A love between a vampire and a human, who comes from a family of vampire hunters.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Killing Eve in Netflix’s new queer vampire romance series First Kill.

Based on a short story by best-selling young adult author V.E. Schwab, it follows a teenage love story between Juliette and Calliope that quickly turns complicated when they find out each other’s true identities.

“Entertainment has made quite a few strides in LGBTQ+ representation, but there’s still a pervasive tendency to center queer characters only when the stories are about queerness,” says series co-writer and executive producer Schwab. “What’s so exciting — and I think revolutionary — about a show like First Kill is that these two girls get to take up space in a story that isn’t about their sexuality. It doesn’t reduce them to one aspect of their identity, and I hope we see more of that, because queer kids and adults deserve stories that tell them they are more, not less.”

High School

Headed to Amazon’s Freevee later this year, High School comes from writer-director Clea DuVall and twin musicians Tegan and Sara Quin. Based on the Quin sisters’ memoir of the same name, the series is set to star Cobie Smulders and Kyle Bornheimer.

“High School is not only a coming-of-age story — it’s also a coming-of-artist story,” DuVall says. “It’s rare to see nuanced and complex stories like this about young women, and my hope is that our show can play a role in making it less rare.”

“When I found [the book], I was playing professional soccer in England, and I was deeply closeted. I was thinking about my future and was like, ‘All right, if I don’t change my life, I’m going to be 67 years old … and will I regret these decisions? Will I regret that I didn’t come out earlier?’ ” Rogers says. “I hope that people are inspired in some way watching this film, to be authentic with who they are.”

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