The Proper Full-On Gay Podcast - A Heartstopper Podcast

Joining Jamie this week for a Proper Full-On Gay Crisis are Joe Walsh and Dierdre McPoland from the Rainbow Project.  We chat our way through Heartstopper Chapter 3 - Kiss and talk about Deirdres experiences as a parent of her queer son.  Joe tells us about the work of the Rainbow Project and their Family Ties programme which supports the family members of queer youth across Northern ireland.  

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Episode Descroption from Wikipedia:  

Nick, Kit Connor, is invited to his friend Harry Greene's 16th birthday party. He  invites Charlie, Joe Locke, who accepts. Tao is unhappy that Nick has been causing  his and Charlie's friendship to become more distant. At the party, Harry  and his group try to set Nick up with Tara. Tara comes out to Nick, who  tells off Harry after he makes fun of Charlie. Imogen Heaney, one of  Nick's friends, tells Nick she likes him. Charlie tells Ben to leave him  alone. Nick and Charlie go to a secluded room, where they kiss; Nick is  dumbfounded and leaves after he hears Harry looking for him. Though  heartbroken, Charlie is surprised to see Nick at his doorstep the next  day in the pouring rain.

About Heartstopper:

Heartstopper is a British coming-of-age romantic comedy television series on Netflix, adapted from the webcomic and graphic novel of the same name by Alice Oseman. Written by Oseman herself, the series primarily tells the story of Charlie Spring (Joe Locke), a gay schoolboy who falls in love with classmate Nick Nelson (Kit Connor), whom he sits next to in his new form. It also explores the lives of Tao (William Gao), Elle (Yasmin Finney), Tara (Corinna Brown) and Darcy (Kizzy Edgell).

About the Rainbow Project:

Established by a group of volunteers in 1994, The Rainbow Project is a  health organisation that works to improve the physical, mental &  emotional health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,  queer, intersex and asexual people and their families in Northern  Ireland.  Discover more at https://properfullongaycrisis.com

About Proper Full-On Gay Crisis

Proper  Full-On Gay Crisis is an LGBTQIA+ podcast which draws inspiration from  Alice Oseman’s graphic novels & Netflix series Heartstopper.

Each week guest hosts from  the UK & Irelands leading LGBTQIA+ Youth Organisations join the  show to relive favourite Heartstopper moments and  bring the experiences  of our favourite characters to life in the real world.

We explore the challenges  that queer youth overcome and talk about the work that our partner  organisations do to support young people across the UK & Ireland.

Welcome to our the first ever Proper Full-On Gay Podcast!  This week Jamie is joined by guests hosts Ali Kerr and Zac Ryan from LGBT Youth Scotland. We chat about Heartstopper Chapter One touching on Charlie’s relationship with Ben, his growing friendship with Nick and the important role played by Mr Ajayi. Zac tells his humbling and inspiring story about coming out as a trans young person to his music teacher at school and we take inspiration from the show and discuss significant themes like domestic abuse in queer relationships; the legacy of section 28 and the importance of queer representation in education. 

Episode Description From Wikipedia:  

Truham Grammar High School student Charlie Spring, played by Joe Locke, is in a secret relationship with Ben Hope, played by Sebastian Croft. In his new form, Charlie, is assigned to sit next to Nick Nelson, played by Kit Connor, a rugby player for whom he develops feelings. They become friends, though Charlie is unsure of Nick's sexuality. Nick invites him to join the rugby team, and he accepts. After seeing Ben kissing a girl and realising his own unhappiness in the relationship, Charlie tells Ben he does not want to meet up anymore. Later, Charlie reluctantly meets with Ben again, who forcibly kisses him but is fended off by Nick. Meanwhile, one of Charlie's friends, Elle Argent, played by Yasmin Finney, has moved to Higgs Girls School after coming out as a transgender girl.  

Crisis support in the UK

 Switchboard – LGBT+ helpline. Call 0300 330 0630 – available 10am-11pm every day and for online chat and email service at https://switchboard.lgbt 

Childline – helpline for children and young people. Call 0800 11 11 at any time of the day or night to speak to a counsellor  

Samaritans – helpline. Call 08456 90 90 90 at any time of the day or night for emotional support and befriending in complete confidence 

Crisis support in the United States  

The Trevor Project - providing information & support to LGBTQ 
young people 24/7, all year round at ttps://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/  

If you live in the United States you can text ‘START’ to 678-678 or call 1-866-488-7386