Heartstopper cast troll pathetic anti-LGBTQ+ protesters with joyous dance at Pride in London

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The cast of Heartstopper have rebuffed hateful anti-LGBTQ+ protestors with a joyous dance while marching at Pride in London.

The cast of Netflix’s beloved LGBTQ+ drama Heartstopper – including Joe Locke, Jenny Walser, Kit Connor, Sebastian Croft, Tobie Donovan, Corinna Brown and Kizzy Edgell – were spotted among the throngs of people attending the Pride celebrations in London on Saturday (2 July).

The stars also helped out a young Pride in London attendee who encountered bigoted protestors at the event. A video, shared on Twitter by Sky News journalist Scott Beasley, showed several anti-LGBTQ+ protestors pulling on a young person’s arm as they stood outside the parade partitions. 

Locke, Croft and Brown defiantly danced, waved the middle finger and loudly sang along to Whitney Houston’s hit “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)” in front of the hateful group. 

The stars of Heartstopper absolutely loving it as anti-LGBT protesters are challenged by a young Pride supporter #Pride pic.twitter.com/7uUwaG9MXW

— Scott Beasley (@SkyScottBeasley) July 2, 2022

The Heartstopper stars were met with cheers and thunderous claps from people in the parade as a result of the powerful moment. Croft even blew some kisses while Locke continued to bounce and flip the anti-LGBTQ+ group the bird before they both rejoined the march.

Elsewhere in the parade, Connor carried Locke on his back as they walked along the parade route behind a giant Pride flag. The scene was very reminiscent of a Heartstopper doodle that Alice Oseman created for Pride in 2019 that depicted Nick carrying Charlie, who was wearing a colourful flag, on his back. 

Locke told the BBC that today is his first Pride ever and said it was “such an honour” to be celebrating “being queer when the world might not be so accepting”. 

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“It’s very, very surreal for me,” he said.

Needless to say, fans were absolutely here for the Heartstopper cast’s show of support for the LGBTQ+ community at Pride in London. 

joe locke and sebastian croft singing dancing and flipping off homophobes at pride is exactly what the world needed pic.twitter.com/twjXgMwM1H

— zoe