Kit Connor has been forced to come out after being spotted with his alleged girlfriend and accused of 'queerbaiting'.
will refuse to label his sexuality when asked in interviews. Immediately, they’re accused of ‘queerbaiting’ – that is, appropriating queer culture in order to benefit from the apparent social and marketing value of certain elements of queerness – and labelled as ‘problematic’, all before anyone thinks to ask whether they might just beToday, it happened to 18-year-old Heartstopper actor Kit Connor, who was forced to come out on Twitter after accusations of ‘queerbaiting’ stormed social media.
But with Connor’s portrayal of Nick came questions and assumptions about the actor’s own sexuality. After the actor was spotted holding hands with Argentine American actor Maia Reficco, fans on TikTok accused him of ‘queerbaiting’ for dating a woman when they, in fact, assumed he only dated men. The idea that he could be bisexual was seemingly erased from any conversations.That’s the problem with ‘queerbaiting’ accusations – they often presumes queerness is binary.
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