Heartstopper star Kit Connor came out as bisexual amid accusations of queerbaiting and slammed his critics for "forcing an 18 year old to out himself" in response to the hurtful allegations.
Heartstopper明星基特康纳在被指控为同性恋者时以双性恋的身份出现，并抨击他的批评者“强迫一个 18 岁的孩子离开自己”以回应这些伤害性的指控。
 
Kit Connor came out as bisexual—though not on his own accord.
基特康纳 以双性恋的身份出现——尽管不是他自愿的。
 
On Oct. 31, the Heartstopper star called out social media users who had been accusing him of queerbaiting, a term used to describe people who lean into suspicion that they may be queer in hopes of attracting attention and publicity. In a tweet, Connor slammed the allegations and wrote, "i'm bi. congrats for forcing an 18 year old to out himself."
10 月 31 日，这位Heartstopper明星呼吁社交媒体用户指责他在做 queerbaiting，这个词用来形容那些倾向于怀疑自己可能是 queer 以希望引起关注和宣传的人。在一条推文中，康纳猛烈抨击这些指控并写道：“我是双性恋。恭喜你强迫一个 18 岁的孩子离开自己。”
 
The British actor—who plays Nick Nelson, a teen coming to terms with his sexuality, on Heartstopper—also noted, "i think some of you missed the point of the show. bye."
这位英国演员——在《 Heartstopper 》中扮演一个正在接受自己性取向的青少年尼克·尼尔森——也指出，“我认为你们中的一些人错过了节目的重点。再见。”
 
Connor's tweet comes five months after he confronted the allegations online. "twitter is so funny man," he tweeted on May 2. "apparently some people on here know my sexuality better than I do."
康纳的推文是在他在网上面对这些指控五个月后发布的。“推特真是个有趣的人，”他在 5 月 2 日发推文说。“显然这里有些人比我更了解我的性取向。”
 
Later that month, the His Dark Materials alum called the queerbaiting accusations "mean" and defended his choice to keep his sexuality private.
那个月晚些时候，他的黑暗材料校友称这些对同性恋的指控“卑鄙”，并为他选择将自己的性取向保密的选择进行了辩护。
 
"I'm perfectly confident and comfortable in my sexuality, but...I'm not too big on labels and things like that," he shared on the Reign with Josh Smith podcast. "I don't feel like I need to label myself, especially not publicly."
“我对自己的性取向非常自信和自在，但是……我 不太喜欢标签 和类似的东西，”他在 Reign 与 Josh Smith 播客中分享。“我觉得我不需要给自己贴标签，尤其是不要公开。”
 
Connor also said that it was "strange" for people to make speculations about him and his Heartstopper co-star Joe Locke, who also plays a queer character.
康纳还表示，人们猜测他和他的《  Heartstopper 》 联合主演 乔·洛克（Joe Locke ）是“奇怪的” ，后者也扮演了一个酷儿角色。
 
"To start speculating about our sexualities and pressuring us to come out when maybe we're not ready," he continued, "I feel like that's a very interesting, slightly problematic assumption to make."
“开始猜测我们的性取向，并 在我们可能还没有准备好时向我们施压 ，”他继续说，“我觉得这是一个非常有趣的假设，有点问题。”
 
Amid the accusations, Connor announced in September that he was stepping away from Twitter.
在这些指控中，康纳在 9 月宣布他将离开 Twitter。
 
"this is a silly silly app," he tweeted on Sept. 12. "bit bored of it now, deleting twitter."
“这是一个愚蠢的应用程序，”他 在 9 月 12 日发推文说。“现在有点无聊，删除推特。”