Queer as Folk: Created by Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman, Rsell T. Davi. Wh Michelle Clunie, Thea Gill, Gale Harold, Randy Harrison. Brash humor and genue emotn make up this seri revolvg around the liv, lov, ambns, reers and iendships of a group of gay men and women livg on Liberty Avenue ntemporary Ptsburgh, PA." data-id="ma
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THE QUEER AS FOLK REBOOT IS PUTTG GAY ACTORS GAY ROL
In 1999, Harrison land his first televisn actg gig, takg on the ma character of 17-year-old Jt Taylor, who is disowned by his parents after g out as gay. He quickly fds a new fay a group of gay men after fallg for Brian Kney. Paige plays Emmet "Queer as Folk, " and at first, he seems to be a feme gay stereotype, but as the seri progrs, Paige brgs layers to the plited and sensive character.
Earlier this year, the NBC-owned streamg platform Peack announced they would be rebootg the memorable ghts-era Showtime drama about a group of gay iends livg, lovg, and loathg Ptsburgh. Although Queer as Folk was a groundbreakg step forward for LGBTQ+ TV the year 2000, the show foced primarily on whe characters and st straight actors many gay so this time around!
In 2022, he was also announced as an executive producer on Sofia Coppola’s Fairyland adaptatn, starrg Geena Davis, Adam Lambert, and Cody Harrison (Jt Taylor)San Francis Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Imag/Hearst Newspapers/Getty ImagAs a teenager g to terms wh his own sexualy, Harrison was hungry for media that reflected his experience, and so he signed on to play Jt orr to “be a part of gay reprentatn on televisn. Off-screen, Gant also works as a gay life ach who enurag each client to live their “bt gay life. Seri of the same name, followed Michael and his iends — Brian (Gale Harold, 48), Emmett (Peter Paige, 48), Ted (Stt Lowell, 53), Jt (Randy Harrison, 40), Ldsay (Thea Gill, 48), and Melanie (Michelle Clunie, 48) — tacklg a panorama of issu relatg to gay life at the dawn of the new lennium.