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it manages to be a lovely little film. Eddie and Amber's friendship will feel particular to queer folks, who know the weight of coming of age on your own until you meet that one person who, maybe, gets it. There's also an incredibly tender scene at a Dublin queer bar that'll stick with you and feel like that warm hug you needed when you were 18 years old.Sex Education (2019–)If you've watched Heartstopper, the odds are good that you've delved into Netflix's other British coming-of-age hit, Sex Education. Still, it's certainly worth shouting out here.


While Sex Education is a bit more bold, perhaps, than Heartstopper, it also shines a light on the Country Email List complexities of discovering yourself and your sexuality.ADVERTISEMENTThe cast of queer characters expanded with the most recent season's inclusion of Cal (Dua Saleh), a nonbinary student — "I don't really see that many nonbinary characters depicted in ways that are authentic and true to a whole person," the musician said — and one of its main characters, Eric (Ncuti Gatwa), has been a beacon of queer joy since the first season.








Ncuti Gatwa and Connor Swindells in Sex Education. Photo Courtesy: NetflixNormally, I'd be hesitant to endorse the homophobic-bully-is-actually-gay-and-now-the-love-interest trope, but Adam (Connor Swindells), Eric's love interest, is someone you end up rooting for. In the latter part of the latest season, Eric confronts what it means to be with a white partner and, after a night with a fellow Black queer person, wonders if Adam can ever fully be with him. There's young-love joy here to be sure, but it's also so refreshing to see Sex Education tackle not-often-discussed threads with such