Vampire Amy stars Rhian Blunll and Mia McKenna-Bce speak wh GAY TIMES about the new seri, playg LGBTQ+ rol and their characters “sexually charged” romance. If you’ve missed your...
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ANNE RICE AND HER HOMOEROTIC VAMPIR LEFT AN IMMORTAL MARK ON GAY CULTURE
Rhian Blunll and Mia McKenna-Bce speak wh GAY TIMES about playg LGBTQ+ rol and their characters “sexually charged” romance. * gay characters in vampire academy *
Rhian Blunll and Mia McKenna-Bce speak wh GAY TIMES about the new seri, playg LGBTQ+ rol and their characters “sexually charged” romance. GAY TIMES speaks wh the actors about what to expect om the upg seri, playg an LGBTQ+ uple, and tease what’s store for the pair over the urse of the season. Augt Richards reflected on playg a gay role after g out 2020.
He told Insir that he wants to bat the ia that all gay characters are the same. Augt Richards told Insir that he once wnsed a "very fluential stg director" claim gay people are not actg when they play gay characters — and he wants to dispel that notn. Richards publicly me out as gay 2020 durg an Instagram Live chat wh his "Council of Dads" star Sarah Wayne Cal Richards was already out his personal life, he said that he felt the need to be open about his sexualy wh his stmat and the creators of "Council of Dads" before playg a gay dad on the an terview wh Insir about his new show "Vampire Amy, " which premier on Peack Thursday, Richards said that as an openly gay actor, he hop to bat the ia that gay actors nnot brg diversy to their rol.
"Richards went on to pot out that "Vampire Amy" and his last two rol, "Council of Dads" and "Generatn, " he has played a gay dad wh adopted children. I thk you n explore range and variety as an openly gay actor, so that's somethg that is important to me to talk about. Characters and relatnships om The Vampire Diari, The Origals and Legaci, which are eher lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, pansexual, asexual, etc.
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J. Augt Richards told Insir that he wants to bat the notn that all gay characters are the same after publicly g out 2020. * gay characters in vampire academy *
So far there have been ne gay characters (Bill Forb, Joshua Rosza, Frank, Lus Parker, Ain, Eddie, The Necromancer, Osr, and Ben), four lbian characters (Nora Hilgard, Mary Louise, Maya and Fch), six bisexual characters (Freya Mikaelson, Keel[1], Tristan Martel[2][3], Penelope Park, Ja, and Jed Tien[4]) and one pansexual character (Josie Saltzman[5]).
* gay characters in vampire academy *
Vampire Amy stars Rhian Blunll and Mia McKenna-Bce speak wh GAY TIMES about the new seri, playg LGBTQ+ rol and their characters “sexually charged” romance. While she will first and foremost be remembered as an inic wrer of gothic horror — most notably for her Vampire Chronicl seri — her advocy for LGBTQ rights and steadfast support of her enthiastic, gay fan base would bee an sential part of her legacy. Her son, Christopher Rice, who is gay and is himself an acplished wrer, shared the news of his mother’s passg on her Facebook page.
” 'I have a gay sensibily'Rice wrote the first and most famo book the Vampire Chronicl seri, “Interview Wh the Vampire, ” 1976. At the time, she was mourng the loss of her 5-year-old dghter, Michele, one of her two children wh poet Stan the book failed to imprs crics, beme an immediate mercial succs, large part bee of s populary among gay rears. François Duhamel / Sygma via Getty ImagIn an terview wh The Daily Beast 2017, Rice said she was “very honored” that people thought “Interview Wh the Vampire” — which was adapted to a film 1994 starrg Tom Cise and Brad Pt and is currently velopment as a TV seri — was a gay allegory.
The inic Amerin thor of gothic fictn, cludg "Interview Wh the Vampire," was a vol support of gay rights. * gay characters in vampire academy *
She then said, “I’ve always been very much a champn of gay rights, and art produced by gay people. “I thk I have a gay sensibily and I feel like I’m gay, bee I’ve always transcend genr, and I’ve always seen love as transcendg genr, ” she said the 2017 terview, regardg the pervasivens of queer characters her wrg.
”'Fear Ameri'Rice’s ti to the LGBTQ muny were epened and ma more personal when Christopher me out as gay after graduatg om high Advote ran a ver story about Christopher 2000, which he said he thought his mother took his g out harr than his father did, bee of what he perceived as her havg a stronger sire, relative to his father’s, to have grandchildren someday. For her part, Rice said that she was “shocked” by the revelatn, bee she “thought he was straight, ” and that she worried about him havg to face difficulti due to homophobia, but said his g out didn’t dimish her love for him.
“People rpond very different ways to what beg gay means.