Heartstopper’s Kit Connor ‘honoured’ to represent the B in LGBT with Nick Nelson: ‘Bisexuality has never been explored to this extent’
t’s a game-changing series for the LGBTQ+ community which has been brought up on tales of tragedy. LGBTQ+ storylines have been centred on trauma, even death – and that’s just looking back at the few that get told at all.
Heartstopper is about hope and explores all the wonderful corners of the LGBTQ+ community: Nick’s love interest Charlie is out, albeit after being forced out of the closest unwillingly, two lesbians help build Nick’s confidence and Elle is the Black trans teenager who moves from an all boy’s school to the neighbouring female comprehensive.
Through the course of eight episodes, after not being able to fully pinpoint his sexuality, with some time and research Nick realises that he’s bisexual.
While the bisexual population is potentially the largest out of the LGB or T, somehow it’s widely overlooked in mainstream storytelling.
