Is Elle Trans In Heartstopper?

Elle (Yasmin Finney) is a trans woman In real life, and went to Truham before she came out.

Heartstopper is her first role — and what a great first one it is. Elle Argent is part of Charlie’s solid friend group, but she also has dynamic storylines of her own; she’s recently transferred from the all-boys’ school to the neighboring girls’ school after a teacher refused to call her Elle.

But bullying isn’t a large part of Elle’s story; rather, we come along as she forges new friendships, deals with shifting old ones, and potentially develops a crush of her own.

“It really, really, really is such a rare story that we get a trans character that doesn’t delve into gender dysphoria, or depression, or bullying, but just the positive – the friendship, the chosen family, the moving from an all boys’ school to an all girls’ school,” Yasmin, 18, had said.

“Just everything that is natural about being trans is highlighted … She’s just allowed to love herself with no society telling her what to do and how to act and how to look and who to love and how to be – she’s just her, and I think that’s what’s so beautiful about the trans story that we have in Heartstopper.”