Heartstopper alice oseman6/27/2023 ![]() “I kind of cry a little bit for who I was as that young person. “It’s wonderfully therapeutic and healing,” he says. Watching Heartstopper gives Gary a way to touch and feel that experience again, some 40 years later. For Gary, 59, the show is a catharsis for moments in his own life growing up gay, like when someone outed him to his family. Though Heartstopper centers high schoolers, people of all ages are reveling in the hopeful LGBTQ+ stories. “It sends the message that the best is possible,” Gary says. ![]() ![]() ![]() As the leader of an LGBTQ+ youth support group, Gary Kopycinski always tells his students: “Live for the best, prepare for the worst.” Enter Heartstopper, a Netflix show about British teenagers grappling with queer love, identity, friendship, and mental health. ![]()
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