Captured by the Gay Holiday Elf by Flint Ramrod

We're always looking for the next great flick. u201cThis holiday, everyoneu2019s secrets are coming out. If we've missed yours, let us know in the comments. The project is the first LGBTQ+ holiday romcom made by a major studio. Here's our favorite holiday films that do just that, with some new options and old favorites. It was the site of one of Greenwich Village’s most notoriously homophobic crimes, when, on November 19, 1980, a former transit officer fired into the bar, killing two men and wounding six others. Straight couples may not blink an eye at who's under the mistletoe, but seeing two people who look like you in the media (especially for young or still-closeted LGBTQ people) can validate those who may not have anywhere else to turn. One of New York’s most popular leather bars was the Ramrod, which operated here from around 1973 to 1980. Seeing LGBTQ characters onscreen makes members of the community feel seen.

Of an estimated 879 regular characters on broadcast scripted prime-time programming, only about 10% (or 90 characters total) are explicitly LGBTQ, GLAAD reports. But don't wave your Pride flags for the entertainment industry just yet, because we still have a long way to go (read our LGBTQ rights timeline). Flint Ramrod finally breaks into the sexy, exciting world of Canadian politics Theres a newly elected Prime Minister in town, and one of his first orders of business is to meet his new executive assistant, Steven. 'Compared to previous years, and the amount of LGBTQ-inclusive films that are out, it's like night and day,' GLAAD's CEO and president, Sarah Kate Ellis told CNN.'We've really gone from zero to 100.' It's not just Christmas movies that are seeing better representation either this year saw the highest percentage of LGBTQ characters onscreen since GLAAD first started tracking those numbers 20 years ago.

Lifetime aired the first gay kiss to appear in one of the channel's holiday movies just last year. And at least seven more have come out in 2020 with some sort of queer representation. It's a banner year for LGBTQ representation in holiday movies, with both Hulu and Hallmark releasing new flicks with LGBTQ characters in the lead.

Captured by the Gay Holiday Elf by Flint Ramrod