Make the yuleti gay: Insi the makg of this year's LGBTQ holiday movi

Contents:

• 25 CHRISTMAS SONGS ONLY GAY PEOPLE AND (INTELLIGENT) STRAIGHT PEOPLE KNOW ARE TLY GAY BOPS
• GAY HAPPENG CHRISTMAS PARTY
• GAY CHRISTMAS COMPILATN
• MAKE THE YULETI GAY WH THE NEW LGBTQ CHRISTMAS MOVI
• 27 OF THE GAYT CHRISTMAS SONGS (VIDEO)
• THE GAYT CHRISTMAS EVER: INSI 2020’S BIG, QUEER HOLIDAY EXPLOSN
• MAKE THE YULETI GAY: INSI THE MAKG OF THIS YEAR'S LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVI
• BARBIE SAID “GAY RIGHTS!” LONG BEFORE MARGOT ROBBIE OR GRETA GERWIG SHOWED UP

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

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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!

GAY HAPPENG CHRISTMAS PARTY

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GAY CHRISTMAS COMPILATN

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). Time to make the yuleti (and your playlist) gay. We’ve lost track of how many tim we’ve heard this song the GAY TIMES office.

MAKE THE YULETI GAY WH THE NEW LGBTQ CHRISTMAS MOVI

Big Freedia – Santa Is A Gay Man. This recent entry onto our ftive playlists om sex-posive bisexual hyperpop star Slayyyter, who’s bee a favoure of the gays over the past year.

27 OF THE GAYT CHRISTMAS SONGS (VIDEO)

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

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MAKE THE YULETI GAY: INSI THE MAKG OF THIS YEAR'S LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVI

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BARBIE SAID “GAY RIGHTS!” LONG BEFORE MARGOT ROBBIE OR GRETA GERWIG SHOWED UP

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.