Heartstopper Premiere Celebrates Joyful Queer Youth
starobserver.com.auHeartstopper has been greatly anticipated. Heartstopper first began in 2016 as a webcomic published on Tumblr, Tapas, and Webtoons.
Creator Alice Oseman knew from the beginning they wanted it to be a story about queer teens living full and joyful lives.The show doesn’t fall short of this, with a diverse cast of queer characters, they navigate high school, friendships, and romance.
Although it deals with homophobia among a range of struggles, the characters don’t feel limited to that. This provides a younger queer audience with much needed positive and hopeful role models and stories.From Nick and Charlie’s (played by Kit Connor and Joe Locke) romance, to Nick coming to terms with being bisexual, to Elle (played by Yasmin Finney) dealing with moving to an all-girls school as a trans girl.
To Tara and Darcy (played by Corinna Brown and Kizzy Edgell) working through coming out and dealing with homophobia.The reaction online has been overjoyed with the adaption.
