Posted on 12/08/2023 2:12:35 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
From “Carol” to “Single All the Way,” films centering LGBTQ characters have become a staple of the holiday season.
The holiday film genre’s growing inclusion of LGBTQ people and storylines means that every year the options for what to watch with family and friends on a cold winter day expand.
Below are 20 films that have helped generations of fans keep their yuletides gay.
‘Single All the Way’ (2021)
Tony-winning director Michael Mayer (“Spring Awakening”) helms Netflix’s first gay holiday film.
‘The Bitch Who Stole Christmas’ (2021)
RuPaul expands his empire with his first holiday movie, which sees the drag icon playing a grinchy fashion editor.
‘Under the Christmas Tree’ (2021)
Lifetime followed up on its first LGBTQ holiday film, “The Christmas Setup,” with a lesbian story set in the picturesque woods of Maine.
‘Happiest Season’ (2020)
In this Hulu holiday rom-com directed by queer icon Clea DuVall, Abby (Kristen Stewart) plans on proposing to her girlfriend.
‘The Christmas House’ (2020)
Hallmark made history in 2020 when it debuted its first holiday movie featuring a gay lead character.
‘Carol’ (2015)
This lesbian Christmas classic needs no introduction.
‘Make the Yuletide Gay’ (2009)
College student Gunn (Keith Jordan) is totally out at school, but he hasn’t gotten around to telling his Midwestern family that he’s gay.
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My wife still watches them, but she knows which ones have queers in them and avoids them.
The other common theme is for a tiny European country (where everybody speaks British English even though it’s up near Luxembourg) where either the prince or the king is lacking a relationship. A commoner American girl wanders into his life and he falls for her over the snooty Euro-noble he was supposed to marry.
Transvestite fatigue is coming up hard on the outside.
And here I always thought it just meant QUEER!
Never thought I would see FR promoting this!
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