New gay christmas movie
Lesbian Christmas movies: the final frontier. In a Christmas Show landscape dominated by heterosexual workaholic girl-bosses returning to their hometowns in dominance suits and falling for heterosexual males who do artisan/manual labor, for many years nary a lesbian or multi-attracted woman, let alone a non-binary person, dared to build an appearance. Its usually been challenging to find any LGBTQ+ Christmas movies at all, but in recent years gay men hold been emerging out of the corners into the Christmas spotlight in droves and also, occasionally, a wee sapphic, queer or transsexual woman or a non-binary person has earned a scant minutes under the mistletoe. In , Clea Duvalls Happiest Seasonstarring Kristen Stewart broke records for Hulu, and subsequent years have even brought some lgbtq+ stories from Lifetime (Under the Christmas Tree, ) and Hallmark (Friends & Family Christmas, ). Although weve rarely found ourselves in the mainstream Christmas movie spotlight, we have shown up as side characters and in indie films here and there, and in this genre it seems well obtain what we
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 unused 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
55 LGBTQ+ Holiday Movies to Make Your Spirits Luminous This Season
Season's Greetings From Cherry Lane ()
The only LGBTQ+ story on Hallmark's docket of almost 50 movies is one of three sequels to Christmas on Cherry Lane, with Mike and Zain's adoration again sharing the narrative with two other couples. (The whole point of the Cherry Lane movies is that different couples have fallen in passion at the same property. It's wild to reflect that eight of the nine couples are unbent. Anyway!) Unless I'm false and Sugarplummed ends with Janel Parrish and Maggie Lawson getting together, this is it.
Premieres December 5 on Hallmark+.
A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter ()
The "Espresso" singer's holiday special promises to be for the girls and for the gays. With a Chappell Roan duet at bare minimum, it seems like Sabrina is going to deliver!
Premieres December 6 on Netflix.
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Last ExMas ()
Two girls who used to date trying to avoid each other over Christmas in their small town? And then another ex-girl
It’s the season to cuddle up on the sofa under a blanket, eat comfort food and watch lots of movies – and what better to view right now than some of these heart-warming gay Christmas movies.
We have put together a list of some of the most popular gay Christmas movies around, some on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu and other platforms, there should be something for everyone!
If we have missed any queer Christmas movies from this list, please let us know!
10 Must Watch Gay Christmas Movies
Single all the way
New to Netflix this year, our first gay Christmas movie focuses on Peter who you might recognise from Hideous Betty.
With mounting pressure from his family to get into an relationship and desperate to escape his family trying to ‘solve’ the problem of him creature single, Peter persuades best companion Nick to pose as his boyfriend on a trip dwelling for the holidays… is sure to take some interesting turns
Happiest Season
Something that I am sure we can all relate to, being out in some circles, but not to your family…
This gay Christmas movie se