New Netflix series will leave you teary
For those who want to shed a tear because they never had their chance at young love or still find themselves alone, Heartstopper is the perfect series for you.
This series hits close to home for many in the LGBTQ+ community.
It shows what it is like to be alone in school, to never feel like you are enough and what it is like to get bullied for your sexuality.
People in the LGBTQ+ community face so many challenges growing up, one thing that gets overlooked is how lonely it can be.
Netflix brought those feelings to the surface with the story they told.
We get to see the story of a young boy, Charlie, navigating love in a school where he is the only person who is gay.
We eventually get to see him become best friends with the school’s star rugby player, Nick. They become close and start to spend every day with each other.
After a few episodes we start to see Nick discover his sexuality and see him breakdown over the realization that he is gay.
These very moments in a queer person’s life are fundamental to who that person grows up to be.
Getting to see someone go through the panic of realizing they’re gay is all too relatable to those in the LGBTQ+ community.
Through these moments you can’t help but think about how your life would change and the relationships you might lose because being gay is something people don’t agree with.
What really brought tears to my eyes was seeing all the things that many of us who are queer, couldn’t have growing up.
So many of us go without experiencing love at an early age, the support of friends who also identify as LGBTQ+, or even just getting the opportunity to come out and be our authentic selves at a youthful age.
This series presents a diverse cast and list of characters. There are people from a wide variety of races, ethnicities, sexualities, and even viewers get to see the life of a transgender girl.
It’s nice to see that big companies like Netflix are starting to show more recognition to their audience and bring more representation to the screen.
Overall, this show has been one of the best ones I have seen this year. I rate it a 9/10, and highly encourage all Netflix users to watch it.
