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After a public outcry last year when pulled an ad featurg a same-sex weddg, Hallmark Channel is back wh s first holiday movie featurg a gay uple.

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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 with gay guys *

The Hallmark Channel is gettg to the gay Christmas a part of s Countdown to Christmas event, Hallmark Channel has announced s first Christmas movie that foc on a gay Holiday Ster will be released on December 11 on The Hallmark Channel and will star Mean Girls alum Jonathan Bent, Gee Krissa, and Chelsea — Becky VanValkenburg (@Becky VanValkenburg). He mak the trip wh his hband Jake, played by Brad Harr, and the pair wa to hear about the possible adoptn of their first 's only September, but wh Hallmark announcg s slate of holiday movi, and other platforms like Netflix, Disney+ and Lifetime havg also announced holiday movi and specials, so far, The Holiday Ster is the only one to foc on gay characters.

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Hallmark's first movie wh a gay uple as leads is revolutnary and long overdue. It's gog to be good! * hallmark movie with gay guys *

Startg 2020, Christmas was for the gays. RELATED | 23 Christmas Songs by LGBTQ+ Artists to Make the Yuleti Gay.

This year, the channel cid to diversify s sts by featurg s first openly gay lead uple.

HALLMARK RELEAS ITS FIRST GAY CHRISTMAS MOVIE WH TWO LEADG MEN

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The Hallmark Channel is set to make history — and make good on s promise for more LGBTQ-cln — wh s first holiday movie featurg a gay lead character.

However, ’s a good first step that there are even enough movi for me to create this list of Hallmark movi wh gay characters.

FALLY, HALLMARK’S HOLIDAY FARE MAK A GAY UPLE ‘PART OF THE FAY’

The "Mean Girls" actor will star "The Christmas Hoe," a holiday film about a gay uple lookg to adopt their first child. * hallmark movie with gay guys *

Most gay characters and upl the movi are whe and male.

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. While I tly enjoyed The Christmas Hoe and loved seeg the happily married gay uple, they played send-fiddle to the ma straight uple’s romantic storyle.

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It jt so happens that Jeremy Jordan, who is playg that straight man is also playg his gay tw. This do not qualify as a gay lead character, and dog the bare mimum isn’t enarg Hallmark to anyone.

The only memorable thg about this movie was one of the only tim a Hallmark character has said “I am gay.

TV’S GAY CHRISTMAS MOVI ARE AS BENIGN, CHARMG AND CLICHE AS WE ALWAYS HOPED THEY’D BE

Y, back 2012, Hallmark premiered a Christmas movie which the sister proclaimed she was gay.

