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INSIDE SEX EDUCATION’S “QUEEREST EVER” SEASON

With its first season alone, Sex Education went down in the rainbow history books as the gayest teen comedy series of all time. After introducing the instantly iconic flamboyance of Eric (Ncuti Gatwa), who has since been hailed as one of television’s most trailblazing LGBTQIA+ characters, the Netflix mainstay has continued to represent - and educate - viewers with a variety of characters of the queer experience.

From Adam (Connor Swindells) debunking bisexual myths to Ola (Patricia Allison) accepting her pansexuality, as well as Cal (Dua Saleh) flying the trans/non-binary flag, Sex Education has successfully depicted queerness in modern UK. Somehow, the series has released its gayest and most progressive instalment yet with its fourth - and sadly - final season. Following the students of Moordale Secondary School as they transition to Cavendish Sixth Form College, Sex Education continues to break boundaries on the small screen with a popular trio of queers called The Coven, consisting of: Abbi (Anthony Lexa), a trans woman with a penchant for positivity; Roman (Felix Mufti), her transmasculine, fashion-forward partner; and Aisha (Alexandra James), a woman of the Black, LGBTQIA+ and deaf experience with a

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