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'Firebird' follows a clanste gay romance between Estonian private Sergey and fighter pilot Roman occupied Estonia durg the Cold War.

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7 NEW QUEER HOLIDAY MOVI TO WARM YOUR COLD GAY HEART'THE HOLIDAY STER,' 'SPOILER ALERT,' AND MORE: GET READY TO STREAM, ICE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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 CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHDECEMBER 21, 2022/12:22 {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:3002PX;WIDTH:4500PX;} LDA KäLLéS/FOC FEATURBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHDECEMBER 21, 2022 / 12:22 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"7 NEW QUEER HOLIDAY MOVI TO WARM YOUR COLD GAY HEART","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2022-12-21T17:22:33.577+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2022-12-21T17:22:33.577+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","KEYWORDS":"CHRISTMAS","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STREAMG SERVIC HAVE BEEN MAKG THE YULETI GAYER RECENT YEARS WH LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVI BEG MORE MON (SHHH, DON'T TELL CANDACE CAMERON BURRE). HAPPIT SEASON, DASHG DECEMBER, AND SGLE ALL THE WAY WERE GIFTS THAT STUFFED OUR STOCKGS, BUT WHAT ABOUT THIS YEAR'S CROP OF QUEER CHRISTMAS MOVI?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DON'T ET IF 'S TOO LD TO GO OUT ROLG, YOU N STILL GET THE FTIVE SPIR BY GETTG ZY ON THE UCH WH THE SEVEN NEW QUEER HOLIDAY MOVI TO STREAM BY THE {MARG:0;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;PADDG:0;LIST-STYLE:NONE;} LI{LIST-STYLE-POSN:SI;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 2.0REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG:0;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;PADDG:0;LIST-STYLE:NONE;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{FONT-SIZE:2.4REM;}} LI{LIST-STYLE-POSN:SI;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0;MARG-TOP:42PX;MAX-WIDTH:100VW;} TWTER-WIDGET{MARG:0 !IMPORTANT;} {MAX-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.25%;MARG:0 TO;} [DATA-OEMBED-URL*='YOUTU']{HEIGHT:0;MAX-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.25%;POSN:RELATIVE;} [DATA-OEMBED-URL*='YOUTU'] EMBED{BOTTOM:0;HEIGHT:100%;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;TOP:0;WIDTH:100%;} STAGRAM-MEDIA{WIDTH:LC(100% - 24PX) !IMPORTANT;M-WIDTH:UNSET !IMPORTANT;MARG-BOTTOM:0 !IMPORTANT;PADDG:0 12PX !IMPORTANT;MAX-WIDTH:516PX !IMPORTANT;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){ STAGRAM-MEDIA{PADDG:0 !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 2.0REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{FONT-SIZE:2.4REM;}}{MARG:0 TO;MARG-TOP:42PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{WIDTH:LC((((100% - 11 * 24PX) / 12) * 10) + (24PX * 9));}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{PADDG-LEFT:24PX;PADDG-RIGHT:24PX;WIDTH:TO;}}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.6REM/1.5 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:0 TO;MARG-TOP:42PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{WIDTH:LC((((100% - 11 * 24PX) / 12) * 10) + (24PX * 9));}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{PADDG-LEFT:24PX;PADDG-RIGHT:24PX;WIDTH:TO;}}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE MOVIE STARRG BILLY EICHNER AND LE MACFARLANE MA HOLLYWOOD HISTORY AS THE FIRST GAY ROM- EVER RELEASED BY A MAJOR STUD. EVEN THOUGH WASN'T MARKETED AS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE SCEN SET DURG THE HOLIDAY SEASON, CLUDG ONE SET AT A HALLHEART (THE BROS VERSN OF HALLMARK CHANNEL) VILLAGE POP-UP EVENT, AND ANOTHER FEATURG A HILARLY AWKWARD CHRISTMAS PARTY HOOKUP.WHERE TO WATCH: PEACKMERRY & {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;}BROADWAY ACTRS BEC (DIA FRAMPTON) IS BACK HER HOMETOWN FOR THE HOLIDAYS, AND WHILE THERE SHE RE-IGN A ROMANCE WH HER HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, SAM (ANDI RENé CHRISTENSEN) — WH THE HELP OF THEIR "MEDDLG MOMS" PLAYED BY RENE CHRISTENSEN AND STELLA PARTON (DOLLY'S SISTER!)WHERE TO WATCH: AVAILABLE ON DIVA BOX OFFICESPOILER ALERT LDA KäLLéS/FOC FEATURSPOILER ALERT, BASED ON THE 2017 MEMOIR BY MICHAEL AIELLO, TELLS THE HEARTBREAKG TE STORY OF MIKE (JIM PARSONS) A TELEVISN JOURNALIST WHO DURG A RARE NIGHT OUT THE CLUB MEETS K (BEN ALDRIDGE), AND IS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT OM ACROSS THE DANCE FLOOR. THE TWO START DATG AND ARE TOGETHER FOR ALMOST 13 YEARS BEFORE K IS DIAGNOSED WH LORECTAL NCER AND 11 MONTHS LATER DI AT THE AGE OF 42. CHRISTMAS PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE THE MOVIE AS A MARKER OF TIME THE RELATNSHIP. THERE IS ALSO A BTERSWEET SCENE THE MOVIE WHERE THE CHARACTERS SPEND QUALY TIME WATCHG RUPL'S DRAG RACE HOLI-SLAY SPECTACULAR. WHERE TO WATCH: CURRENTLY PLAYG THEATERS AND AVAILABLE FOR DIGAL RENTAL OR {MARG-TOP:54PX;MARG-BOTTOM:12PX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;WIDTH:100%;}{MARG:0 TO;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){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;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}LOOKG FOR HERIF YOU'VE ALREADY HAD YOUR ANNUAL REWATCH OF HAPPIT SEASON, THEN TRY LOOKG FOR HER, A NEW LBIAN ROM- ABOUT TAYLOR (OLIVIA BUCKLE) WHOSE FAY GUILT TRIPS HER TO BRGG HER GIRLIEND HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS TAYLOR AND HER GIRLIEND BROKE UP, SO SHE HIR OLIVE (ALEXANDRA SWARENS), AN ACTRS TO PLAY HER SIGNIFINT OTHER. WHAT ULD GO WRONG?WHERE TO WATCH: AVAILABLE FOR DIGAL RENTAL OR PURCHASE THE HOLIDAY STERHALLMARK CHANNEL'S FIRST HOLIDAY MOVIE CENTERED ON AN LGBTQ UPLE TELLS THE STORY OF SAM (JONATHAN BENT), WHO IS ABOUT TO JET OFF TO HAWAII FOR A VAY, WHEN HE RECEIV A LL OM HIS SISTER ASKG IF HE N BABYS HER KIDS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. WHILE LOOKG AFTER HIS NIECE AND NEPHEW HE MEETS JASON (GEE KRISSA), A NEIGHBOR WHO SAM ENDS UP FA-LA-LA-LA FALLG FOR. WILL THEY DON THEIR GAY APPAREL AND KISS UNR THE MISTLETOE?WHERE TO WATCH: HALLMARK CHANNELDOLLY PARTON'S MOUNTA MAGIC CHRISTMASKATHERE BOMBOY/NBCDOLLY PARTON DRSED AS A REER, NEED WE SAY MORE? THIS META MIL IS ABOUT THE QUEEN OF UNTRY MIC MAKG HER OWN HOLIDAY TV SPECIAL AT DOLLYWOOD. SCE DOLLY'S HERE YOU KNOW THE GAYS N'T BE FAR BEHD, AND MOUNTA MAGIC CHRISTMAS FEATUR BRYAN BATT (MAD MEN) PLAYG THE WRER OF THE HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR. DOLLY'S LONGTIME CREATIVE DIRECTOR, STEVE SUMMERS, IS ON HAND TO HELP, AND THE SPECIAL ALSO FEATUR A NEW ORIGAL TUNE, "BE THAT," ALL ABOUT CELEBRATG WHAT MAK YOU SPECIAL.WHERE TO WATCH: PEACKA CHRISTMAS TO {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;} .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;}SIX TRANGED CHILDHOOD IENDS RETURN TO THEIR HOMETOWN TO EMBARK ON A TREASURE HUNT ORCHTRATED BY THEIR BELOVED MS. MARLEY, A WOMAN WHO MEANT A LOT TO THE GROUP AND RECENTLY PASSED AWAY. "AS THE SEARCH UNFOLDS AND FOND CHILDHOOD MEMORI ARE RELIVED, SPARKS FLY BETWEEN AT CRAIG (TAYLOR FREY) AND HIS FORMER BT IEND EVERETT MATTHEWS (KYLE DEAN MASSEY)," READS THE PLOT SCRIPTN. WILL AT AND EVERETT KISS UNR THE MISTLETOE?WHERE TO WATCH: {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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Streamg servic have been makg the yuleti gayer recent years wh LGBTQ holiday movi beg more mon (shhh, don't tell Candace Cameron Burre). BrosEarlier this year, the movie starrg Billy Eichner and Le Macfarlane ma Hollywood history as the first gay rom- ever released by a major stud.

Even though wasn't marketed as a Christmas movie, there are multiple scen set durg the holiday season, cludg one set at a Hallheart (the Bros versn of Hallmark Channel) village pop-up event, and another featurg a hilarly awkward Christmas party & GayBroadway actrs Bec (Dia Frampton) is back her hometown for the holidays, and while there she re-ign a romance wh her high school sweetheart, Sam (Andi René Christensen) — wh the help of their "meddlg moms" played by Rene Christensen and Stella Parton (Dolly's sister!

THE GAYT MOVI THAT AREN’T ACTUALLY GAY, OM ‘BARBIE’ AND ‘BURLQUE’ TO ‘VENOM’ AND ‘ROAD HOE’

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Will they don their gay apparel and kiss unr the mistletoe?

Sce Dolly's here you know the gays n't be far behd, and Mounta Magic Christmas featur Bryan Batt (Mad Men) playg the wrer of the holiday spectacular. If “Barbie” tells anythg, ’s that a movie don’t have to be gay to be, well, gay.

So what mak a movie gay if isn’t explicly? Cast a few top-shelf gay ins there — your Bette Middlers, your Joan Crawfords, your Faye Dunaways playg Joan Crawford — and pecially have them reparteeg bchy l tearg each other to piec, and have an athetic that’s outre and unironilly mp, and you’ve got the wng-formula starter-pack for somethg licly fabulo and queer, even if not by tentnal sign. But settg a precent for movi now nonized by gay culture that don’t technilly have any (non-d, anyway) gay characters were some of Hollywood’s most all-time legendary actrs: Bette Davis “All About Eve” ma “’s gog to be a bumpy ri” an idmatic quip, while Elizabeth Taylor then ma Bette Davis’ “what a dump” even more inic aga the openg le of “Who’s Aaid of Virgia Woolf, ” livered while gnawg down on a chicken wg.

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SiegedSec, a group of gay furry hackers, took their skills to US ernments June, breachg agenci across five stat and to release data. * cold gay movie *

Ed Bianchi’s 1981 “The Fan, ” meanwhile, livered perhaps the greatt gift to gay film fans of a certa era stg Lren Ball as an agg actrs stgglg to hold onto her legacy while beg stalked by, what else but, a psychotic gay fan. Films like “9 to 5” and “Steel Magnolias” keep ptivatg bee their sts are all top-to-toe, inic-among-the-gays women who n duce tears and lghs and shout unfettably quotable l the same scene.

‘FIREBIRD’ CAPTUR FORBIDN GAY ROMANCE DURG THE COLD WAR

There’s also, of urse, the trend many of the movi of men beg huiated and based — somethg the gay mal the dience love to partake — leavg our inic women wh all the chips the end and whom we n leave the theater rootg for.

Below, IndieWire rounds up some of the bt cidly non-gay films that are actually gay after all — and gayer than many ntemporary movi proclaimg themselv as such actually are. Why ’s gay: Bette Davis, we (the queer muny) love you. “All About Eve” has long been analyzed through a queer lens, wh many terpretg Eve and the character of Addison DeWt (Gee Sanrs) as gay.

But even if you thk everyone the film is heterosexual, s gay appeal is unniable, wh an in like Davis the lead, geo stum, and all of the lightfully bchy snark between the magnificent actrs.

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Why ’s gay: Nicholas Ray’s cult classic plays out like a mented, closeted lbian love story. Why ’s gay: Ameri’s arguably greatt director is normally regard as heteronormative (Wterns, war films, John Wayne, Amerin history), but his work is full of subtextual gay tert, rarely as much as here. Why ’s gay: Beyond s possible cln bee of the bare-chted Holn — a 1950s Hollywood beefke, seen here ep to his reer — what is notable is a possible alternative terpretatn of two female characters.

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The ridiculo Rosemary, sympathetilly portrayed, has overton of mon olr gay lt fantasi for younger men. Why ’s gay: Mame Dennis Burnsi is, que simply, mother.

Why ’s gay: What mak gay?

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11 of the Bt Gay Male Nu Scen of 2021, Acrdg to Experts .

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