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HOLIGAYS The Family Stone
Christmas Movie Features

Why I Rewatch ‘The Family Stone’ Every Year

The Family Stone is many queer folks’ first introduction to warm, unconditional familial love.

Motti December 24, 2024 3 Comments
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Christmas Movie Features

In Search of a Queer Christmas Horror Classic

If one quality ties the Christmas horror subgenre together, it’s an oddball, camp sensibility that almost always feels at least a little bit queer.

Payton McCarty-Simas December 19, 2024
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Christmas Movie Lists

45 Christmas Movies With Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer or Trans Characters

In a world once lacking Christmas movies with lesbian, bisexual, queer women and non-binary characters, the tides of the North Pole are shifting, and we’ve got a great list of LGBTQ+ Christmas movies for you!

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December 18, 2024 34 Comments
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Christmas

How To Throw a Last Minute Extremely Gay Christmas Party

Christmas with your family? Boring. Christmas with the gays? A jolly good time!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 14, 2024 6 Comments
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Christmas Movie Reviews

‘A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter’ Makes the Yuletide Gay and Horny

Sabrina Carpenter gives the gays everything they want this Christmas.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 9, 2024 2 Comments
Christmas Movie Reviews

Hallmark’s “Friends and Family Christmas” Is The Cheesy Holiday Romance Sapphics Deserve

“Friends and Family Christmas is everything that those of us who want an easy, cheesy Christmas romcom could ask for. Low stakes, lots of twinkly lights, and two openly queer actresses playing the romantic leads.”

Sa'iyda Shabazz December 24, 2023 7 Comments
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Christmas Movie Features

My Favorite Queer Christmas Movie Is “How To Blow Up a Pipeline”

Yes, it’s a Christmas movie actually. Let me explain.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 22, 2023 6 Comments
A collage of Italian Christmas desserts in front of a purple background
Christmas Food Lists

Power Ranking Italian (and Italian-American) Christmas Desserts

My ancestors really said “Ok, let’s make a dessert that looks like cured meat.”

Stef Rubino December 19, 2023 9 Comments
1. a young kid playing with LEGOs on Christmas 2. a young kid standing in front of a Christmas tree 3. a young kid opening Christmas gifts
Christmas Parenting & Family

Queer Mom Chronicles: Christmas With a Tween

My mother warned me that it goes by fast, but f*ck. The constant back and forth of being the mom of a tween is breaking my heart.

Sa'iyda Shabazz December 18, 2023 7 Comments
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Christmas Recipes

Tie-Dyed Christmas Cookies and Coquito

Are you really going to tell me that you don’t want melt in your mouth sugar cookies and cinnamon, coconut, and rum to wash it down with, right this very moment? Because I don’t believe you.

Carmen Phillips December 17, 2023 6 Comments
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Christmas Movie Features Quizzes

If You Get 18/29 On This Quiz, You’re a Christmas Movie Expert and Also Probably Gay

If you love a good Christmas movie or even a bad Christmas movie, then it’s time to test your Christmas movie knowledge!

Riese December 6, 2023 12 Comments
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Christmas Quizzes

Quiz: Which Queer Christmas Movie Character Are You?

Are you one of the gals from Happiest Season or are you more of a Carol, or mayhaps even a Joanne? There’s only one way to find out and it’s through this very special Christmas movie quiz!

Riese December 3, 2023 12 Comments
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Christmas Comedy

My Christmas Ornaments, Ranked by Lesbianism

“Owls are the most lesbian bird of prey imo.”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya November 30, 2023 7 Comments
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Christmas Quizzes

Quiz: Write a Gay Romcom, I’ll Tell You Which Iconic Christmas Movie Is Your Destiny

What happens if we write the cheesy made-for-cable romcom of our dreams, and an iconic Christmas movie pops out instead?

Carmen Phillips November 26, 2023 13 Comments
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Christmas Jewish Holidays Shopping

Autostraddle + For Them’s Ultimate Team Holigay Gift Guide 2023!

Here’s what the Autostraddle and For Them teams want as gifts this season!

the team November 24, 2023 2 Comments
Christmas Jewish Holidays Shopping

Matching Holiday Pajama Sets for Your Super Cute Queer Fam

When my partner and I got together, one of the things I was most excited about were the matching family pajamas for Christmas we were going to get.

Sa'iyda Shabazz November 21, 2023 7 Comments
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Christmas Movie Reviews

I Got High and Watched Tello’s Latest Lesbian Christmas Movie, “A Holiday I Do”

Wow Rivkah Reyes really said I will be stealing hearts like the Grinch stole Christmas.

Drew Burnett Gregory November 11, 2023 16 Comments
Christmas Quizzes

Holigay Quiz: Which Christmas Monster Should You Date?

Listen. We can’t *all* date Krampus.

Nico December 25, 2022 52 Comments
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Christmas

Christmas Traditions, Ranked by Lesbianism

Caroling is gay.

danijanae December 24, 2022 14 Comments
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Christmas Movie Lists

Actually, These Are Christmas Movies, Too!

Think of these movies more as a cozy fireplace with stockings hung on them, rather than a Christmas tree lit up in the center of the room.

Analyssa December 23, 2022 28 Comments
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