So if you’re looking for more wholesome queer goodness, we’ve got you sorted. Ultimately, Heartstopper shouldn’t be where your viewing starts and ends. More Starring: Robert Wagner, Cheyenne Jackson, Tony Kushner, Michael Cunningham. On Twitter, people have been sharing their ‘ My Heartstopper’ equivalents – characters that, intentionally or not, provided LGBTQ+ visibility for them when growing up. Synopsis: An exploration of the drama, struggle and legacy of the first gay play and subsequent Hollywood movie to successfully reach. Such a statement discredits the many shows and movies preceding Heartstopper that have handled their queer coming-of-age stories with similar levels of sensitivity. A troubled, gay millennial moves back to his childhood home after a disastrous break-up, only to discover that his town is shrouded in a history of. Some have described Heartstopper as the first of its kind.
And while it’s a rarity, it’s not the only uplifting tale of being young and queer available.
There’s no denying Heartstopper is extremely lovely and that it will inevitably act as a source of validation for its Gen Z audience – with high schoolers played by appropriately-aged actors, most of whom also align with their character’s identity: a lesbian couple who are proud of the label (happy Lesbian Visibility Week!) a Black trans woman untethered from a traumatic subplot.
