LGBTQ+ Christmas Movies

Former Hallmark actress Candace Cameron Bure  is facing backlash after saying her Christmas movies will likely not include queer storylines …

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00:00Former Hallmark actress Candace Cameron Bure says her new network will not feature LGBT

00:04storylines in its Christmas movies, but we need to talk about the backlash she's facing

00:08and why it could be a bad business decision. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal,

00:11Bure said that her new network Great American Family would, quote,

00:14keep traditional marriage at its core rather than portraying queer love stories.

00:18Singer-dancer JoJo Siwa and One Tree Hill star Hilary Burton Morgan responded to Bure's comment

00:23saying that it is, quote, rude and hurtful to a whole community of people and simply bigotry.

00:27GLAAD's president and chief executive Sarah Kate Ellis said, quote,

00:30it's irresponsible and hurtful for Candace Cameron Bure to use tradition as a guise for exclusion.

00:35Other networks like Netflix, Hulu, and Hallmark have eagerly added to the canon of LGBT holiday

00:39films, and it's proven to be a major success. In 2019, Hallmark released its first queer holiday

00:44feature, The Christmas House, and in 2020, Hulu released the award-winning film, Happiest Season.

00:49Last year, Netflix released the hit gay rom-com, Single All the Way, and even their latest

00:53Christmas flick, Falling for Christmas, ends with an affectionate queer twist.