Not about the queer, not about the folk, not about he drama. At first, I was a little reluctant watching the show. I thought 'Just sex', which, was fine. I had just came out of the closet, to myself, and I was exploring about the real gay world. But then, I had my eyes open wide, looking at the screen, thinking that i didn't want to be part of the gay community. Going out at night, I discovered that the world had changed a little bit for me, I saw things I didn't before. And there it was, the world Queer as Folk showed me, right there, under my nose. My boyfriend said to me that Queer as Folk was all about the sex, drugs, promiscuity. Reaching the finale of season one, I realized the show did not entice the use of drugs, nor the excessive sex, but the other way around. If you read between the lines of the show, you can see that it is all about warnings. As matter of fact, the characters develop and the environment itself develops, so if you only saw the first season, you can't draw conclusions. Yes, in this show we can find sex and drugs, but we can also find love, family, political issues, health-related issues, and so on. It is not just a show. It teaches the people about that dark and cruel world that is the homosexual community, and when you look closer, it's not that dark and gloomy, but rather colorful and happy, even with all the enemies it has.
Thank you, Queer as Folk, for teaching me how to be a better gay man.
Thank you, Queer as Folk, for teaching me how to be a better gay man.