12 merry and gay movi to spice up your holiday

Contents:

• WHY HALLOWEEN IS 'GAY CHRISTMAS' TO MANY LGBTQ AMERINS
• GAY CHRISTMAS &NEW YEAR’S EVE NEW ORLEANS 2023
• ​GAY MALE DANCE GROUP SPARKS CONTROVERSY AT ALABAMA CHRISTMAS PARA
• THE GAYT CHRISTMAS EVER: INSI 2020’S BIG, QUEER HOLIDAY EXPLOSN
• CHIGO PRI PARA 2022: MAP, TRANSPORTATN TAILS AND A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS CHIGO
• 12 MERRY AND GAY MOVI TO SPICE UP YOUR HOLIDAY
• GAY CHIGO

WHY HALLOWEEN IS 'GAY CHRISTMAS' TO MANY LGBTQ AMERINS

"Merrie cherryAn extravaganza of the supernatural, all thgs sweet and larger-than-life stum, many LGBTQ Amerins like Roberts hail Halloween as "gay Christmas. " But the ntemporary excement around the supernatural holiday has a long history wh the LGBTQ morn phrase "gay Christmas" actually stems om an earlier queer nickname for the holiday, "bch Christmas, " acrdg to Marc Ste, a profsor of history at San Francis State Universy, and thor of "Cy of Sisterly and Brotherly Lov. "Durg the 1950s and '60s, Philalphia's LGBTQ muny celebrated "bch Christmas" by drsg up drag and partyg the cy's gay bars, Ste said.

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GAY CHRISTMAS &NEW YEAR’S EVE NEW ORLEANS 2023

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2, NetflixTony-wng director Michael Mayer (“Sprg Awakeng”) helms Netflix’s first gay holiday film, which se perpetually sgle Peter (Michael Urie) beggg his bt iend, Nick (Philemon Chambers), to e home wh him and pretend to be his boyiend to put an end to his fay’s nstant meddlg. But the se is put to the tt when his mother (another gay fave, Kathy Najimy) sets him up wh her hunky traer (“Brothers and Sisters” actor Le Macfarlane).Kudos to “Sgle All the Way” for stg three out actors as gay characters — and for stg Jennifer Coolidge, perd.'The Bch Who Stole Christmas'Dec.

​GAY MALE DANCE GROUP SPARKS CONTROVERSY AT ALABAMA CHRISTMAS PARA

3, NetflixFormer nttants return to the tents for a pair of holiday-themed episos: In “The Great Christmas Bakg Show,” out ic Tom Allen subs for Noel Fieldg to -host wh gay prenter Matt Lus as season ne’s Jon Jenks and Kim-Joy Hewlett and season 11’s Herme and Rowan Williams whip up wondro Yuleti treats. “The showstopper challenge, they’ve got to make a ftive feast illn ke,” judge Pl Hollywood teased, acrdg to Variety.In “The Great New Year’s Bakg Show,” 's season five wner Nancy Birtwhistle up agast season ne champn Rahul Mandal and two nttants om season 19: Gay nerd Henry Bird and wchy Helena Garcia.Earlier this month, "The Great Brish Bake Off" producers also announced the st of the acclaimed Brish AIDS drama “It’s a S” has rned for a new one-off celebry edn of the show, but an airdate hasn’t been announced.

Baneatta’s gay son, Kenny (Anthony Chatmon II), brgs his boyiend, Logan (Derek Chadwick), home for the holidays but is given an icy receptn. 18, Hallmark ChannelLast year, after sparkg outrage by pullg a jewelry ad featurg lbian bris, Hallmark ma amends by featurg the first gay uple one of s many, many holiday movi: "The Christmas Hoe" sred more than 13 ln viewgs over the 2020 holiday season,  so a sequel was a no-braer. In the origal, Bill and Phylis Mchell (Treat Williams and Sharon Lawrence) ved their adult sons home for the holidays, then drop a bomb that they’re sellg the fay home.This time around, gay son Brandon (Jonathan Ben) and his hband, Jake (Brad Harr), pete wh Brandon’s straight brother, Mike (Robert Buckley), to see who n create the most ftively rated Christmas hoe.'Unr the Christmas Tree'Dec.

19, LifetimeLast year, Lifetime buted s first gaycentric holiday flick, "The Christmas Setup," and this season, 's brgg a lbian romance to the small screen.In this holiday tale om "The Christmas Setup" screenwrer Michael J.

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

She said the cy uncil will take charge of the event next year, to make sure her prec child never ever has to see a gay black man kick his legs up a para ever whatever, uptight party poopers Semm! 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.

CHIGO PRI PARA 2022: MAP, TRANSPORTATN TAILS AND A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS CHIGO

'” 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.

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].

12 MERRY AND GAY MOVI TO SPICE UP YOUR HOLIDAY

“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.

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.

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Benjam Bradley lov Christmas Connecticut for gay in Barbara Stanwyck, and Na Wt returns to Whe Christmas every year thanks to the looks and stunts of Vera-Ellen and Rosemary Clooney. BenDeLaCreme realized as an adult that Christmas at Pee-wee’s Playhoe is “the gayt thg, ” part bee “Miss Yvonne is the bt Christmas drag queen anyone uld ever hope for. Frank Oz, for example, is not a gay man, but somehow created Miss Piggy, who is the most inic, most nonil ‘gay’ character.