Tin D. Vo

What's going wrong with these communities in terms of the tragedies, the harms impacted by these communities?

And with this show and with the youth that I'm talking to, they really try to emphasize that queer

joy sort of like what what could go right for for queer folks um and the shows just sort of represents what's going right yeah um there there are a lot of like shows movies that uh illustrate sort of depict queer identities and experiences and it focused on sort of that tragic outcome struggle the struggle the the the struggle that they experience in coming out but this show sort of shows the

A struggle, of course, but that there are supports available and that there could be aspects that are celebrated in terms of being queer.

And we see that kind of celebration through the parents, through the friends, that we see in the main character.

Yeah, I mean, I'll just say it's uncomplicated.

Plots are very straightforward.

And I think just to add here is a little point around the fantasy of what could be, just as I was sort of talking about in terms of what we would love to see.

And I think that's just resonating well with a lot of people because we know that in the current state of the world, there is so much going wrong.

And just part of the building that fantasy is, is really important to think about, um, you know, this as an art piece that is supporting sort of this vision of where we would like to be as a society.

Yeah, I mean, I am surprised at how much uptake there has been.

But having watched the show, I'm pretty sure I've watched every episode three or four times.

Just to really understand some of the storytelling in terms of like... I'm just doing research, everybody.

I'm doing my research.

And I think like the way that the actors depict emotions are just so powerful.

There's just those little points in sort of the quiver of the mouth or just little body language pieces that sort of show like there's more to who these people are beyond...

the very clear conversation that happens or the straightforward plot that occurs.

But I think some of that storytelling, the imagery, the like connecting back to memories and experiences that we saw in earlier episodes, I think the storytelling piece that the director and so forth

illustrates through the show, it does help us understand all of the different ways that we might want to think about the experiences of the characters themselves.

And I think that is a really helpful way to, I think, just think about maybe why this has been taken up so well among even mainstream community members.