Why couldn't the same be done for gay stories? So many straight holiday rom-coms aren’t realistic but offer a glimpse at a kinder world. Najimy – who has been an LGBTQ activist since the 1970s – also couldn't help but marvel at the script. "I've never seen that portrayed where there is a gay son and the family who is heterosexual wants the son to be in a relationship with another gay man." "It's a family trying to love their son, wanting the best for their son," Chambers says over a Zoom call. Last year saw many a queer holiday movie: Hallmark, Lifetime Christmas movies finally show LGBTQ love in leading roles: 'It fits in' More: 16 holiday movies that don't revolve around a white man and woman falling in love
But when Peter's mother, Carole ( Kathy Najimy), sets him up with her spin class instructor, James (Luke Macfarlane), Peter and Nick are forced to grapple with how they really feel about each other. Peter brings Nick home to New Hampshire for the holidays, where he plans to lie and pass Nick off as his boyfriend to show his family he can actually be in a relationship – like many a rom-com protagonist who gets grief about being single. The film centers on Peter (Urie) and Nick (Philemon Chambers), best friends and roommates in Los Angeles who have always kept their relationship platonic. Not to mention that the presence of gay icon Jennifer Coolidge was "like a gay dream come true," says star Michael Urie. Yes, there has been a glut of LGBTQ holiday romance movies as of late – Hulu's " Happiest Season" and Hallmark's " The Christmas House" premiered last year, among others – but this one refreshingly avoids a coming out story and caters to a queer audience. Netflix's first gay holiday romantic comedy, "Single All the Way" (now streaming), has arrived to lift holiday spirits and change up a traditionally heterosexual genre. Watch Video: 'House of Gucci,' 'Spider-Man' and the must-see holiday films of 2021īe prepared for more than just holiday cheer this December.