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A 2022 romantic comedy, inspired by Pride and Prejudice, primarily featuring AAPI actors who identify as gay

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To kick off Pride Month 2022, Hulu is releasing a new feature film about the famous gay vacation destination, Fire Island. The film has a wonderful queer cast and showcases many AAPI actors as well. This only adds to the pertinency of this film, as a majority of queer media only focuses on white gay characters. Regardless, this film is sure to be an absolute queer comedic blast as it stars some of the country's funniest LGBTQ+ actors and comedians.

RELATED: 'Fire Island': Trailer, Plot, Release Date, and Everything We Know So Far About the LGBTQ Rom-Com

The film is directed by Andrew Ahn and has a screenplay by Joel Kim Booster. Thus far, Fire Islandhas received generally favorable reviews, earning a high 94% from Rotten Tomatoes and a 77% from Metacritic. As this highly-anticipated movie will be able to stream on Hulu, viewers looking for an LGBTQ+ watch for Pride month have the perfect option.

A Gay Retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

One of the most important details about Fire Island is the fact that this film is set to be a retelling and reworked gay adaptation of the famous Jane Austen novel, film, and stageplay . Of course, there are many differences, including the rejection of heteronormativity, the time period, and the setting of the film.

Yet, the shared plot line is apparent. Two friends and their chosen family take a week-long vacation to Fire Island and are excited about their annual week of fun times and day drinking, but when things take a turn their bonds are tested. Kim Booster plays Noah, who is the Elizabeth Bennet of the film, who falls in love with Will (played by How To Get Away With Murder's Conrad Ricamora), the token Asian from a rich white gays' group. As more and more drama ensues, will the budding romances of Noah and his dear friend Howie be the love they found but never expected?

The Cast

Fire Island's cast is absolutely stacked with the top queer comedians and actors across the country. Playing the lead role of Noah is Kim Booster, and playing his best friend Howie (the Jane to his Elizabeth) is (current cast member and sensation). Ricamora is Will, Noah's love interest, and James Scully (known for his role as Forty Quinn in Netflix's ) plays Charlie, Howie's love interest.

RELATED: Bowen Yang, Harvey Fierstein Join Billy Eichner's Rom-Com 'Bros'

Margaret Cho plays Erin, Matt Rogers (Yang's co-host of the legendary comedy podcast Las Culturistas) plays Luke, Tomás Matos plays Keegan, Torian Miller portrays Max, Nick Adams (known for his extensive Broadway career) plays Cooper (one of the rich white gays who look down on Noah's friends), Zane Philips plays Dex, Michael Graceffa is Rhys, Aidan Wharton is Braden, Peter Smith portrays Moses, and Bradley Gibson plays Johnny.

An SNL Cast Member?

As stated before, Bowen Yang will play Howie, Noah's best friend who-according to the trailer-falls in love with Charlie. Yang is a current cast member on SNL and has been working on the show since 2018. Since then, Yang's career has skyrocketed completely, and he has been praised for his sketches and characters, including the infamous Iceberg that sunk the Titanic.

RELATED: 15 Best 'SNL' Sketches from Season 47, From "MacGruber" to "Subway Churro"

Yang is the show's first-ever Chinese-American and third openly-gay cast member and is the perfect addition to Fire Island for his unique and drop-dead hilarious comedic style and acting chops. Fans of the famous comedy series should be extremely overjoyed to see Yang act in Fire Island alongside his best friend from NYU and podcast co-host Rogers. He is sure to be spectacular!

Production Details

Since the film releases in early June, there aren't many important production details to share. For film fanatics, this movie's journey might be interesting. Fire Island originally started as a series called Trip that was set to be produced on Quibi, a streaming television network. However, the project was completely stopped due to the collapse and eventual shutdown of Quibi.

It was then announced that Searchlight Pictures would develop the film, and the movie was retitled to Fire Island. Principal photography started in August 2021 and continued through to September 2021, and took place in New York City, Brooklyn, and the actual Fire Island.

The Trailer

The trailer for Fire Island was released on April 25, 2022. The film's trailer gained over 3 million views since then, and the fans' hype around the movie has only increased as more information has been released.

Watch the trailer here.

Fire Island will be released on Hulu on June 3, 2022.

For anyone looking for a hilariously romantic queer film to enjoy during Pride Month, Fire Island should be the first choice.

NEXT: Disney+ Releases 'Trevor: The Musical' Trailer to Kick off Its Pride Collection

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6 Things You Need to Know About Hulu's 'Fire Island'

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To kick off Pride Month 2022 , Hulu is releasing a new feature film about the famous gay vacation destination, Fire Island. The film has a wonderful queer cast and showcases many AAPI actors as well. This only adds to the pertinency of this film, as a majority of queer media only focuses on white gay characters.

