Here's our list of the Bt Gay movi and LGBTQ+ TV shows of the year that was 2022 — and what a queer year was!
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- LIFETIME WILL FEATURE ITS FIRST LGBT-THEMED HOLIDAY MOVIE STARRG A REAL MARRIED GAY COUPLE
- JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
- MAKE THE YULETI GAY: INSI THE MAKG OF THIS YEAR'S LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVI
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
LIFETIME WILL FEATURE ITS FIRST LGBT-THEMED HOLIDAY MOVIE STARRG A REAL MARRIED GAY COUPLE
Jaguars assistant Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's pro sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer. * lifetime gay movie 2022 *
Lifetime has taken LGBT reprentatn to the next level by stg a real married gay uple the lead rol for s first LGBT-themed holiday movie this a prs release on Monday, the channel announced s “It’s a Wonrful Lifetime” holiday movie slate, chief among them beg “The Christmas Setup” starrg actors Ben Lewis and Blake Lee, who are both married real life. “Known for fillg the screen wh fun, romantic, clive and relatable movi, the work announced today the stg for ‘The Christmas Setup’–the work’s first holiday movie wh a lead LGBTQ storyle, wrten and directed by members of the LGBTQ muny, and featurg two gay lead actors who are married real life, ” said the announcement. 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.
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JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * lifetime gay movie 2022 *
Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game Associated Prs ntributed to this report.
MAKE THE YULETI GAY: INSI THE MAKG OF THIS YEAR'S LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVI
Bent, as an executive producer, origally me up wh the ia of a “gay ‘Uncle Buck’ for Hallmark” on the set of another holiday movie three years ago. “It was important that the actor was openly gay and out; was important to me that we were able to tell the story loud and proud, ” Bent said. Likeng the shoot to a kd of “gay summer mp” wh queer creativ on both sis of the mera, Bent and Krissa both relled a day on set when they unrstood the power of posive reprentatn.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
However, Massey said, a dispary still exists: While straight actors n always play gay, openly gay actors are not always nsired for straight rol. Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.
Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league.