TO MAKE THE YULETI GAY

I remember meetg a lot of gay kids when I was growg up who weren’t so happy about Christmas and, not unlike Happit Season, would have to go home and pretend [to be straight]. “Your hoe be this other thg for this season, ” said Lee, touchg upon many gay men’s reason for the season. That seri—Holiday Home Makeover—serv a different purpose 2020’s avalanche of gay ntent.

MERRY QUEERMAS! 2020 IS THE YEAR OF THE LGBTQ+ ROM-COM'HAPPIT SEASON,' 'THE CHRISTMAS HOE,' AND SIAR QUEER-LED MASTREAM HOLIDAY MOVI ARE LG THE CEMATIC {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY MTV NEWS STAFFDECEMBER 16, 2020/10:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4160PX;WIDTH:6240PX;}LACEY TERRELL/HULUBY MTV NEWS STAFFDECEMBER 16, 2020 / 10:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MERRY QUEERMAS! 2020 IS THE YEAR OF THE LGBTQ+ ROM-COM","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-12-16T15:00:52.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-12-16T15:00:52.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MTV NEWS STAFF","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY CHRIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAPPIT SEASON DIRECTOR CLEA DUVALL HAD NO IA SHE WAS GOG TO BE A PART OF WHAT HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY QUEER CHRISTMAS 2020. HER ROM- ABOUT A LBIAN UPLE UGHT A CHRISTMASTIME FAY CEPTN, WHICH THE GAY FILMMAKER ALSO -WROTE, BROKE HULU PREMIERE RERDS WHEN BUTED ON NOVEMBER 25. IT WASN'T MAKG S POT ALONE. WH ME AN ARMY OF NONHETERO-LED MASTREAM HOLIDAY MOVI, MORE THAN ANY OTHER YEAR THE HISTORY OF POP CULTURE: LIFETIME'S THE CHRISTMAS SETUP, HALLMARK CHANNEL'S THE CHRISTMAS HOE AND PARAMOUNT NETWORK’S DASHG DECEMBER. "I THOUGHT WE WERE GOG TO BE THE ONLY ONE THIS YEAR," DUVALL TELLS MTV NEWS. "I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE MOVI UNTIL FAIRLY RECENTLY, ACTUALLY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW, THE LGBTQ+ MUNY IS FALLY SEEG VERSNS OF THEMSELV LOOKG CUTE AND UPLED OUTSI FAKE-SNOW HOLIDAYSP, L SOFTLY AND WARMLY — THE LIGHT OF PROGRS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN HAPPIT SEASON’S STARS, KRISTEN STEWART AND MACKENZIE DAVIS, WHO PLAY THE ONSCREEN UPLE, DIDN'T FOREE A YULETI QUE THIS GAY. DAVIS WAS SHOCKED TO FD OUT HALLMARK WAS DOG A QUEER-CLIVE CHRISTMAS MOVIE SCE "THEY ARE HISTORILLY NOT PROGRSIVE, TO SAY THE LEAST," SHE DIVULGED A JOT TERVIEW WH STEWART FOR PRISOURCE. "NOW THEY HAVE TO BE," STEWART SASSED, "OR ELSE THEY GET LEFT BEHD!"LACEY TERRELL/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAPPIT SEASON DIRECTOR CLEA DUVALL WH STARS MACKENZIE DAVIS AND KRISTEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS HISTORY HAS MONSTRATED, NOTHG SPARKS CHANGE LIKE ANGRY GAYS. PAT MILLS, THE DIRECTOR OF MATCHMAKG MOVIE THE CHRISTMAS SETUP, THKS THE FUR BACKLASH OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY TARGETED AT HALLMARK FOR PULLG FOUR MERCIALS FEATURG SAME-SEX WEDDGS DECEMBER 2019 LIKELY PRSURED THE WORK (AND SUBSEQUENTLY OTHER WORKS, LIKE LIFETIME) TO DIVERSIFY. “TO BE HONT, I FEEL LIKE THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED A WHILE AGO,” MILLS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST YEAR, HALLMARK EXECS APOLOGIZED, REVERSED THEIR CISN, AND LLED CLN A “TOP PRRY” — AND THEN THEY PUT WORDS TO ACTN. THE CHRISTMAS HOE, WHICH