5 Popular Queer Romances To Watch With Your Adulting Teens This Pride Month

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Pride Month 2024: Opening conversations around sex and sexuality can be a daunting task for parents.Initiating conversations however need not be an awkward fuss of fumbles and can be nudged easily with the help of popular queen teen shows that got the LGBTQ representation right. Here are top 5 shows that are probably loved by all to help to ease into the matter. 

Heatstopper on Netflix 

Charlie is an openly gay young boy in a boys school going through an abusive relationship when he meets Nick Nelson, the hot heartthrob rugby player of school. There is also Elle, a trans girl now shifted to a girls school and Tao who are yet to realize that their friendship is more than just that and not to forget the very supportive book nerd friend, James. Navigating high school life, and the tensions of romance, the show will give your literal butterflies with its cinematography and mushy romance.   

Red, White, and Royal Blue on Prime Video

A cinematic adaptation of Casey McQuiston, the movie is a classic enemies to love trope between the first son of the United States and young Prince Henry of the United Kingdom. With an intersection of race, sexuality and monarchy the movie takes you on a rollercoaster journey of the two very public figures of the states coming to terms with their identity and deciding to embrace it in front of the whole world.  

Sex Education on Netflix 

This one might be a trick pick to watch with parents but if you go through it together, you might be able to open conversations on more than just the struggles of accepting sexuality and owning it in a world that's constantly denying it to you. You can further delve into topics like safe sex practices for queer teens, significance of therapy and counseling and an overall sense of comfortability around the matter.   

Young Royals on Netflix 

The oppression and marginalization of queer royalty has not been talked about a lot. The show is a great conversation starter to understand the adverse effects of privileges on queer teens. Furthermore it also sheds light on issues of mental health, societal pressures and expectations, and on how tragedies impact the overall identity of queer individuals. 

Parents will get a peek into what goes behind the four walls of teen school and universities.   

First Kill on Netflix 

To start a conversation on a fantastical note, ‘First Kill’ is a queer vampire romance between a vampire hunter and a born-vampire who are both yet to have their first kill. Dive into the trope of forbidden love to know if there is a love of life in your kid’s life with the story of Calliope and Juliette. 

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