Febary 2023: What's New, Gay and Streamg on Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, Prime Vio, Peack, Disney+, Shudr and Paramount+ | Autostraddle

Contents:

• THE 5 BT GAY AND LBIAN ROMANTIC COMEDI ON NETFLIX
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• FEBARY 2023: WHAT’S NEW, GAY AND STREAMG ON NETFLIX, HBO MAX, HULU, PRIME VIO, PEACK, DISNEY+, SHUDR AND PARAMOUNT+
• 'THAT '90S SHOW' VIEWERS TORN OVER GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX SPOFF
• MARCH 2023: WHAT’S NEW, GAY AND STREAMG ON NETFLIX, SHOWTIME, HBO MAX, HULU, PRIME VIO, DISNEY+, STARZ AND PARAMOUNT+

THE 5 BT GAY AND LBIAN ROMANTIC COMEDI ON NETFLIX

©Strand Releasg/Courty Everett CollectnHold the ManSounds a b like a gay cliché, but this 2015 film (which is also based on a memoir by Atralian actor Timothy Conigrave) highlights the romance between a high school drama stunt and classic one particular r sex scene, they utter the words "Ahh, gentle, " and "Slowly—I said slowly! This g-of-age film follows high school stunt Alex Telove, who shortly after kissg his female bt iend for the first time, realiz he has a csh on a boy named Ellt, an openly gay teen that he meets at a party. Led by a terrific st cludg Jse Plemons, Molly Shannon, John Early, M Apatow, Josie Totah, and June Squibb, Other People follows a stgglg gay edy wrer who go home to Sacramento to take re of his ailg mother.

This movie stars Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers, and Le MacFarlane and tells the story of a gay man named Peter who is "sperate to avoid his fay's judgment about his perpetual sgle stat" durg the holidays, nvcg his bt iend to pretend to be a relatnship wh him.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

Before her Osr-wng role Wt Si Story, Ariana DeBose starred this cute, mil-edy film (based on the Broadway play of the same name) about a teen lbian uple who jt want to go to their high school's prom together, spe beg stopped by the school's homophobic parent-teacher associatn. The film featur legends of the gay and trans muny like Flawls Sabra, Rachel Harlow, Pepper LaBeija, and Crystal LaBeija, who livers one of the most sthg reads ever ught on tape the film. Risg to fame followg her special "Nate, " Gadsby has phed edy to new levels by weavg together personal stori, art history lsons, and sthg monologu — routely takg hs at men and the chronicl her childhood growg up as a lbian Tasmania, where homosexualy was illegal until 1997.

Yang beme the first Che-Amerin and third openly gay st member on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" edian, who hosts a pop culture podst lled "Las Culturistas, " has proven his range on the "SNL, " masterfully portrayg characters om a Che tra reprentative ed as "Tra Daddy" to former Democratic printial ndidate Andrew Yang.

Amstell, who beme known for appearanc on "Pop World" and "Never Md The Buzzcks, " stand-up edy as a nfsnal, workg through issu like his parents' divorce, eatg meat, and timacy the Brish ic speaks openly about his sexualy durg sets, Amstell said he was "terrified" of beg gay before g out durg his Netflix special "Set Free. Cho, who grew up San Francis and had parents that owned a gay bookstore, has squashed the stereotypil tras placed on Asian-Amerin gaed populary by wrg and starrg a s lled "All Amerin Girl" and has bee a celebrated stand-up ic.

FEBARY 2023: WHAT’S NEW, GAY AND STREAMG ON NETFLIX, HBO MAX, HULU, PRIME VIO, PEACK, DISNEY+, SHUDR AND PARAMOUNT+

He often jok that he knew he was gay before he knew he was 's sce lnched a succsful stand-up reer — appearg on "The Late Late Show Wh Jam Corn, " "Late Night Wh Seth Meyers, " "CONAN, " and more. 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.

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.

'THAT '90S SHOW' VIEWERS TORN OVER GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX SPOFF

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. Director Joe Mantello, who first revamped Mart Crowley’s 1968 play on Broadway three years ago wh an all-star st of out-gay male actors, brgs that exact same troupe, and sensibily, to the not-que-big-screen wh his new film adaptatn produced by Ryan Murphy for Netflix. The performanc are all superb, and the fact that the st pris solely out-of-the-closet gay men creat for a special alchemy here, as the actors, first tablished their summer 2018 Broadway n, have a faiary and fort wh each other you’d be unlikely to see a mixed st of straights and gays.

It’s hard to thk of a better premise for a documentary than a gay porn shop n by a straight Jewish uple, but throw to the mix that their dghter is the filmmaker and you have one of the most surprisg films of the year.

Acrdg to the anizatn's 2019 annual diversy report, we're on the right track, and the study also found that Netflix is still the bt streamg platform for diverse reprentatn of characters that openly intified as gay, bisexual, transgenr, or queer.

MARCH 2023: WHAT’S NEW, GAY AND STREAMG ON NETFLIX, SHOWTIME, HBO MAX, HULU, PRIME VIO, DISNEY+, STARZ AND PARAMOUNT+

09NetflixSpecialBased on Ryan O'Connell's part-memoir, part-manifto I'm Special: And Other Li We Tell Ourselv, this g-of-age edy seri follows O'Connell's own challeng and triumphs as a gay man navigatg the world wh d cerebral palsy. 10Everett CollectnQueer EyeIn this realy makeover show, five gay men known as the Fab Five help new "hero" turn around their liv, helpg them improve their knowledge of fashn, food and we, terr sign, groomg, and culture.

Dpe g om a relig Ghanaian fay, Otis's bt iend Eric is unapologetilly gay and totally himself, and even when he's full Hedwig drag, he never stops beg a well-round character rather than a cliché.

While Steve Carrgton's gayns was a huge al the origal seri (as he was one of the first gay characters on Amerin televisn), Steve's sexualy the reboot is no longer the talyst for fay fds and is stead accepted by all — even if his reer cisns aren't.