PREMIERED ON THE CHANNEL ON NOVEMBER 22, FEATUR A GAY MARRIED UPLE HOPG TO ADOPT WHO GET TO BE AS SICKLY HAPPY AS THE STRAIGHT PEOPLE THE MOVI. AND Y, THEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY MEAN GIRLS STAR JONATHAN BENT, WHO PLAYS ONE HALF OF THE UPLE (ACTOR BRAD HARR PORTRAYS HIS HBAND), TELLS MTV NEWS THAT THE LGBTQ+ MUNY "HAD ENOUGH OF SUPPORTG THE MASSIVE WORKS AND NOT FEELG REPRENTED THEIR STORYL. THEY'VE HAD TO EXPAND THE TABLE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL THAT UPROAR PUBLIC PRSURE, DUVALL ADDS, HAS MEANT THAT EVEN MORE NSERVATIVE WORKS ARE NOW HAVG TO TCH UP TO THE "REALY THAT DIENC WANT TO SEE ALL DIFFERENT KDS OF STORI" AFTER BEG "PRENTED STORI THROUGH THIS VERY SPECIFIC CIS, WHE, MALE, STRAIGHT LENS FOR SUCH A LONG TIME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EXPANSN OF LGBTQ+ REPRENTATN ON WORKS AND THE BIG SCREEN HAS ALREADY BEEN A REALY MASTREAM NON-CHRISTMAS NTENT. IN MANY WAYS, HAPPIT SEASON IS AN EXTENSN OF 2018’S GROUNDBREAKG ROM- LOVE, SIMON, WHICH ALSO TOLD A FAIRLY NVENTNAL STORY ABOUT G OUT AND YOUNG LOVE. LIKE HAPPIT SEASON, WAS A BIG-STUD RELEASE WH A GAY CHARACTER THE LEAD ROLE. QUEER LOVE ALSO TOOK CENTER STAGE THE ROM- THE THG ABOUT HARRY, RELEASED EARLIER THIS YEAR ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FOR THIS YEAR'S QUEER CHRISTMAS-MOVIE BOOM, JAKE HELGREN, WHO WROTE AND DIRECTED DASHG DECEMBER AND HAS PRODUCED MANY OPPOSE-SEX CHRISTMAS ROMANC FOR LIFETIME AND HALLMARK, THKS THE POLIL AND SOCIAL CLIMATE OF 2020 MA FOR THE PERFECT TIME TO CHALLENGE THE STAT QUO. "I DON'T KNOW IF THE ENVIRONMENT WOULD HAVE FELT AS FORTABLE LAST YEAR," HE SAYS. "THIS YEAR, WAS LIKE WE BATTENED DOWN THE HATCH AND WE ME FULL FORCE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DUVALL'S HAPPIT SEASON HAD BEEN VELOPMENT SCE THE END OF 2017, TWO YEARS BEFORE THE HALLMARK NTROVERSY. THOUGH THE FILM WAS ACQUIRED BY SONY TRISTAR, AND EVENTUALLY SOLD TO HULU DUE TO THE COVID-ED CLOSURE OF THEATERS NATNWI, DUVALL SAYS WAS NOT A HARD SELL. INSTEAD, "THERE WERE SEVERAL STUDS THAT WERE TERTED MAKG THE MOVIE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, DASHG DECEMBER BEGAN AS JT ANOTHER STRAIGHT-FOCED FILM BUT, THANKS TO PRODUCER STEPHANIE SLACK'S SUGGTN, EVOLVED TO A LOVE STORY ABOUT TWO GAY MEN (PLAYED BY PETER PORTE AND JUAN PABLO DI PACE), WHO MEET BY HAPPENSTANCE RAL COLORADO. EXECS BEHD THE SCEN ENURAGED HELGREN TO IMPART HIS OWN EXPERIENC AS A GAY MAN TO THE SCRIPT. (MTV NEWS AND PARAMOUNT NETWORK ARE BOTH OWNED BY VIACBS.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MILLS, HOWEVER, FOUND THAT, AT LIFETIME, THE BAKED- FORMULA OF HOLIDAY ROM-S IS MORE LIKE A HAIKU. "YOU N CHANGE SOME WORDS, BUT YOU N'T ACTUALLY CHANGE THE STCTURE AT ALL," HE SAYS, RELAYG WHAT THE CHRISTMAS SETUP WRER MICHAEL J. MURRAY TOLD HIM. EVEN THOUGH HE HAD TO ADHERE TO LIFETIME'S RTRICTNS, HE WANTED TO "SATISFY QUEER PEOPLE AND PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO ARE BEGGG TO SEE THEMSELV REPRENTED," SO HE SNUCK SOME NUENDO DURG A SCENE PICTG THE TWO GAY LEADS, PORTRAYED BY REAL-LIFE MARRIED UPLE BEN LEWIS AND BLAKE LEE, AWKWARDLY SETTG UP A CHRISTMAS TREE. MILLS HAD L LIKE "I'LL JT GRAB THE BOTTOM" (OF THE TREE) AND "IT SLID RIGHT " (AS , THE TREE, UH, PERATED THE TIGHT DOORWAY) WRTEN TO THE MOVIE ON THE DAY OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH