October Faction's Aurora Burghart on playing Viv Allen (twin of out & proud gay high schooler Geoff)

IDW Entertainment’s October Faction Season 1 is now streaming on Netflix at Netflix.com/OctoberFaction. The Queer Review‘s editor James Kleinmann spoke exclusively with one of its stars, Aurora Burghart. She plays Viv Allen on the show, the twin sister of out and proud gay high schooler Geoff (Gabriel Darku). In the wide-ranging interview, Aurora praises how Geoff’s sexuality is handled in Season 1, “It’s probably one of my favourite things about the show. Geoff is accepted for who he is, completely and wholly with no caveats. By his family, at least. Also, in terms of visibility and representation, Geoff’s a young man, who’s brown, who’s gay — and I hope there are people out there in the world who watch the show and feel seen.” The interview also explores how her character responds to discovering powers within, the #MeToo resonances of one of the season’s storylines she’s involved in, experiencing being bullied while at school in London, the show’s deeper messages, where she’d like to see her character go next and her favourite high school set movies. Head to TheQueerReview.com to read our exclusive with Aurora Burghart.

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