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ERIC CHOOSG ADAM OVER RAHIM 'SEX EDUTN' UNRTIMAT THE TRMA OF GAY BULLYG
Saleh was particularly moved by scen portrayg Eric Effng (Ncuti Gatwa), a gay Ghanaian-Nigerian character who attends a fay weddg Nigeria. But that do not make hurt any ls that the Netflix show disregard the experienc of thoands of queer people by cidg to have gay character Eric (played by Ncuti Gatwa) choose to date his ex-bully Adam (Connor Swlls) over the man that fairly unndnally loved him, Rahim (Sami Outalbali). Versn of Queer as Folk 20 years ago has a show so much tried to explore what is like to be a young gay man the Brish equivalent of high school.
The show should be praised for tacklg plex topics like Eric's ever-changg relatnship to a relign that he was brought up but shuns him, as well as his exploratns of genr Edutn's first season should also be praised for tacklg the reali of g out gay while still school. Per LGBTQ+ chary Stonewall, 45 percent of lbian, gay and bisexual pupils, and 64 percent of trans on were bullied bee of their sexual orientatn the last year, and ne out of 10 sendary school teachers polled reported that LGBTQ+ pupils had been bullied their school.
Chary the Child Md Instute, meanwhile, found that gay teens were four tim more likely to attempt bullyg a part of many young LGBTQ+ stunts' liv, Sex Edutn serv some cred for acknowledgg that Eric was the victim of a mpaign of bullyg by Adam, and yet not lettg Eric ever be seen as purely a then the show ma Eric fall love wh Adam.