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The Best Queer Holiday Movies to Create the Yuletide Gay
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This list was originally published on December 9, It has been updated to involve the latest movies in the growing queer Christmas-movie canon.
Not too drawn-out ago, LGBTQ+ people who wanted to see themselves represented in holiday movies could either (a) pretend or (b) settle for a second-rate film with a queer personality who had very few lines, ambition, or development.
Early in the contemporary gender non-conforming holiday canon, ’s The Family Stone, which stars same-sex attracted icon Sarah Jessica Parker as a (shocker) snobby Fresh Yorker spending the holidays at her boyfriend’s family abode, became a gender non-conforming hit for its B-plot gay couple with ambitions to adopt a toddler. And while the film is still worth an annual watch, so much more has happened in seasonal cinema since SJP’s iconic spilled-strata scene with matriarch Diane Keaton. That is, queer and lesbian Christmas movies actually center queer people now — same-sex holiday revelers crus
Lesbian Christmas movies: the terminal frontier. In a Christmas Movie landscape dominated by heterosexual workaholic girl-bosses returning to their hometowns in power suits and falling for heterosexual males who do artisan/manual labor, for many years nary a lesbian or bisexual lady, let alone a neutrois person, dared to build an appearance. It&#;s usually been hard to locate any LGBTQ+ Christmas movies at all, but in recent years gay men have been emerging out of the corners into the Christmas spotlight in droves and also, occasionally, a wee lesbian, homosexual or trans woman or a non-binary person has earned a few minutes under the mistletoe. In , Clea Duvall&#;s Happiest Seasonstarring Kristen Stewart broke records for Hulu, and subsequent years have even brought some queer stories from Lifetime (Under the Christmas Tree, ) and Hallmark (Friends & Family Christmas, ). Although we&#;ve rarely found ourselves in the mainstream Christmas film spotlight, we have shown up as side characters and in indie films here and there, and in this genre it seems we&#;ll take what we
Last week, Queerty posted an article proclaiming, “The Hallmark Channel is gayer than ever this year!” This is followed by a massive list of exactly THREE movies that they consider queer . The first one, Catch Me If You Claus stars Luke Macfarlane in his 16th film for the network. Yes, the Bros co-star is gay in real life, but the personality in the film is not. Kudos to him for continuing to be cast in direct roles, but… do we then count this as a male lover film?
The second movie on their list, Christmas on Cherry Lane is an ensemble piece that includes a gay couple. Jonathan Bennett, Hallmark’s go-to gay thespian for gay roles plays other side Vincent Rodriguez III. It airs December 9th.
The third film, Friends and Family Christmas centers on lesbian friends (Humberly Gonzalez & Ali Liebert) who must pose as a couple for the holidays… and you’ll never speculate what happens! This one premieres on December 17th.
So there you have it. As a reminder: The Hallmark Channel is premiering 42 – FORTY-TWO – fresh Hallmark Christmas movies this season. And we’re suppos
Netflix’s first gay holiday rom-com
When the holiday season rolls around, I find myself pulled towards the lure of Hallmark-esque Christmas movies. They’re simply irresistible with charming small towns, cheesy romances, and holiday cheer.
Netflix has a wide range of original holiday movies out, and heaps of them are released every November. While I haven’t seen all of them, there certainly are a couple of gems.
Of course, it’s a fair critique to say that these types of movies are very formulaic and cliche. With unrealistic plotlines and predictable twists, the movies are by no means masterpieces. The once brooding love interest will always find the true interpretation of Christmas, and any threats to the holiday will be miraculously resolved. However, despite the cheesiness, there is something so lighthearted and fun about these movies that is hard to ignore.
With Christmas approaching, I set out to watch a recent movie.
Number 8 on Netflix’s top ten charts was “Single All The Way,” released December 2nd, The movie centers on two gay best friends trying to navigate the holidays back ho