The Gayt Christmas Ever: Insi 2020's Big, Queer Holiday Explosn

Contents:

• FAR-RIGHT PASTOR SAYS THERE ARE MORE GAYS THAN EVER THANKS TO A ‘MONIC SPIR’
• THE GAYT CHRISTMAS EVER: INSI 2020’S BIG, QUEER HOLIDAY EXPLOSN
• SANTA IS GAY; GET OVER
• ‘MEAN GIRLS’ STAR JONATHAN BENT JOK HE’S THE ‘GAY KG OF CHRISTMAS’
• FALLY, HALLMARK’S HOLIDAY FARE MAK A GAY UPLE ‘PART OF THE FAY’
• MAKE THE YULETI GAY: INSI THE MAKG OF THIS YEAR'S LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVI

FAR-RIGHT PASTOR SAYS THERE ARE MORE GAYS THAN EVER THANKS TO A ‘MONIC SPIR’

The novel’s plot is further plited by the revelatn of Christmas’ unfed mixed racial inty and the homoerotic unrton his relatnships wh the other male characters, particularly Joe Brown and Percy Grimm. Christmas’ ntradictory feelgs on Joanna’s masculy are particularly tertg when nsirg the implitns of homosexualy surroundg him Flkner’s origal text.

The scriptn of the magaze this le draws a parallel between the sexual imag of young women and men shootg each other, stillg an herent sense of homoeroticism the latter scriptn that is passed onto Christmas for havg kept such an em unrneath his t. Their partnership tak on a eper homoerotic sense wh the sheriff’s ment about the two, when he says, “‘I at terted the wiv [Brown] left Alabama, or anywhere else.

Abdur-Rahman argu that this “homoeroticism amg the Jo’ liaison” is a signifier of “the vulnerabily of whe masculy to peratn by black men the social, enomic, and polil realms” (185). Jt as Christmas’ multiracial inty perturbs his homoerotic relatnship wh Joe Brown, also further plit the town’s abily to prehend his genr and sexualy. His relatnships wh Joanna and Brown both reflect that vlatn of sexual rtrictns, so that is not jt Christmas’ genr-nonnformy or homosexualy that Jefferson reacts to, but stead, as Watson scrib, Christmas’ ntradictory and nsummatory portrayal of masculy, which is viewed as ntag a “predatory sire wh the potential to extend self every directn throughout the social field” (153).

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

On the other hand, John Duvall scrib Grimm’s tense need to kill and strate Joe Christmas as a reflectn of a “male homosexual panic, ” driven by his sire to fd a stable sense of masculy by beg accepted to the “homosocial world” of the men of Jefferson (62). Grimm’s e of the phrase “taken their pants down” adds a sexual element to his anger, implyg that there is a reprsed homoeroticism motivatg him trackg down Christmas.

However, the homoerotic nature of Grimm’s ments before he strat Christmas impli a more sexually charged layer behd the vlence that he seeks to enact. This perspective is supported by Abdur-Rahman, who explas that lynchg is a “btal enactment of homoeroticism and s panicked repudiatn” bee functns as both a femizatn of the black male body and a “‘munal rape’ of black manhood” (188-189).

SANTA IS GAY; GET OVER

From that viewpot, the lynchg that Grimm nducts n be viewed as an assertn of his whe masculy an attempt to domate Christmas’ black manhood, rultg this racially motivated and homoerotic enunter between the two (Abdur-Rahman 188). Th, Grimm’s shootg and stratn of Christmas serv as the ultimate nflatn of homophobia and homoeroticism as Grimm both sir and enavors to stroy Christmas (Tipton 382). In a siar readg of this fal moment Hightower’s kchen, Tipton believ that Grimm’s stratn dispers Christmas’ memory throughout the town stead of stroyg the “sexual ‘otherns Jefferson, ” which only further actur the plited nature of both race and homoerotic sire the novel (381, 388).

‘MEAN GIRLS’ STAR JONATHAN BENT JOK HE’S THE ‘GAY KG OF CHRISTMAS’

“Whe Disavowal, Black Enanchisement, and the Homoerotic William Flkner’s ‘Light Augt.

“Flkner’s Cryg Game: Male Homosexual Panic.

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

“Rope and Faggot: The Homoerotics of Lynchg William Flkner’s Light Augt. 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. 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.

MAKE THE YULETI GAY: INSI THE MAKG OF THIS YEAR'S LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVI

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.