![]() To get your own copy directly, support queer media and subscribe - or download yours for Amazon, Kindle, Nook, or Apple News. Based on musicians Tegan and Sara Quin’s best-selling memoir, High School is a story about finding your own identitya journey made even more complicated when you have a twin whose own struggle and self-discovery so closely mimics your own. High School follows Tegan (Railey Gilliland) and Sara (Seazynn Gilliland) as they navigate sexuality, sisterhood, and music, all while trying to survive high school in the mid-1990s. This story is part of The Advocate's 2022 People of the Year issue, which is out on newsstands November 1. To see the cover and full story, check out. It paints a picture of a very specific time and tells a universal story of confronting those confusing, painful, and often exquisitely beautiful adolescent years. High School weaves in various perspectives including that of the girls' parents and friends. Helmed by director and queer icon Clea DuVall (of But I'm a Cheerleader and The Happiest Season fame), it stars newcomers (and twins) Railey and Seazynn Gilliland as Tegan and Sara, respectively.īoth in the book and the series, all the internal turmoil is set against the backdrop of '90s culture, complete with grunge, raves, and one of the greatest musical soundtracks of all time (the show kicks off with Hole's "She Walks on Me" and the hits just keep coming). To get your own copy directly, support queer media and subscribe - or download yours for Amazon, Kindle, Nook, or Apple News.The musicians expounded on these experiences in their 2019 memoir, High School, a story that's now been adapted for TV and premiered this fall on Amazon Freevee. This story is part of The Advocate’s 2022 People of the Year issue, which is out on newsstands November 1. “Having twin sisters whom you assume would do everything together, really going through the same thing at the same time and not connecting with each other about it really speaks to how singular the coming-out journey is,” DuVall says. So you’re just like Is this OK?”Īs High School demonstrates, that can be isolating, even with an ally seemingly in the same room. Oftentimes, when you did hear anything about gay people, it was negative. you weren’t even sure what that meant because there was so little visibility, because there weren’t a lot of discussions about it. And there’s the assumption made of 'You guys are best friends, you tell each other everything.' There was something about being queer at that time, at least for me," she adds. “Their story was so interesting because they’re twin sisters living in the same house. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. ![]() The moment that you have what you want, and you’re not totally ready for it, you become obsessed with the idea that you don’t deserve it. Every time I fall in love I become absolutely, pathologically obsessed. That’s the thing about success and happiness. Never before had I ever read or seen or heard of anything that resembled my experience.” Quotes tagged as 'tegan-and-sara' Showing 1-30 of 188. Over the course of the season, they slowly break down their emotional walls, allowing themselves to become more vulnerable both to each other and the girls they’re crushing on. She muses, “Then to also, for the first time, read something that I really connected to in terms of what my coming of age was like. As 15-year-old Tegan and Sara, respectively, identical twins Seazynn and Railey Gilliland do a fine job conveying the sisters’ attempts to guard their true feelings. The aesthetic of the series bears the mark of the ‘90s grunge. ![]() ADVERTISEMENT High School takes place in 1995 when Tegan and Sara are fifteen years old. ![]() Sara and Tegan are portrayed by actors Railey and Seazynn Gilliland, who were discovered on TikTok. “That was powerful to read … to hear those thoughts and feelings articulated in such a vulnerable way was really moving.” The first shot of Amazon’s new TV series High School. “I felt when they were writing the book, they really tried to tap into the experiences of themselves then and not as the adults looking back on it - really trying to get back into those feelings as they were feeling them in real-time at that time,” she says. While DuVall and the Quins had been close when she read their memoir, it still resonated with her in ways she hadn’t experienced before. DuVall met The Quins (who released their first album Under Feet Like Ours the same year But I’m a Cheerleader was released) at one of their concerts about 15 years ago but became good friends a few years later when they were all in Vancouver, DuVall says.
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