HBO's very gay vampire drama 'Te Blood' is gettg s own stage mil - Queerty

Contents:

• GAY VAMPIR ON STAGE? WE’RE SOLD! ‘TE BLOOD’ CREATOR NFIRMS STAGE SHOW ADAPTATN
• SPOILER ALERT: TE BLOOD TURNS STRAIGHT CHARACTER GAY… BUT WHICH ONE?
• HBO’S VERY GAY VAMPIRE DRAMA ‘TE BLOOD’ IS GETTG S OWN STAGE MIL
• IS TE BLOOD ABOUT GAY RIGHTS? FAN THEORY DEBUNKED
• 'TE BLOOD' ACTOR NELSAN ELLIS: FORMER STAR QU BEE HE DIDN'T 'WANT TO PLAY A GAY PART'

GAY VAMPIR ON STAGE? WE’RE SOLD! ‘TE BLOOD’ CREATOR NFIRMS STAGE SHOW ADAPTATN

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SPOILER ALERT: TE BLOOD TURNS STRAIGHT CHARACTER GAY… BUT WHICH ONE?

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Media Platforms Dign TeamTe Blood also sts s shadow on the romance between a young woman and a vampire, but unlike Twilight, which is all subtext and love-that-dare-not-speak-s-name, HBO's cult seri nnects vampirism to homosexualy explicly.

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HBO’S VERY GAY VAMPIRE DRAMA ‘TE BLOOD’ IS GETTG S OWN STAGE MIL

In season 6 of the vampire melodrama, Jason Stackhoe had (yet another) homoerotic daydream -- this one about the vampire-fairy Warlow (Rob Kazsky). Te Blood utilized "blood nnectns" to get more than a few homoerotic moments out of otherwise hetero characters. But the ultimate one me Jason Stackhoe's dream (after fallg asleep a church pew) about the vampire Eric Northman (Alexanr Skarsgard) -- nsired by many fans to be the hottt gay sex scene of the show's n.

Eric (Alexanr Skarsgard) tells Talbot to turn over and mounts him the show's rather talked-about gay revenge murr. Wh so many bad exampl of gay relatnships on TV, both supernatural fare and otherwise, Tara and Willow's relatnship is seen by many as the one that got right. Dandy and Andy Amerin Horror Story: Freak Show was the lnch of Fn Wtrock, who may never live down his role as Dandy, the cute, doted-upon mama's boy-turned-serial-killer ( other words, a signature Ryan Murphy creatn) his first night out as a bona fi killer, he hs a gay bar and lur gay htler Andy (Bomer) back to his shack the woods.

It would be impossible to go through all the gay sex scen om The Lair, a sexed-up gay drama set the same world as Dante's Cove, but here's a steamy NSFW samplg.

IS TE BLOOD ABOUT GAY RIGHTS? FAN THEORY DEBUNKED

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But some uld easily argue that the entire show is one long reprsed homoerotic urge. S has flown back home to help out one of the untri most succsful chari, McHappy ternatnally renowned star spoke to Daily Mail Atralia on Friday about his ntroversial character Te Blood and what he plans on dog down for vio Vampire love: Famed Atralian actor Ryan Kwanten talks gay vampire sex scen and future actg parts Helpg hand: Ryan is back Oz as ambassador of this year's McHappy Day, raisg funds for Ronald McDonald HoeRyan's character, gay vampire Jason Stackhoe, the cult supernatural drama seri Te Blood was a fan favoure.

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'TE BLOOD' ACTOR NELSAN ELLIS: FORMER STAR QU BEE HE DIDN'T 'WANT TO PLAY A GAY PART'

And, of urse, there’s rint bisexual Pam and openly gay Lafayette, the latter of whom is now settled down wh J. Variety reports that HBO is the early velopment stag of brg back Te Blood for a reboot, and they better keep all the gay energy of the origal on The Southern Vampire Mysteri books, the origal seri starred Anna Paqu as Sookie Stackhoe, a telepathic wars a world where vampir live among humans after velopg a synthetic blood substute, endg their need to hunt humans for food. Aguirre-Sasa is the md behd the mpy lights of Riverdale and Chillg Adventur of Sabra, and has worked as a wrer and producer on Glee and anyone n not only brg back the sexy gay mp of the origal, but also ramp up, s Aguirre-Sasa.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the start of Te Blood, HBO’s mpy and very gay vampire drama seri that ran om 2008 to 2014. At a 10th anniversary screeng of the show’s pilot episo Los Angel this past weekend, the show’s gay creator Alan Ball announced tails about the mil, acrdg to.