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.
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- HALLMARK PREMIER S FIRST LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVIE WH A GAY LEAD UPLE
- THE HALLMARK CHANNEL'S FIRST GAY CHRISTMAS MOVIE STARS 'MEAN GIRLS' JONATHAN BENT
- HALLMARK'S FIRST GAY CHRISTMAS MOVIE IS HERE — AND GEE KRISSA IS OVERJOYED TO BE A PART OF
- JONATHAN BENT WANTED TO CREATE A GAY UNCLE BUCK FOR THE HOLIDAY STER
HALLMARK PREMIER S FIRST LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVIE WH A GAY LEAD UPLE
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The mercials, while many were quick to praise, sparked ntroversy after gag attentn om nservative group One Milln Moms and LifeSeNews, a right-wg Catholic news anizatn, who each issued petns for Hallmark to mata “fay-iendly” ntent by leavg the “promotn of homosexualy and transgenrism” out of the ntent on s channel. “Hallmark would be offendg Christian viewers and Christian parents BIG TIME, by experimentg wh homosexual them, and, or operatg wh the LGBT doctratn agenda, ” read the LifeSeNews petn. “Shame on Hallmark for airg mercials wh same-sex upl and even nsirg movi wh LGBT ntent and lead characters, ” said, cg that fay entertament is not the place to “be polilly rrect by forcg tolerance and acceptance of homosexualy.
On social media, the channel was acced of homophobia, wh the hashtags #BoyttHallmarkChannel and #HomophobicHallmark beg quick to circulate on Twter.
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THE HALLMARK CHANNEL'S FIRST GAY CHRISTMAS MOVIE STARS 'MEAN GIRLS' JONATHAN BENT
Canadian actor Jake Foy is makg wav for playg the openly gay wboy Tuff McMurray on Hallmark's newt wtern seri, Ri. Dubbed by The Advote's sister publitn Out as the "gay kg of Christmas, " Jonathan Bent has starred some of the Hallmark Channel's most beloved holiday films. Alberta native Brad Harr is an out actor known pecially for The Christmas Hoe seri, which he and Jonathan Bent played the first married gay uple Hallmark history.
HALLMARK'S FIRST GAY CHRISTMAS MOVIE IS HERE — AND GEE KRISSA IS OVERJOYED TO BE A PART OF
The multalented (and proudly out) Ali Liebert has both acted and directed projects for Hallmark, and she helmed the groundbreakg gay Christmas movie The Holiday Ster. This year, the channel cid to diversify s sts by featurg s first openly gay lead uple.
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.
Startg 2020, Christmas was for the gays.
JONATHAN BENT WANTED TO CREATE A GAY UNCLE BUCK FOR THE HOLIDAY STER
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The upg Halloween season may be “Gay Christmas” to many queer people, but there’s certaly a factn of the muny for whom Mariah Carey’s favore holiday certaly holds a ep meang. Bent, who is an out gay actor, posted to Instagram to share the excg news on Friday. And yet, 2017, when one viewer asked Hallmark why there were no gay upl any of their hundreds of Christmas roms, a reprentative claimed that there were no “forced valu” associated wh the work, and that they were not “issu-oriented.