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Review of Check, Please! a webic followg a young gay man as he navigat llege, hockey, and iendship.

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    Ngozi Ukazu's charmg, cheerful webic about a gay llege hockey player has been llected book form. Check, Please! stays squarely on the bright si of life, a brave choice s own way. * check please gay hockey *

    Is very much a thg of our time s approach to gay inty and romance. Protagonist and narrator Eric "Bty" Btle, a gay llege hman, is fortable his sk a way that was impossible to image jt a few years ago. There's no big g-out scene, no "nvert the lone homophobe" drama, no storyle oked up jt to te the rear about the gay experience.

    There's a quatns to Ukazu's approach, but bee this is a gay teen romance, has an edge. But bee both wrer and rear know the dark reali that — spe all recent progrs — gay kids face, Bty's story has ntext and portent.

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    Ukazu uld have overtly addrsed issu like the suici rate among gay teens. It's fun to watch Bty grow up om a hman to a sophomore, though you might feel a pang when he cuts his hair.

    While mastream media had one of s most ntent years ever when to the Bury Your Gays trope, stead of breakg s queer protagonists hearts wh ntrived tragedy, Check, Please!

    (The tras that are looked down upon are those on that are rooted hate, such as homophobia or any form of tolerance. Artist Ngozi Ukazu is the creator of the popular web ic Check Please, about a gay llege hockey player who lov to bake.

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