Education (2019–)If you’ve watched Heartstopper,

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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 bold, perhaps, than Heartstopper, it also shines a light on the complexities of discovering yourself and your sexuality.The 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 Germany WhatsApp Number Data 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 thoughtfulness. Love, Victor (2020–22)This Love, Simon (2018) spin-off certainly captures a lot of the same sweetness as Heartstopper. Although, much like Love, Simon, it feels like a sanitized version of a coming-of-age story at times. Often, you think Love, Victor is really going to go there — and then it holds back. (Maybe that has to do with its Disney connection.) Michael Cimino and Anthony Keyvan in Love, Victor. Photo Courtesy HuluIn a review for the show’s first