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Contents:
- THE QUEER AS FOLK REBOOT IS PUTTG GAY ACTORS GAY ROL
- HOW QUEER AS FOLK BEME THE DEFG GAY TV SHOW OF A GENERATN—TWICE
- QUEER AS FOLK ST ON HONORG AND MORNIZG A GAY CLASSIC
THE QUEER AS FOLK REBOOT IS PUTTG GAY ACTORS GAY ROL
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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.
The seri, followg the liv of three gay men livg Manchter lnched back 1999. Created by future Doctor Who shownner Rsell T Davi, is still nsired one of the bt and most groundbreakg TV dramas ever, and even spawned an Amerin versn, which ran for five seasons om seri foced on highly sexually active Stuart, his long-time iend Vce and 15-year-old Nathan, who was new to the gay scene.
The show was both a realistic look at gay urban life the 1990s as well as a fantasy tale nstctg gay male what has the st been up to sce? Esther Hall (Romey)Rex Shutterstock//Channel 4In QAF, Esther played one half of a lbian uple who nceive a baby wh the help of their gay bt iend Stuart.
HOW QUEER AS FOLK BEME THE DEFG GAY TV SHOW OF A GENERATN—TWICE
From 2000 to 2005, Queer as Folk was Ameri's first TV seri to exclively foc on the liv and lov of gay and lbian characters. Along wh gut rol on Grey's Anatomy, Whout a Trace, CSI: Miami, The Closer and Bon, he produced Freeform's long-nng gay-iendly seri The Fosters. After two seasons as Diana Childs on the gay horror seri Dante's Cove, Gill starred films cludg Mulligans, The Boy She Met Onle, and Mother Country, and TV's disaster flick Stonados.
QUEER AS FOLK ST ON HONORG AND MORNIZG A GAY CLASSIC
Sce his QAF days, the out gay heartthrob has done memorable gut turns on shows cludg Hot Cleveland, Mike & Molly, and Happily Divorced.
Her post QAF films clu the genr-swap edy It's a Boy Girl Thg, and the gay p thriller Ice Blu. And the gay teen edy film Date and Swch. 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.
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