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Pose (FX, Netflix)

Hollywood (Netflix)

Schitt’s Creek (Pop, Hulu)

American Horror Story (FX, Netflix)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC, Hulu)

Dear White People (Netflix)

Orange is the New Black (Netflix)

The Politician (Netflix)

Queer Eye (Netflix)

Grace and Frankie (Netflix)

Black Mirror (Netflix)

She's Gotta Have It (Netflix)

The Haunting of Bly Manor (Netflix)

Modern Family (Peacock)

Ratched (Netflix)

The Umbrella Academy (Netflix)

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State of Pride (YouTube)

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (Netflix)

Kiki (Hulu, Amazon Prime, YouTube)

Paris is Burning (Netflix)

Before Stonewall (iTunes)

Visible: Out on Television (Apple TV)

How to Survive a Plague (Amazon Prime, YouTube)

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Judith Butler: Your Behavior Creates Your Gender | Big Think

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Individuals on the Autism spectrum tend to be less influenced by or responsive to societal expectations or constraints. In many ways this individuality and "marching to a different drummer" leads to greater challenges fitting in socially and in the workplace; in other ways this out of the box thinking and behavior leads those on the spectrum to become some of our greatest thinkers, innovators and creators.

This natural inclination to be oneself and not follow the crowd or societal norms, seems to correlate with a higher than average incidence of individuals on the spectrum having greater variance and flexibility in the areas of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. Many on the Autism spectrum do not subscribe to the prevailing binary definitions.

Sexual Orientation: (To whom one is attracted) While many with Asperger/Autism firmly identify as heterosexual others firmly identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual. Still others may be more flexible regarding whom they are attracted to; being sexually attracted to an individual for who they are as a person regardless of the other person's biological gender, gender identity or gender expression.
Other Asperger/Autistics may identify as Asexual or Aromantic in higher numbers than in the general population.

Gender Identity: (How one thinks of oneself with regard to gender - man/woman/transgender/any number of non-binary descriptors (genderqueer, gender fluid.......)
Societal messages around gender run very deep from the pink and blue clothing and room decor bestowed on expectant parents who found out "what" they're having to the It's a Girl, It's a Boy balloons waving outside newborn homes to gendered toys to public bathrooms.
This gender, assigned at birth, is determined by external genitalia and for the vast majority aligns with gender identity and expression. This is called being cisgender.

Those with Asperger/Autism may be less susceptible to buying into the prevailing binary gender identities and instead more readily identify or know that they are non-binary or transgender. [knowledge that one is the opposite of the gender assigned at birth - Male to Female (MtF), Female to Male, (FtM)] Less constrained by the strong societal messages and more inclined to be oneself, individuals with Asperger/Autism may more readily identify as Transgender than their non-autistic counterparts who may be more susceptible to strong societal messages about remaining their gender assigned at birth.

Gender Expression:(Gender expressed by an individual's outward appearance and perceived by others) For many on the Asperger/Autism spectrum outward presentation of gender may have more to do with sensory issues than identification with accepted expressions of masculinity or femininity. Dressing for comfort rather than style or fashion, having hygiene practices that don't match the prevailing societal expectations may lead to erroneous assumptions about one's gender and/or sexual orientation.

Still others may wish to present as cis-gender (gender expression matching sex assigned at birth) while others on the spectrum may choose and be most comfortable presenting outwardly as a gender not matching their biological sex.

But they're Autistic. How could they know if they're Gay or Transgender?
Because someone is diagnosed with an autism spectrum condition does not mean that person is less capable of determining their own sexual orientation or gender identity. It is more likely that family members or professionals will question their identification with these non-mainstream identities because of the autism profile and out of concern that their loved one will be part of yet another marginalized, vulnerable group. Someone perceived as autistic may be questioned more by professionals or family members who wonder, is my client/family member choosing an alternative sexual orientation or gender identity because they want to find a reason for their difference that is not autism? Or because they are more accepted by these non-mainstream groups?

For some individuals, autistic and not, sexual orientation and gender identity and expression may fluctuate over the course of one's lifetime. They may be more flexible or fluid. This fluidity, particularly in these areas, is often difficult for others to accept and may again be ascribed to the autism and may lead to an individual not being believed.

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Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Asperger/Autism - The Asperger / Autism Network (AANE)

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Individuals on the Autism spectrum tend to be less influenced by or responsive to societal expectations or constraints. In many ways this individuality and "marching to a different drummer" leads to greater challenges fitting in socially and in the workplace; in other ways this out of the box thinking and behavior leads those on the...

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2022 AANE Annual Meeting - Autism and Gender Identity