Queer As Folk chronicles the lives of a group of twenty-something gay friends as their lives and loves unfold, ambitions soar, passions collide, careers struggle, and fates conflict. They go to work, raise children, look forward to the weekend – and have a healthy interest in sex. The US series, based on and closely following the story of the ground-breaking British hit, relocates the action from Manchester to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a city as urban working class straight as it gets.
This brave, funny and sometimes graphic portrayal of a world not usually seen on television provides an intimate look at six homosexual men: Brian (Gale Harold), a lusty advertising executive; Michael (Hal Sparks); Michael’s HIV+ boyfriend Ben (Robert Gant); flamboyant Emmett (Peter Paige); Ted (Scott Lowell), a cyberporn-loving accountant; and Justin (Randy Harrison), a teenage art student obsessed with Brian. Rounding out the circle of friends are art teacher and new mother Lindsay (Thea Gill), and her lover, no-nonsense attorney Melanie (Michelle Clunie). And then there’s Michael’s cheery waitress mum Debbie (Sharon Gless).
http://www.sbs.com.au/queerasfolk/
Cast
Gale Harold - Brian Kinney
Hal Sparks - Michael Novotny
Randy Harrison - Justin Taylor
Peter Paige - Emmett Honeycutt
Scott Lowell - Theodore 'Ted' Schmidt
Thea Gill - Lindsay Peterson
Michelle Clunie - Melanie 'Mel' Marcus
Sharon Gless - Deborah 'Debbie' Jane Grassi Novotny
Sherry Miller - Jennifer Taylor
Jack Wetherall - Vic Grassi
Robert Gant - Professor Benjamin 'Ben' Bruckner
Makyla Smith - Daphne Chanders
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