‘Heartstopper’ May Be Corny, But It’s a Queer Rom-Com Triumph

LOVE STORY

Season 2 of Netflix’s swoon-inducing queer teen love story may be cheesy and rely on too many cliches, but it also deserves credit for the spectrum of its LGBTQ+ representation.

Joe Locke and Kit Connor in Hearstopper on Netflix.
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A joyful coming-of-age TV series featuring a handful of love stories, dramatic gossip, and mundane school dilemmas shouldn’t seem all that radical. Derry Girls did it.

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