DASHG DECEMBER, HELGREN WAS EXCED TO GIVE THE GAY MUNY WHAT THE STRAIGHT MUNY HAS LONG BEEN ABLE TO ENJOY WHEN WATCHG THE KD OF RANCH WTERSPE FLICKS: SOME SK, GRATUO DIP PANS, AND A GUY FTIVE REER-PRTED  BOXER-BRIEFS. "I SAID, HEY, THIS IS A SCENE THAT I DREAMED OF HAVG THIS FILM. CAN I GO DO THIS?" SURE ENOUGH, WAS A CHRISTMAS WISH E {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MILLS PARTED OM THE GRTY EDY STYLE HE CEMENTED WH HIS 2014 SATIRIL MOVIE GUIDANCE TO MAKE THE CHRISTMAS SETUP, AND DOG SO LEARNED THAT LGBTQ+ PEOPLE, WHOSE ONSCREEN NARRATIV HAVE OFTEN ALT WH DIFFICULT TOPICS LIKE AIDS AND G OUT, REALLY JT WANTED WHAT STRAIGHT FOLKS ALREADY HAD: BASIC-BLE MEET-CUT AND HOLIDAY HAPPILY-EVER-AFTERS. "PEOPLE DON'T WATCH THE MOVI TO SEE REAL LIFE REFLECTED BACK ON THEM," HE SAYS. "I THK THERE'S SOMETHG POWERFUL ABOUT QUEER PEOPLE SOMETHG THAT IS NOT CHALLENGG AT ALL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT FOR SOME FILMMAKERS, QUEERG TRADNAL TROP IS SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH. "IT'S IMPERATIVE TO SHOW SOMETHG THAT HAS NOT BEEN SEEN — THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO STAND OUT," SAYS OTOJA AB, WRER-DIRECTOR OF A NEW YORK CHRISTMAS WEDDG, A LS-GLOSSY GAY CHRISTMAS LOVE STORY WH A AO-LATA ACTRS NIA FAIRWEATHER THE LEAD ROLE, FOR NETFLIX. HE LLS A "TRAVTY" THAT THIS YEAR, "WH ALL THE DIFFERENT VARIATNS OF STORI TOLD, AT MAJOR LEVELS, MD YOU, NOT ONE HAS PTURED A SAPPHIC LOVE STORY WH A WEDDG A CHURCH DURG CHRISTMAS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, THIS SURPRISE WAVE OF QUEERED CHRISTMAS MOVI HAS SURELY LEFT DIENC FEELG MERRY AND BRIGHT. DUVALL'S BEEN SHOWERED WH GRATU OM THOSE THE LGBTQ+ MUNY WHO'VE LONGED FOR REPRENTATN THE MASTREAM CHRISTMAS-MOVIE NON. MANY HAVE TOLD HER THAT, BEE OF HAPPIT SEASON, THEY'RE LS AAID OF G OUT. "IT REALLY MAK ME FEEL VERY EMOTNAL," DUVALL SAYS. THE SAME IS TE FOR BENT, WHO WAS RECENTLY TEARS AFTER SEEG SOME FACEBOOK POSTS EXPRSG HOW GOOD FEELS TO SEE LOVG HBANDS EMBRACED BY FAY ON THE HALLMARK CHANNEL. "IT'S BIGGER THAN PEOPLE THK," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CHRISTMAS HOE DIRECTOR MICHAEL GROSSMAN TELLS MTV NEWS THAT THIS IS A "TRANSFORMATIVE TIME OUR HISTORY." HE SAYS, "I HAVE DIRECTED OVER 200 HOURS OF NTENT MY REER, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WHERE MY LIFE EXPERIENCE WAS DIRECTLY REPRENTED THE NTENT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INIALLY, HELGREN THOUGHT DASHG DECEMBER WAS GOG TO BE A QUEER CHRISTMAS FLICK FIRST, BUT WHEN HE HEARD THERE WERE OTHERS THE WORKS, HE KNEW THIS WOULD BE A "BETIFUL MOVEMENT AND SUCH A BETIFUL TIME FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FOR DUVALL, SHE LIGHTS UP KNOWG SHE'S GOOD, QUEER PANY WH FILMMAKERS WHO ARE REVOLUTNIZG THE STALE NVENTNS OF A CLASSIC FORM OF 21ST-CENTURY CHRISTMASTIME AMERINA. AND NOT ONLY DO SHE PLAN ON WATCHG ALL OF THEIR FILMS, BUT, SHE SAYS, LIKE ANY LEARS WHO E TOGETHER FOR A MON E (ALBE, PANMIC-STYLE NOW), "WE ALL NEED TO HAVE A CHRISTMAS MOVIE ZOOM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

That show is hosted by an out gay man who sually refers to his partner ont of the straight fai he’s been tasked to make merry. Seeg a gay man openly talk his your same-sex partner at Christmas around strangers?

That’s a transformative notn for a lot of gay people.