SAVE OR SPEND: WARDROBE PICKS FOR YOUR BUDGETOPEN MENUVIOSHOPCULTUREFAYWELLNSFOODLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICYYOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTSCHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICYINTERT-BASED ADSTERMS OF USEDO NOT SELL MY INFOCONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHCULTUREHALLMARK CHANNEL ANNOUNC CHRISTMAS MOVIE FEATURG GAY UPLE LOOKG TO ADOPT3:40HALLMARK APOLOGIZ FOR PULLG AD PICTG GAY UPLE BYTONY MORRISON AND LLEY MSERSEPTEMBER 23, 2020, 9:59 AM•4 M READHALLMARK CHANNEL AND S PARENT PANY, CROWN MEDIA FAY NETWORK, ARE LIVERG ON A PROMISE TO DIVERSIFY THEIR HOLIDAY MOVI."MEAN GIRLS" ACTOR JONATHAN BENT WILL STAR "THE CHRISTMAS HOE," WHICH FEATUR A STORYLE ABOUT A GAY UPLE LOOKG TO ADOPT THEIR FIRST CHILD, ACRDG TO MICHELLE VIRY, EXECUTIVE VICE PRINT OF PROGRAMMG FOR CROWN MEDIA FAY NETWORK.MORE: HALLMARK ANNOUNC PLANS TO BUT 'LGBTQ STORYL, CHARACTERS AND ACTORS'BENT'S -STARS CLU "ONE TREE HILL" ACTOR ROBERT BUCKLEY, ANA AYORA OF "IN THE DARK," VETERAN ACTOR TREAT WILLIAMS, "NYPD BLUE" STAR SHARON LAWRENCE AND ACTOR BRAD HARR. "THE CHRISTMAS HOE" PREMIER ON SUNDAY, NOV. 22 AT 8 P.M. ET/PT.A SYNOPSIS FOR "THE CHRISTMAS HOE" READS: "WORKG THROUGH SOME DIFFICULT CISNS, MCHELL FAY MATRIARCH PHYLIS (LAWRENCE) AND PATRIARCH BILL (WILLIAMS), HAVE SUMMONED THEIR TWO GROWN SONS -- MIKE (BUCKLEY) AND BRANDON (BENT) -- HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. IT IS THEIR HOPE THAT BRGG THE FAY TOGETHER TO RECREATE THE CHRISTMAS HOE WILL HELP THEM FD ROLUTN AND MAKE A MEMORABLE HOLIDAY FOR THE ENTIRE FAY AND MUNY. AS BRANDON AND HIS HBAND, JAKE (HARR), MAKE THE TRIP HOME, THEY ARE ANXLY AWAG A LL ABOUT THE ADOPTN OF THEIR FIRST CHILD. MEANWHILE, MIKE RENNECTS WH ANDI (AYORA), HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART.""OUR HOLIDAY TABLE IS BIGGER AND MORE WELG THAN EVER. THIS YEAR'S MOVI REFLECT OUR MOST DIVERSE REPRENTATN OF TALENT, NARRATIV AND FAI," VIRY SAID WEDNDAY. "OUR MOVI ARE ROOTED WARMTH AND POSIVY, MEANGFUL NNECTNS, FAY GATHERGS AND SEASONAL TRADNS -- A WNG FORMULA WE HOPE WILL BRG OUR LNS OF VIEWERS MUCH-NEED LEVY AND HOLIDAY CHEER AT THE END OF A TOUGH YEAR."EDOR’S PICKSHALLMARK ANNOUNC PLANS TO BUT 'LGBTQ STORYL, CHARACTERS AND ACTORS'JUL 16, 2020HALLMARK CHANNEL SCHL MARATHON OF FEEL-GOOD HOLIDAY MOVI AMID MASS SELF-QUARANTEMAR 19, 2020HALLMARK CHANNEL APOLOGIZ FOR PULLG GAY-THEMED WEDDG ADDEC 15, 2019AMID CRICISM THAT NONE OF THE PREVLY-ANNOUNCED HOLIDAY FILMS FEATURED AN LGBTQ LEAD, A HALLMARK CHANNEL SPOKPERSON TOLD "GOOD MORNG AMERI" JULY THE PANY WAS "MTED TO CREATG A HALLMARK EXPERIENCE WHERE EVERYONE FEELS WELE" AND WOULD BE ANNOUNCG "LGBTQ STORYL, CHARACTERS AND ACTORS" THE FUTURE.MORE: IN REVERSAL, HALLMARK WILL RESTATE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ADSIN ADDN TO "THE CHRISTMAS HOE," CROWN MEDIA ANNOUNCED WEDNDAY THAT CANDACE CAMERON BURE WILL STAR HER NTH HALLMARK CHANNEL ORIGAL CHRISTMAS MOVIE, "IF ONLY I HAD CHRISTMAS," AND LACEY CHABERT WILL APPEAR TWO FILMS, "TIME FOR US TO COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS" AND "CHRISTMAS WALTZ," WHICH ALSO FEATUR HER "LOVE, ROMANCE AND CHOLATE" -STAR WILL KEMP. HOLLY ROBSON PEETE WILL ALSO STAR TWO MOVI: "CHRISTMAS DOCTOR" AND THE FOURTH STALLMENT OF "CHRISTMAS EVERGREEN: BELLS ARE RGG." VETERANS ALISON SWEENEY, DANI MCKELLAR AND TAMERA MOWRY-HOELEY WILL ALSO RETURN FOR NEW PROJECTS.NEWERS TO THE WORK CLU "RIVERDALE" ACTRS MARISOL NICHOLS, "PRETTY LTLE LIARS" STAR JANEL PARRISH AND JEREMY JORDAN OF "SUPERGIRL," AMONG OTHERS.HALLMARK CHANNEL'S "COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS" KICKS OFF SATURDAY, OCT. 24 AT 8 P.M. ET/PT WH "JGLE BELL BRI," WHILE HALLMARK MOVI & MYSTERI' "MIRACL OF CHRISTMAS" BEGS AN HOUR LATER, WH "CHRISTMAS TREE LANE."EDOR’S PICKSHALLMARK ANNOUNC PLANS TO BUT 'LGBTQ STORYL, CHARACTERS AND ACTORS'JUL 16, 2020HALLMARK CHANNEL SCHL MARATHON OF FEEL-GOOD HOLIDAY MOVI AMID MASS SELF-QUARANTEMAR 19, 2020HALLMARK CHANNEL APOLOGIZ FOR PULLG GAY-THEMED WEDDG ADDEC 15, 2019UP NEXT CULTURE—LUPA NYONG'O REMEMBERS CHADWICK BOSEMAN EMOTNAL TRIBUTE 3 YEARS AFTER HIS ATHAUGT 28, 2023MILEY CYS ON HOW HER PERSPECTIVE ON FAME AND SUCCS IS DIFFERENT OM HER DADAUGT 28, 2023KHLOE KARDASHIAN SHAR SWEET PHOTO WH HER 2 KIDS: 'MOMMY'S CUBS'AUGT 28, 2023'DANCG WH THE STARS' JUDGE DEREK HOUGH MARRI HAYLEY ERBERTAUGT 28, 2023UP NEXT CULTURE—LUPA NYONG'O REMEMBERS CHADWICK BOSEMAN EMOTNAL TRIBUTE 3 YEARS AFTER HIS ATHAUGT 28, 2023MILEY CYS ON HOW HER PERSPECTIVE ON FAME AND SUCCS IS DIFFERENT OM HER DADAUGT 28, 2023KHLOE KARDASHIAN SHAR SWEET PHOTO WH HER 2 KIDS: 'MOMMY'S CUBS'AUGT 28, 2023'DANCG WH THE STARS' JUDGE DEREK HOUGH MARRI HAYLEY ERBERTAUGT 28, 2023

At first, I thought was jt a way to keep a man om htg on her, but an earlier scene shows that she actually is gay. It also had the most subtle ht of a gay uple I have ever seen on TV. This movie also marks the first time a gay uple has shared an on-screen kiss on any Hallmark work.

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