Jake Foy on the gay wboy renaissance and Tuff's tough cisn the 'Ri' fale - Queerty

Contents:

• DASHG DECEMBER IS THE GAY COWBOY CHRISTMAS ROMANCE WE NEED
• HALLMARK’S GAY WBOY JAKE FOY JT GOT ENGAGED TO HIS BOYIEND
• SAM ELLTT RIPS GAY THEM ‘POWER OF THE DOG,’ LLS A ‘PIECE OF S – – T’
• JAKE FOY ON PLAYG GAY COWBOY HALLMARK’S NEW WTERN SERI ‘RI’
• JAKE FOY ON THE GAY WBOY RENAISSANCE AND TUFF’S TOUGH CISN THE ‘RI’ FALE
• HALLMARK PREMIER S FIRST LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVIE WH A GAY LEAD UPLE
• 10 QUEER CHRISTMAS MOVI TO MAKE THE YULETI GAY
• ANDIE MACDOWELL SET TO STAR GAY WBOY CHRISTMAS MOVIE
• HOLLYWOOD TO BREAK LAST TABOO WH GAY WBOYS
• A MEAN GIRLS ALUM IS BRGG A GAY ROMANCE TO HALLMARK'S CHRISTMAS LP

DASHG DECEMBER IS THE GAY COWBOY CHRISTMAS ROMANCE WE NEED

The Hallmark Channel is reaffirmg s mment to queer cln by not only havg holiday movi starrg gay actors like Jonathan Bent as the gay lead, but also TV shows wh LGBTQ+ is the latt queer-clive TV show on Hallmark, featurg a gay wboy character named Tuff McMurray, played by Jake Foy. An out-and-proud gay man, Tuff is jt accepted by his fay – wh his queerns not beg a ma pot of qutng wh the to Ri, Foy was known for starrg TV movi like When Christmas Was Young, A Ltle Daytime Drama, and Love Store. Now there's a gay wboy Christmas romance on the way.

Cue the Brokeback Mounta, God's Own Country gay ranch vibe, albe wh a cidly happier endg for 's big cy life vers the draw of the wi-open untry the movie that is set to premiere on Paramount TV wh simulsts on Logo, Pop, and TV Land on December 13. Canadian actor Jake Foy is makg wav for playg the openly gay wboy Tuff McMurray on Hallmark's newt wtern seri, Ri.

Dubbed by The Advote's sister publitn Out as the "gay kg of Christmas, " Jonathan Bent has starred some of the Hallmark Channel's most beloved holiday films.

HALLMARK’S GAY WBOY JAKE FOY JT GOT ENGAGED TO HIS BOYIEND

Alberta native Brad Harr is an out actor known pecially for The Christmas Hoe seri, which he and Jonathan Bent played the first married gay uple Hallmark history. The multalented (and proudly out) Ali Liebert has both acted and directed projects for Hallmark, and she helmed the groundbreakg gay Christmas movie The Holiday Ster. Congratulatns are orr to actor Jake Foy—bt known for Hallmark’s surprisgly gay-iendly ranch drama Ri—who recently got engaged to his longtime partner, Nilas La Traverse.

Bean talogue, but make gay”—and are joed by their sweet puppy, Daisy, makg this a fay affair. The news at a big moment for Foy, the out, gay actor who’s been wng over dienc wh his charmg turn on Ri. He also happens to be gay, and Ri has been regnized for the way thoughtfully mak his sexualy a matter-of-fact facet of the character—not somethg that f him.

SAM ELLTT RIPS GAY THEM ‘POWER OF THE DOG,’ LLS A ‘PIECE OF S – – T’

Speakg wh Edge Media Network, Foy opens up about what means to him to play a gay character a genre and a work where LGBTQ+ folks have been historilly unrreprented:.

JAKE FOY ON PLAYG GAY COWBOY HALLMARK’S NEW WTERN SERI ‘RI’

Subscribe to Queerty for a daily dose of #life #engagement #gaywboy stori and more. Wtern film in Sam Elltt is beg sp-roasted onle after railg on Jane Campn’s 12-time Osr-nomated drama “The Power of the Dog” for cludg “allns to homosexualy” and other LGBTQ them.

For the uniated, the much-praised “The Power of the Dog” stars Benedict Cumberbatch as a closeted gay rancher 1925 Montana who’s abive toward his new sister--law and her son. There’s all the allns to homosexualy throughout the f – – kg movie.

“This is some barely even tryg to hi homophobic, misogynistic, xenophobic s – – t, ” they add.

JAKE FOY ON THE GAY WBOY RENAISSANCE AND TUFF’S TOUGH CISN THE ‘RI’ FALE

“Which is that wboy culture hasn’t changed one b and is still rife wh toxic masculy/homophobia. Another wonred why Elltt hated the LGBTQ them “Dog” when he apparently loved Ang Lee’s 2005 flick “Brokeback Mounta, ” another pneerg wboy movie that was rife wh gay them.

Sam Elltt is chastisg Jane Campn’s Osr-nomated film “The Power of the Dog” for s “allns to homosexualy, ” llg a “piece of s–t. “The whole homosexual thg was tertg — they stepped over the le — but Kathare and I both looked at and thought, ‘What’s the big al? If you would’ve told three months ago that one of our favore gay TV characters would be on a drama seri about a fay of roo stars stgglg to save their ranch—on The Hallmark Channel, no ls—we probably wouldn’t have believed you.

HALLMARK PREMIER S FIRST LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVIE WH A GAY LEAD UPLE

The actor (who jt got engaged earlier this month) was more than happy to discs what the role is meant to him, and how Tuff’s experienc as a gay man reflect his own. Pl, he shared some eloquent thoughts on why gay wboys are havg a moment—and why he’s so proud to be a part of .

Yeah, I do hear om members of the gay muny, certaly, and there are varired rpons—as you n image.

But I thk what has been most meangful to me is the relief feelg like this part of the gay experience might take up some space the mastream, you know? And so ’s most unique that way bee I thk a lot of our gay dience has been wag for that space the entertament landspe as well. Sce you mentned art imatg life, I n’t help but feel that, broadly speakg, the ia of the “gay wboy” is havg somethg of a moment culture right now.

10 QUEER CHRISTMAS MOVI TO MAKE THE YULETI GAY

There’s this seri, other films and media, mic—but also gay wboy nventns, a rise populary of le-dancg nights at queer venu, and a general sense that folks are terted queerg tradnal Wtern imagery. Subscribe to Queerty for a daily dose of #entertament #gaywboy #hallmark stori and more.

ANDIE MACDOWELL SET TO STAR GAY WBOY CHRISTMAS MOVIE

The words “gay” and “wboy” go together like peanut butter and jelly.

Jt about everythg about the wboy way of life screams gay: leather, assls chaps, wboy hats, nim jackets, tight jeans, and spendg a lot of time buildg up a sweat wh other guys. Next time someone says wboys aren’t gay, simply pot them to the five movi.

HOLLYWOOD TO BREAK LAST TABOO WH GAY WBOYS

Speakg of Brokeback Mounta, this is the blueprt for the morn gay wboy film. Brokeback Mounta was a heartbreakg movie, but also was one of the first gay films to be regnized as a te masterpiece.

It’s not exactly the same type of prtige drama as the other films on this list, but Dashg December has s own special place our gay wboy hearts.

This year, the channel cid to diversify s sts by featurg s first openly gay lead uple. 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.

A MEAN GIRLS ALUM IS BRGG A GAY ROMANCE TO HALLMARK'S CHRISTMAS LP

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. 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. 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.