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‘The Holiday Sitter’: Hallmark&#;s First Christmas Movie Featuring Gay Couple Is For &#;Other People In The Earth Who Want To Be Acknowledged&#;
Starring in a Hallmark Christmas movie today isn&#;t much different than appearing in Mean Girls 18 years ago, says star Jonathan Bennett: just like he did with Lindsay Lohan in , he &#;meet cutes&#; an attractive single in a rom-com type setting in The Holiday Sitter.
This time, however, Bennett is making a small history: the movie debuting Dec. 11 at 8. p.m. marks the first time a Hallmark holiday flick revolves around a same-sex couple. In this case, Bennett plays a confirmed bachelor named Sam who agrees to observe his teen nephew and young niece while their parents are away. He ends up falling for Jason (George Krissa), an easy-on-the-eyes neighbor who&#;s far more adept at loving for kids.
&#;We&#;re doing all the classic things that we affectionate in Hallmark movies,&#; Bennett tells Deadline. &#;We&#;re doing the tropes that we&#;ve come to love and expect from watching Hallmark movies. We&#;re just turning up the com
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 meaning 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 homosexual best friends trying to navigate the holidays back ho
The Best Queer Holiday Movies to Make the Yuletide Gay
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This list was originally published on December 9, It has been updated to include the latest movies in the growing queer Christmas-movie canon.
Not too long ago, Gay people who wanted to observe 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 queer holiday canon, ’s The Family Stone, which stars gay icon Sarah Jessica Parker as a (shocker) snobby Fresh Yorker spending the holidays at her boyfriend’s family home, became a queer hit for its B-plot gay couple with ambitions to adopt a baby. 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, gay and lesbian Christmas movies actually center queer people now — queer holiday revelers crus
10 Best Christmas Movies Starring Queer Characters
While it's not the focus for most Christmas classics, making the yuletide gay is - literally - at the forefront for films, especially those of the last decade. Queer characters are becoming much more mainstream in film and television, and that includes holiday movies to make your spirits extra bright.
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Whether it's Kristen Stewart's first-ever queer character, a holly jolly RuPaul Christmas spectacular, or Jonathan Bennett's groundbreaking Hallmark Channel roles, if you're looking for some gay, happy meetings with LGBTQ+ characters, there are plenty of movies to choose from this holiday season.
'Happiest Season' ()
After Kristen Stewart publicly came out in , her first role as a queer character came in that year's Happiest Season, a GLAAD Award-winning film starring alongside fellow LGBTQ+ actors Dan Levy, Aubrey Plaza and flamboyant queens BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon.
This heartwarming lesbian relationship follows