Following on the heels of the 2019 controversy regarding the lack of LGBTQ characters in its TV movies, the Hallmark Network has announced that this year’s slate of Christmas movies will, at last, make the yuletide gay.Crown Media, the parent company of Hallmark, announced July 15 that it has a whopping 40 new holiday movies planned for this year.
The company also confirmed that those films will include queer characters and storylines.“Yesterday we announced 18 movies of the estimated 40 holiday movies we will produce by year-end,” Crown Media spokesperson George Zaralidis told PinkNews. “Of those 40, I can confirm that we will include LGBT+ storylines, characters and actors.