Most people see the finished film. What they don’t see is the decade of setbacks, doubts, and moments when its creator wasn’t even sure it would ever exist. What began as a song slowly transformed into something much bigger — but the most surprising part isn’t the romance at the center of the story. It’s the reason Hayley Kiyoko says she simply couldn’t walk away from it, no matter how difficult the journey became.
Hayley Kiyoko has long been recognized not only as a singer and actress but also as a creative force determined to reshape how LGBTQ+ stories are told on screen. With her feature film Girls Like Girls, she openly embraced what she described as breaking barriers in an industry that has historically offered limited space for queer … Read more