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Ultimately, Heartstopper shouldn’t be where your viewing starts and ends. On Twitter, people have been sharing their ‘ My Heartstopper’ equivalents – characters that, intentionally or not, provided LGBTQ+ visibility for them when growing up. 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. Free trial available for new and eligible returning subscribers. Watch on your TV, laptop, phone, or tablet. Some have described Heartstopper as the first of its kind. Stream full seasons of exclusive series, current-season episodes, hit movies, Hulu Originals, kids shows, and more. 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.
