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Queer as Folk

Queer as Folk

8,3 /10 (546 Votes)
2000 EN 5 Seasons

Overview

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.

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First air date

03/12/2000

Votes

546

Popularity

34.0

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Genres

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Created by

Daniel Lipman, Ron Cowen

Networks

Showtime

Language

EN

Last air date

2005-08-07

Episodes

83

Website

www.sho.com
Specials

Specials

32 episodes

Season 1

Season 1

22 episodes • 2000 • ⭐ 8,1

Focusing on the loves, careers, ambitions and relationships of a group of gay men and women, "Queer As Folk" is the crit…

Season 2

Season 2

20 episodes • 2002 • ⭐ 7,8

The second season of the groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed series continues to follow the lives of Brian, Michael,…

Season 3

Season 3

14 episodes • 2003 • ⭐ 8,3

Season three picks up where season two left off. Brian adjusts to his new life while Michael and Ben face the complexiti…

Season 4

Season 4

14 episodes • 2004 • ⭐ 6,9

The fourth season finds Brian, now broke and unemployed, attempting to rebuild his life. Michael returns to Pittsburgh t…

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kinrich30

2026-08-30

⭐ 8

The USA remake of a UK original series. This had quite a cast of characters revolving mostly around childhood friends, Brian and Michael, the latter of which had an unresolved crush on the former. It deals with many issues and stereotypes that LGBTQ+ people face. We also see them going through their own relationships and living their lives. There is also a lesbian couple that get an enormous amount of screen time as well. This was more in line with trying to portray a realistic look at the lives of LGBTQ+ people than it was in telling a romance, although there were several of them too, bu…

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