Hallmark gay christmas movies
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 lgbtq+. 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 traits in the film is not. Kudos to him for continuing to be cast in direct roles, but… do we then count this as a homosexual 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 performer for gay roles plays antonym 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 surmise what happens! This one premieres on December 17th.
So there you have it. As a reminder: The Hallmark Channel is premiering 42 – FORTY-TWO – brand-new Hallmark Christmas movies this season. And we’re suppos
As a longtime romance girlie, I love love romance a cheesy Hallmark Channel romance, and their Christmas ones are the best: they inject holiday essence into my veins and require absolutely no critical thinking whatsoever. That’s what I want to be doing all holiday season. No thinking, just vibes.
Unfortunately, us sapphics have largely been missing from the Hallmark holiday romance conversation. Every year, straight people get dozens of movies in which generic looking women in fabulous coats head to small towns to fall in treasure with grumpy lumberjacks. And while I love it, every year I can&#;t help but think “when&#;s it going to be our turn?” This year, Hallmark finally gave us their first lesbian Christmas romance movie, Friends & Family Christmas. It’s everything I love about the genre, and there were no bearded men in flannel trying to brush anyone under the mistletoe.
When Happiest Season was announced, I was so fucking excited that we were finally getting a sapphic holiday romance. And I love that movie. But it’s not really the &#;light Christmas romcom&#; that I was hop
In a year of anti-LGBTQ backlash, Hallmark’s Christmas movies are a welcome indicate of progress
A charming suburban couple welcomes a 6-year-old foster daughter on a joyous Christmas Eve. A successful Novel York lawyer and an ambitious Brooklyn photographer are position up on a blind date by their parents and fall in adore, just in moment to celebrate Christmas together. One might think that these movies — “Christmas on Cherry Lane” and “Friends and Family Christmas” — are exactly the sort of heartwarming, family-friendly holiday romances that conservative customs warriors would cheer.
But this year on the Hallmark Channel, there’s a plot twist: The main characters are same-sex attracted. Christmas movies acquire dominated the family-friendly channel’s winter programming for nearly two decades, with millions of loyal viewers. Last year, Hallmark aired its first Christmas movie with gay central characters. This year, two new movies film gay and woman loving woman leading characters. Other movies have supporting LGBTQ characters as well.
The right has attacked mammoth corporations like Budweiser and Target for daring
Jonathan Bennett to Star in Hallmark&#;s First Gay-Themed Movie
Jonathan Bennett, foremost known for his role as Aaron Samuels in Mean Girls, says his upcoming trilogy of films,The Groomsmen, will feature the first gay-centric main storyline in a Hallmark Channel movie.
Bennett, 43, told People that he will play the character of Danny in the films, starring alongside Tyler Hynes and B.J. Britt, who have previously starred in other Hallmark Channel films.
&#;Playing the character of Danny in The Groomsmen &#; not only are we telling a story of friendship and love, but&#;telling a story about a wedding,&#; he said in an interview at San Diego Comic-Con on July
&#;This is the first second we&#;ve had a homosexual wedding on Hallmark as the lead storyline,&#; Bennett said. &#;And that&#;s a huge move for the gay community so they can see themselves represented in these stories.&#;
According to Hallmark, the movie follows &#;the lives and love-related relationships of three finest friends of different backgrounds, cultures and sexual orientati