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The idea of coming out in school did NOT bear thinking about it. In my day, and in the place I grew up, there was a lot of shame around being gay. Ajayi says “when I was a teenager and I had a crush on a straight boy, I just repressed it and suffered”, and honestly, SAME. There’s actually a moment in episode two of Heartstopper where Mr. They all became completely comfortable with it in their eyes it was just part of who I was. Regardless of their initial reaction, all my friends eventually accepted me. I told my friends individually, and their responses varied from confused to unsurprised. I can’t even imagine how stifled gay men must have felt before The Sexual Offences Act 1967 or during the years of Section 28! I came out to three distinct groups: my friends, my school and lastly, my family. I guess I dreamt of someone making a heartfelt declaration to me as Nick does on the beach for Charlie… I can’t really remember! The layers of my repression were so deep I don’t think I even allowed myself to think like that, to be honest. Truly, it didn’t even feel like a possibility for me at that age. Seeing Nick and Charlie's story on screen was saddening because I never got to be in love in my teenage years and I wish I could've been. I was deeply in the closet at 15, and I didn't feel remotely comfortable enough to "come out" or date anyone. The story - which actually closely mirrors the webcomic - has been carefully crafted to mimic the teenage queer discovery process so closely, that it’s actually quite difficult to watch at times.
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I’d go a step further and say that the series is for queer teens especially. In my recent interview with Alice Oseman, they shared that Heartstopper is a series about teens FOR teens, as opposed to being a series about teens for a slightly older audience in mind, à la Euphoria. That’s not to say that Heartstopper isn’t realistic. Sure some of it is a bit much - what with the milkshake dates and the ardent confessions of friendship - but I just think, why the hell not? Life is hard and sometimes a slightly saccharine YA love story is just what the doctor ordered!
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Choose from the largest online collection of 440+ stories on Reedsy Prompts, and read for free. There are so many nostalgic scenes and details in the show for me, from birthdays at bowling alleys to exploding ink pens. Read the best short stories featuring gay characters for free on Reedsy Prompts. It might be that this series is a unique example of a queer, teen, romantic drama set in a British school environment. I’ve watched plenty of LGBTQ+ teen shows before - Hollyoaks, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Glee, Love, Victor - but Heartstopper just hits different.