A big gay gui to this year's queer Christmas movi | Xtra Magaze

Contents:

• MAKE THE YULETI GAY WH THE NEW LGBTQ CHRISTMAS MOVI
• 10 QUEER CHRISTMAS MOVI TO MAKE THE YULETI GAY
• A BIG GAY GUI TO THIS YEAR’S QUEER CHRISTMAS MOVI
• LGBTQ FILMS: 10 MERRY AND GAY HOLIDAY MOVI TO ADD TO YOUR WISH LIST
• 9 GAY-THEMED HOLIDAY MOVI

MAKE THE YULETI GAY WH THE NEW LGBTQ CHRISTMAS MOVI

The tradn ntu 2021, wh films starrg RuPl, Michael Urie, Jonathan Ben and more — pl appearanc by gay favor like Jennifer your holiday season bge-watchg ssns acrdgly wh the upg movi and specials. 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) to “Sgle All the Way” for stg three out actors as gay characters — and for stg Jennifer Coolidge, perd.

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.

10 QUEER CHRISTMAS MOVI TO MAKE THE YULETI GAY

“The showstopper challenge, they’ve got to make a ftive feast illn ke, ” judge Pl Hollywood teased, acrdg to “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. 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 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. 19, LifetimeLast year, Lifetime buted s first gaycentric holiday flick, "The Christmas Setup, " and this season, 's brgg a lbian romance to the small this holiday tale om "The Christmas Setup" screenwrer Michael J. Sgle All the Way has a faiar plot that you may have seen a lot of other films the past, but the big difference here is that was ma to be gay and f for Christmas.

A BIG GAY GUI TO THIS YEAR’S QUEER CHRISTMAS MOVI

While plenty of different LGBTQ Christmas movi foc on gay relatnships between men, Unr the Christmas Tree foc on a nice lbian uple, as Lifetime’s first attempt at a lbian Christmas movie is actually a pretty good film you might want to tch. This is actually RuPl’s first-ever Christmas movie, and we see her actg as the gay versn of the Grch. This time, however, foc on gay men, as we see Wyatt arrivg home his small town to fd out that his mother is actually planng to sell their ranch.

She is then rned wh her gay sikick, who helps her wh the preparatns, as you are for plenty of fan service spe the ncellatn of this amazg mil seri. Baneatta’s gay son Kenny is actually the LGBTQ reprentatn this film, as he brgs along his boyiend Logan to their home for the holidays. A flurry of recent queer Christmas tl is addg some alternativ to the tradnal holiday picks, om Unr the Christmas Tree—Lifetime’s first lbian romance—to Sgle All The Way—Netflix’s first Christmas film foced on a gay romance.

Gay wboys galore, and a lot more optimistic than Brokeback Mounta, Dashg December’s unrlyg worry of losg the ranch be a backdrop to the romance that ign between the two stablehands.

LGBTQ FILMS: 10 MERRY AND GAY HOLIDAY MOVI TO ADD TO YOUR WISH LIST

Netflix’s first Christmas film foced on a gay romance, Sgle All The Way, bundl up the tried and tted rom- formula and re-wraps some morn wrappg paper to liver a joyo gift of open-armed acceptance.

9 GAY-THEMED HOLIDAY MOVI

A Hallmark sequel, The Christmas Hoe 2: Deck Those Halls rn wh the Mchell fay after their parents, Bill (Treat Williams) and Phylis (Sharon Lawrence), tried to sell the fay hoe The Christmas Hoe—Hallmark’s first movie promently featurg a gay uple. Rng wh fan favore Mo (Alex Newell), Zoey’s gay sikick-turned-star, Zoey’s Extraordary Christmas’ song-and-dance numbers are sure to awaken the seasonal spir. WATCH NOW9 The Christmas Setupurty of LifetimeThis classic Christmas movie plot wh gay ma characters feels like sippg a hot a.

WATCH NOW11 Make the Yuleti Gayurty of TLAWh lots of wks and nods to s own ches, this mpy holiday romp follows them lots of will regnize. Turns out, Olaf has his own bombshell: He hasn't told his fay he's gay. It gets a b dramatic, but Holiday's portrayal is hont, empathetic, and totally NOW14 Red Lodgeurty of AmazonThis 2013 movie is renamed The Unattaably Perfect Gay Christmas on Amazon Prime, but 's a great holiday watch by any name.

A married uple (Treat Williams and Sharon Lawrence) v their adult children, cludg gay son Brandon (Jonathan Bent) and his partner (Brad Hardner), to stay wh them the weeks leadg up to Christmas to revis the old fay tradn of transformg their childhood home to "The Christmas Hoe" — a procs that means extensively ratg the home for the Christmas holiday for what uld possibly be the last "The Christmas Hoe" has a sequel, 's not nearly as good as the origal. You better believe we’re gog to make gay.