Brash humor and genuine emotion make up this original series revolving around the lives, loves, ambitions, careers and friendships of a group of gay men and women living on Liberty Avenue in contemporary Pittsburgh, PA. The show offers an unapologetic look at modern, urban gay and lesbian lives while addressing the most critical health and political issues affecting the community. Sometimes racy, sometimes sensitive and always straight to the heart, Queer As Folk is groundbreaking television at its best.
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I’d only ever seen the British version and now i’m seriously binge watching this entire US version. It’s funny, moving and eye-opening. One thing is maybe too much simulated sex lol but it carries political messages that are still as current today as they were back in 2000-2005. I’m surprised they kept the name as it stems from a British saying “Nowt queer as folk” which I doubt many Americans would have heard, from before gay and queer meant homosexual, meaning ‘There’s nothing as strange as people’.
Can we have the British one too by any chance?
Just finished all 83 episodes and literally have fallen in love with these characters. The British one was brilliant, I saw it in 1999 when it aired, but this far, far surpasses that. It’s gone into each person in a much deeper sense. Brian starts off as a thoroughly dislikable person and becomes someone who you can’t help but respect and love. Justin is just adorable from start to finish. Others who I was indifferent about at the start like Emmit, become very significant as the story unfolds and captured my heart. Michael and his mum are so funny and warm they melted my heart from the beginning. It’s beautiful to see love being expressed in so many different ways and from so many viewpoints. All in all this show is and edgey, gritty and an insiteful, hard look at prejudice and how it affects those experiencing it.
I’m going out on a limb to say, this is the best series I have ever seen. 11/10 *