‎Gay Vampir, a list of films by Jam • Letterboxd

Contents:

• GAY VAMPIR
• KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
• THE QUEER CORNER | SURPRISE! VAMPIR HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GAY
• FANS ARE HYPED FOR NETFLIX’S NEW GAY VAMPIRE ANIME
• GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN
• TE LIFE: I'M A GAY VAMPIRE
• ANNE RICE AND HER HOMOEROTIC VAMPIR LEFT AN IMMORTAL MARK ON GAY CULTURE

GAY VAMPIR

Specifilly, was important to him that he wre the character Pedro, Shawna's bt iend and vampire huntg patrt, a plex and human way orr to chew the typil gay BFF trop. Historilly, horror films haven’t always been kd to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people, though many members of the muny mata a wonrfully unique relatnship wh the genre.

Thankfully, the non of queer horror tl has been slowly buildg over the past several s, aid by a number of recent die films that prrize cln and twist some of the character trop followed strictly more mastream there are many to choose om, here are 11 queer horror films to put toward the top of your watchlist for "Gay Christmas" — otherwise known as Halloween. Not before long, you fd yourself lookg around the room, wonrg whether you're projectg your gayns to the plot or if this is ed meant to read as gay.

Sprkle a ltle David Bowie on the top, and you’ve got a thoroughly enjoyable, albe light on plot, queer vampire Sk I Live In (2011)Sony PicturFamed gay director, screenwrer and producer Pedro Almodóvar elevat the body terror genre wh a tale that chronicl the weird dynamic between a plastic surgeon, played by Anton Banras, and the woman he keeps locked away his lavish mansn. Homosexualy and the Vampire (pop culture)The vampire, pecially s lerary and cematic form, mixed elements of horror and sexualy. Homosexual behavr had always been supprsed durg the centuri of Christian domance of the Wt, and th, uld be expected that the heightened sensualy associated wh vampirism, some homosexual elements might be prent—and such has been the se.

KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND

Lerary crics have long noted a homosexual aspect among the very first piec of vampire Taylor Coleridge‘s “Christabel”, the first vampire poem English, portend a theme that would reappear vampire lerature—lbian vampire relatnships.

Durg the 1970s several addnal tl wh gay vampir appeared: Sons of Satan (1973), Tenrns of Wolv (1973), and an Italian film, Il Cavaliere Costante Nisia Demonia Ovvero Dracula Brianza (1975). The movie was voted to the se of Frz Haarmann, a homosexual serial killer who murred a number of young boys and drank their blood. There is a small selectn of x-rated movi wh a vampire theme such as The Vampire of Budapt (1995) 2007, the first gay-oriented vampire televisn seri, The Lair, aired on here!, a gay televisn work.

THE QUEER CORNER | SURPRISE! VAMPIR HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GAY

He also troduced the character of Andrew, a gay vampire who went on to bee the subject of a novel, Vampir Anonymo, which a morn-day vampire hunter and a vampire revery group seek to cure dividuals of vampirism. Her first novel, Interview wh the Vampire, featured the tense relatnship between Louis and Ltat Lnurt, the homosexual nnotatns of which were not missed by reviewers. The Rice novels have been a source for the morn gothic rock movement, whose fans value the androgyno ial and have opened their circl to homosexualy and other sexual exprsns, such as transvtism and the wake of Rice’s populary the gay/lbian muny, a host of novels and short story llectns have appeared specifilly geared for a lbian and gay dience.

Lbian rears found their vampire terts bt exprsed by Ain Amerin wrer Jewelle Gomez whose Gilda Stori (1991) has been regnized om beyond the lbian and gay muni. Be Me the Coff Not the Closet Fan Club was a vampire fan anizatn for gay and lbian people who have an tert vampir and vampirism. Founr Jeff Flaster of Middletown, New York, also eded the club’s monthly fanze, which published short fictn for and about gay and lbian vampir, ntact rmatn for members, and other ems of tert.

Also operatg for a few years the early 1990s was the Secret Room, a Texas-based anizatn for gay/lbian/bisexual fans of the Dark Shadows televisn seri. The film won’t say , but a post-creds punchle about Ken’s handwrg, plete wh hearts and stars surroundg his name, tells what we need to heavily implied nature of Ken’s gayns Toy Story 3 harkens back to Hollywood’s tradnal gay bt iend-type characters.

FANS ARE HYPED FOR NETFLIX’S NEW GAY VAMPIRE ANIME

In the Hays Co era, explic referenc to homosexualy weren’t allowed, so characters like Van Buren (Frankl Pangborn) 1937’s Easy Livg, Kip (David Wayne) 1949’s Adam’s Rib, or Addison (Gee Sanrs) 1950’s All About Eve stead were imbued wh effemate characteristics, offerg a glimpse outsi of heteronormativy whout explicly beg of the characters were the same—some were tty, others sweet. Des later, 2010, the gay bt iend was all the rage; Teen Vogue even went so far as to proclaim the GBF as the summer’s mt-have accsory. In movi like Mean Girls (2004), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Easy A (2010), No Strgs Attached (2011), and Isn’t It Romantic (2019), gay iends exist entirely the orb of their female iends.

Mattel, of urse, vehemently nied any claims that Ken was gay, let alone that he had somethg as prepostero as a ck rg around his neck. As a rult, gay men bought the doll drov, and spe Mattel ultimately rellg the doll and wipg away any trace of Earrg Magic Ken, was near-impossible to see Ken as anythg but the glor homosexual he was born to be om then on. Though Mattel don’t seem to be willg to say Ken is actually gay, the Ken dolls of recent years seem to really lean to Ken’s queerns.

GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN

While there is no way to “drs gay, ” there are several dolls that seem to suggt otherwise, such as:Fashnista Ken #193, who looks very exced to tell you about his new obssn, Troye Sivan;Travel Ken Doll, who has a satchel perfect for bathho and a purple overnight bag that lerally proclaims he’s “extra;”Ken Looks Doll, servg “I’m gonna give you a makeover”-type realns while sportg black pleather pants;This Ken, who wears the least heterosexual double nim I have a feelg the new Barbie movie will put the work to nvce that Ken is a hetero du who lov nothg life more than Barbie herself, the wrg’s already on the wall: Ken is, and always will be, Barbie’s gay bt obssg! In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that.

TE LIFE: I'M A GAY VAMPIRE

“The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them,” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny. “Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self,” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh.

The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail. Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water.

ANNE RICE AND HER HOMOEROTIC VAMPIR LEFT AN IMMORTAL MARK ON GAY CULTURE

“Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.”. For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch.