Be still my heart! ❤️🔥 Introducing our August 2023 cover stars, JoeLocke and KitConnor. The 19-year-old stars of Netflix's romance series Heartstopper open up about navigating fame, celebrating queer joy, and finding their place, together. ✨
But managing star-powered social interactions is nothing compared with navigating your private life as it becomes public. After season one, Connor’s early dalliance with internet fame was plagued by accusations of queer-baiting, which led him to come out as bisexual on Twitter in October, what he calls a “reflex” and “a very human thing.” But he doesn’t regret it. “Back for a minute. I’m bi,” he wrote. “Congrats for forcing an 18 year old to out himself.
Connor is so much more than that tweet, more than the sexuality he never wanted labeled in public, more than the character we see onscreen. “If people can take something positive out of it, if it's benefited anyone, then that's great,” he says. Perhaps now that there is a label for that, the world can find other words to describe him: diligent, reflective, kind.
Locke points out that he’s never actually labeled his sexuality in an interview. “People have assumed and written it," he says, "and I haven't ever corrected anyone because I haven't felt the need to. But I've never specifically stated my sexuality.” Case in point: Locke pulls up a recent tweet made by an internet troll, sent to him by a friend as a “good morning message.” Locke forwarded it to Connor with the note, “Saw this and thought it might make your day brighter.”
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