New Heartstopper trailer is here

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A romance blossoms between two gay British teens in the new trailer for Heartstopper, which debuts on Netflix on April 22. The eight-episode series, based on Alice Oseman’s Tumblr web-comic-turned-graphic-novel, follows Charlie Spring (Joe Locke), who feels isolated from his classmates at an all-boys school in England because he is gay. He finds himself inexplicably drawn to Nick Nelson (Kit Connor), a …

‘Our Flag Means Death’ is show of pure queer joy

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David Jenkins’ pirate rom-com series Our Flag Means Death on HBO Max starring Rhys Darby isn’t just a great example of queer representation, but a great example of queer joy. Yes, these characters suffer (they’re pirates, after all), but the narrative is not that their suffering is intrinsically, undeniably linked to their queerness. It is possible to be queer and happy, which seems like a pretty basic point …