In the first episode of the new SBS series Latecomers, two characters discuss their mutual virginity. They are both single, both have cerebral palsy, and are chatting in a cluttered sharehouse while listening to their carers have sex in the other room.
Sarah (Hannah Diviney), who is studying the intersectionality of disability and sex in literature at university, feels resigned to her exclusion from the dating market: “I’ve read enough about the subject to know that it’s not going to happen for me,” she tells Frank (Angus Thompson). So in an act of chivalry, Frank asks her if she’d like to see a real-life naked man, before making enough commotion that both carers are forced to run out the bedroom stark nude. As meet-cutes go, this is a pretty unique one.
