Heartstopper creator Alice Oseman has been credited for creating a screen world where many young gay people can see themselves represented. And in the second season, she has written from an even mo…
“I’m 28 now and I didn’t even really learn about those terms until I was at university. And honestly, I didn’t really understand them until even later than that. I feel like asexuality and aromanticism are identities that are not known about by a lot of people. I wanted to bring that representation into the mainstream.
As well as for younger fans, the Netflix drama has been a massive hit with older ones, many saying they wish there had been such a show when they were younger, and Oseman says the same for having a drama with an asexual character. “If I’d seen asexual characters when I was a teenager, I would have understood that part of myself so much earlier, and it would have saved me a lot of anguish, pain and confusion.”
Oseman told the BBC she was proud of the representation the show had brought for different sexualities and gender identities – noting it is “an increasingly difficult time for the LGBTQ+ community.”
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