Since the summer of 2022, the most hyped group at the London Pride parade has been the glass-skinned Heartstopper clan — stars of Netflix’s wildly popular LGBTQIA+ high school drama, which has now clocked up more than 150 million total viewing hours across its three acclaimed seasons.
To many of the teens who made the pilgrimage on Saturday, July 5, taking the train from their corner of the country in order to congregate in our capital and get a taste of the gay fun of it all, the cast of this show are godlike: the characters helped them better understand themselves, making the world feel a little less lonely.
