Contents:
- 'SPECIAL': GROUNDBREAKG NEW NETFLIX SERI STARS GAY MAN WH CEREBRAL PALSY
- STREAM IT OR SKIP IT: ‘LAST CALL: WHEN A SERIAL KILLER STALKED QUEER NEW YORK’ ON HBO, A DOCERI THAT TAK A LOOK AT 1990S POLICE INDIFFERENCE IN THE FACE OF GAY MEN GETTG MURRED
'SPECIAL': GROUNDBREAKG NEW NETFLIX SERI STARS GAY MAN WH CEREBRAL PALSY
The show's premise featur a team of five gay men (The Fab Five) who set out to "makeover" a straight man by revampg his wardrobe, home r, groomg habs, and liftyle choic.
And although ’s absolutely lovely to see a film for kids embrace explic gay romance, the queerns of Nick Bno and Troy Quane’s film, adapted om the graphic novel by ND Stevenson, go further and extends to the tle character.
STREAM IT OR SKIP IT: ‘LAST CALL: WHEN A SERIAL KILLER STALKED QUEER NEW YORK’ ON HBO, A DOCERI THAT TAK A LOOK AT 1990S POLICE INDIFFERENCE IN THE FACE OF GAY MEN GETTG MURRED
Charmg voice work om a mostly queer st of voice actors — cludg Sean Hay, Matt Rogers, Wanda Syk, and Patti Harrison — boosted the show’s lighthearted tacklg of stutnal homophobia, and ma for a seri that had real potential before got Netflix’s axe. She-Ra and the “He-Man” anchise have always had a strong mpy appeal that ma at least gay-adjacent, but ND Stevenson’s acclaimed reboot of the anchise for Netflix rehgly dropped the -adjacent part pletely.
A marked improvement om the origal “The Ultimatum, ” which featured a st of nttants so toxic that went past entertag and to ncerng terrory, the “Queer Love” eratn stars a group of gay women and non-bary leads on the verge of marriage as they are tasked wh mglg wh other upl, and choose to pair up wh someone outsi their origal pairg to live wh for three weeks. Also, mercifully, this show is NOT hosted by Nick and Vansa Lachey, but stead by JoAnna Garcia Swisher, one of the biggt ws for the gays Netflix uld have ever provid .
From datg farmers and dsters to ventg a vibrator for women wh arthristis, the sex-posive and nately femist antics of Grace, Frankie, and their gay ex-hbands make for generally light fare. As Dani reliv her personal trma and guilt for beg engaged to her now-ceased fiancé Eddie (Roby Attal) spe beg gay, she fds solace groundskeeper Jamie (Amelia Eve). Though Alex has plans to lose his virgy to his bt iend Claire (Male Weste), a queer ex macha arriv the form of openly gay Ellt (Anton Marziale), who leads him to qutn his sexualy.