Heartstopper, Netflix's new YA romance centrg two gay teens an English boys' school, has been hailed onle as a pneerg work for gay reprentatn. But sweet as might be, 's nothg new
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* heartstopper is a gay story *
Charlie and Nick - played by newer Joe Locke and Rocketman actor K Connor - are subjected to homophobic bullyg by Nick's so-lled (Yasm Fney), a transgenr teen, has recently moved om the boys' grammar school where all her iends are, to the girls' equivalent, after also sufferg cel, who has a built up a big followg on TikTok, postg about her experienc of beg a young, black transgenr woman the UK, endured difficulti at school source, NetflixImage ptn, Elle fds hard to make iends at her new school at first"For me, school was the same. "The bate about thentic stg is still ongog - should gay rol only be played by gay actors, for example? It’s what I thk “Heartstopper” creator Oseman, director Euros Lyn, executive producer Patrick Walters, LGBTQ+ nsultant Jefey Ingold and so many more people gave to the st and crew of “Heartstopper” all of their trans, lbian, gay, bisexual, Black, Asian (and more) glory.
Based on a webic turned graphic novel by Alice Oseman, who also wrote the seri, centers on Charlie (Joe Locke), a sweet young teen who was outed the prev year but is now fdg his way as the only openly gay kid at an English all-boys high school. (If this all don’t sound queer enough, Osr-wng gay in Olivia Colman shows up a small, secret meo as Nick’s mother, which ma me thk I was havg a gay fever dream. The show is ls terted s characters feelg gay feelgs for one another than is them feelg feelgs at kids are about 15; they’re still gettg picked up by their parents om parti at night, but they’re startg to form relatnships based on genue love for one another.
He n barely brg himself to type the words “Am I gay? Both Tara and Charlie suffer at the hands of bulli, even if the aggrsors seem to wce at beg lled homophobic. I had hoped we were past d language about “groomers” and misplaced fears that showsg queer people pop culture would turn straight kids gay.