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Jonathan Bailey Uses New Spotlight to Champion Safety for LGBTQ+ Pupils in UK Schools

The Sexiest Man Alive spotlights Just Like Us findings of elevated mental-health risks alongside widespread bullying among 11–18s.

Overview

  • In a Sky News interview during his Wicked: For Good press tour, Bailey used his platform to promote the UK charity Just Like Us.
  • He is a patron of the organisation, which works in British schools to support LGBTQ+ young people.
  • Bailey described feeling afraid, isolated and constrained as a gay schoolboy, saying such support would have helped him.
  • Just Like Us reports LGBTQ+ 11–18-year-olds are twice as likely to experience anxiety, depression and bullying, with only about half feeling safe at school each day.
  • He said he cannot resolve the wider issues alone but intends to play a small part by elevating the charity’s work.