Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey ran the Hackney Half Marathon to boost cash for LGBTQ charity Simply Like Us. (Instagram)
Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey has raised greater than £30,000 for LGBTQ+ youth charity Simply Like Us after working the Hackney Half Marathon in London on Sunday (19 Might).
Greater than 20,000 runners took half within the 13.1-mile race, setting off from Hackney Marshes and passing alongside the Regent’s Canal and thru London Fields, earlier than looping again to complete line.
Amongst them was out homosexual actor and soon-to-be Heartstopper star Bailey, who smashed previous his goal objective of elevating £25,000 for a charity devoted to enhancing the lives of queer younger folks within the UK.
Simply Like Us supplies an envoy programme for queer youth, coaching them on find out how to increase consciousness of LGBTQ+ points in colleges, and serving to to forestall the bullying of queer pupils.
Writing on Instagram, the actor, additionally seen in hit Netflix present Bridgerton, mentioned: “Ninety-one per cent of homosexual LGBTQ+ youngsters in colleges hear homophobic and transphobic slurs.”
And on his fundraising web page, he wrote: “I’ve met a few of [the charity’s] younger ambassadors who go into colleges, speaking about their private journeys with popping out, allyship and serving to cease bullying. They impressed me to change into a patron of this excellent charity.”
The charity wants “our assist”, Bailey added.
Donors and supporters thanked Bailey for “elevating cash and consciousness for such an necessary trigger”, including: “Let’s make it so no future generations expertise [bullying].”
‘I want they’d been round after I was in school’
Others commented: “Properly accomplished for working in that warmth, you might be superb. Simply Like Us will do unimaginable issues with this cash, I want they’d been round after I was in school.”
Final December, Bailey, who has mentioned knew he was homosexual on the age of 11, spoke out in help of trans youth, describing the “torment” they endure as their lives are put up for debate.
Earlier this month, the actor confirmed that he’ll play the lead function in new dinosaur journey Jurassic World 4.