She came out in 1991 and previously served as national secretary on the board of NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists. And yet I am sitting in my house with my family, holding back tears while watching "Heartstopper," the queer teen love story I didn't know I needed. It's an innocent love story that so many of my out peers and I wish we had had growing up. There were no Buzzfeed quizzes or social media influencers to tell me what I always knew to be true. They became my own #Heartstopper crowd -- my Darcy, Tara, Tao and Isaac -- and I loved them for supporting me and really saving my life.

Source: CNN June 05, 2022 01:32 UTC