Netflix’s "Boots" is a coming-of-age series inspired by Greg Cope White’s memoir, "The Pink Marine." Here’s what to know about the real story and the biggest changes from the book.

For much of U.S. history, being homosexual was illegal in the Marine Corps and all other branches of the U.S. military.

" [The season has been] this beautiful story of self-discovery and growth and bonding and brotherhood," Heizer tells Gold Derby. "All of a sudden this harsh reality hits. If there were a Season 2, ...

These are the 10 most significant changes Netflix's Boots made to the bestselling memoir The Pink Marine by Greg Cope White.

1975: The San Diego amphibious assault ship USS Okinawa helps evacuate refugees from the U.S. Embassy during the fall of ...

"We ended up having this sort of phantom boot camp experience where we really did [bond]," Heizer shares. "I think part of ...

The author and former marine served the country in the closet. Now, amid Pete Hegseth’s anti-L.G.B.T.Q. military mission, ...

Boots is a dramedy about a closeted teenager who enlists in the U.S. Marine Corps in the 1990s. The Netflix series was ...

Inspired by Greg Cope White's memoir "The Pink Marine," the Netflix series features a gay teen in boot camp at a time when ...

Produced by the late Norman Lear, 'Boots' follows Cameron (Miles Heizer) as he goes through Marine Corps boot camp as a gay ...

Based on the memoir 'The Pink Marine,' 'Boots' is an uplifting military comedy coming to Netflix this October.

The year is 1990, and Cope, played by Miles Heizer (“Parenthood,” “13 Reasons Why”), is a young gay man terrified of being ...