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  • Buffy - the Vampire Slayer (the Series)
  • Editor:
  • Director: Joss Whedon
  • Producer: 20th Century Fox
  • Year: 1997
  • Country: US
  • 45 minutes
Sex
2
Violence
4
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Description:
In every generation there is a chosen one. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness. She is...the SLAYER. Buffy Summers, a 16-year old student at school in Sunnydale, CA. Together with Giles, her 'Watcher' - who helps train her to fight the demons of the night. Along with Vampires, demons, and creatures, Buffy must also balance school, friends, and a potential boyfriend.

QVamp says:

Buffy has really pushed the queer horror thing to the max. And has covered every orientation out there. With a gay male human, a bisexual vampire, a transgendered god, a pair of lesbian witches and a lesbian slayer as main characters, this show has it all.

In 'The Wish', we meet Vampire Willow, and in 'Dopplegangland', we really get to know her. Vampire Willow is very bisexual and strongly attracted to her good self.

In season 4, Willow (the human witch this time) comes out of the closet and ends up with Tara, her new girlfriend. They meet in 'Hush' and consummate their relationship in 'New Moon Rising'

Glory, a female god trapped in a human male's body, is introduced to us in season 5. With progressively more gender bending as the season progresses.

Seasons 4 and 5 let us in on the developing relationship between Tara and Willow, exploring their coming out and the trials and tribulations of two lesbian witches forming a couple.

With the death of Tara towards the end of Season 6 and Willow's decent into evil, it was nice to see that the show redeemed Willow and brought her Kennedy, a lesbian slayer-to-be in season 7.

A much more complete summary of the show is covered in my Buffy page. This show won the 2001 Queer Horror award.

Rating
A
Queer Vampire Rating
A
Amount of Queer Content
same-sex relationship
Queer Stories see story descriptions