The Gayt Christmas Songs Ever

Contents:

• THE 21 GAYT CHRISTMAS SONGS
• 10 QUEER CHRISTMAS SONGS TO MAKE THE YULETI GAY AF
• 25 CHRISTMAS SONGS ONLY GAY PEOPLE AND (INTELLIGENT) STRAIGHT PEOPLE KNOW ARE TLY GAY BOPS
• 27 OF THE GAYT CHRISTMAS SONGS (VIDEO)
• CHRISTMAS WH THE GAYS: TEN CLASSIC QUEER-THEMED HOLIDAY TV MOMENTS
• A DIRTY GAY CHRISTMAS
• THE GAYT CHRISTMAS EVER: INSI 2020’S BIG, QUEER HOLIDAY EXPLOSN
• 25 CHRISTMAS SONGS ONLY GAY PEOPLE AND (INTELLIGENT) STRAIGHT PEOPLE KNOW ARE TLY GAY BOPS
• HALLMARK UNR FIRE FOR DROPPG 'GAY' FROM CHRISTMAS LYRIC

THE 21 GAYT CHRISTMAS SONGS

They say Christmas is jt 'Straight Halloween, ' but the gays also do our fair share of celebratg!

10 QUEER CHRISTMAS SONGS TO MAKE THE YULETI GAY AF

From classics to brand new songs, om tradnal vers to the gayt lyrics you n thk of, here are 23 of our favore Christmas songs by LGBTQ+ artists to get you the spir this holiday season! The ultimate gay Christmas classic. Time to make the yuleti (and your playlist) gay.

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25 CHRISTMAS SONGS ONLY GAY PEOPLE AND (INTELLIGENT) STRAIGHT PEOPLE KNOW ARE TLY GAY BOPS

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27 OF THE GAYT CHRISTMAS SONGS (VIDEO)

In this massive 70-track playlist, you'll fd mic om the past seven s--om the ridiculo (Pansy Divisn's "Homo Christmas, " an o to gay sex unr the tree) to the sublime (Joni Mchell's "Blue, " perhaps the greatt untentnal Christmas song of all time). Rather than wa for Santa Cls to gift a llectn of the gayt Christmas songs, we me up wh one on our hang the mistletoe, pour the egg nog and h play. Homosexualy is a crime Mlim-majory Malaysia.

CHRISTMAS WH THE GAYS: TEN CLASSIC QUEER-THEMED HOLIDAY TV MOMENTS

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A DIRTY GAY CHRISTMAS

Here are our picks for ten Christmas specials and episos sure make your yuleti gay...

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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.

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

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.

25 CHRISTMAS SONGS ONLY GAY PEOPLE AND (INTELLIGENT) STRAIGHT PEOPLE KNOW ARE TLY GAY BOPS

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.

HALLMARK UNR FIRE FOR DROPPG 'GAY' FROM CHRISTMAS LYRIC

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. Even if gay dienc haven’t seen leral gay characters on screen, we still have our touchston.