Queer As Folk

ilovemuscle1234 · #1 June 3rd, 2004, 05:19 PM

I highly recommend this show...

ROBERT GANT is great muscle eye candy!

Robert Gant flexes for his boyfriend

arpeejay · #2 June 3rd, 2004, 09:32 PM

Nice arms!

rpj

NYCmscl4mscl · #3 August 18th, 2004, 07:39 PM

Thanks--I missed that episode!--would love to see a clip!

vlad · #4 August 18th, 2004, 11:21 PM

watching that show is such a great outlet for me to vent my pent-up sexual feelings to the few who know about my orientation...the hot guys don't hurt either

ottomun6 · #5 August 19th, 2004, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by vlad

watching that show is such a great outlet for me to vent my pent-up sexual feelings to the few who know about my orientation...the hot guys don't hurt either

Yeah, I think most of the gay community feels the same way. Its great to see other gay men and gay interaction, it makes you feel like you are part of a group.

Corwin · #6 August 20th, 2004, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ottomun6

Yeah, I think most of the gay community feels the same way. Its great to see other gay men and gay interaction, it makes you feel like you are part of a group.

Since I live in Pittsburgh, I end up spending much of the time yelling at the TV about stupid inaccuracies they make (like the names of the 3 rivers -- GET A MAP!). I also find the stories contrived and for the most part unrealistic.

ottomun6 · #7 August 20th, 2004, 05:29 PM

Sorry Corwin, didn't mean to strike a nerve

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I think we all know that the stories are unrealistic, but it still helps to see some type of gay subculture on TV (as opposed to the endless straight stories).
I still look forward to QAF as a momentary break from the real world that is still homophobic.
(Yes, I know the scenes of two gay men holding hands as they walk down the hallway of a highschool and not attracting attention is real Fantasy island material

)
But hey, eventually someone will put out a down to earth TV series about gay life... eventually.

Corwin · #8 August 20th, 2004, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ottomun6

Sorry Corwin, didn't mean to strike a nerve

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I think we all know that the stories are unrealistic, but it still helps to see some type of gay subculture on TV (as opposed to the endless straight stories).
I still look forward to QAF as a momentary break from the real world that is still homophobic.
(Yes, I know the scenes of two gay men holding hands as they walk down the hallway of a highschool and not attracting attention is real Fantasy island material

)
But hey, eventually someone will put out a down to earth TV series about gay life... eventually.

Heh... you didn't strike a nerve -- Queer as Folk did. Robert Gant is campaigning for Kerry, and I saw him at the Democratic Convention. I refrained from going up to him and saying, "I'm from Pittsburgh...". Now, making a fool of myself in front of Chrissy Gephardt, that's a different story...

ps. Bobby Gant is about my height and didn't look much more buff than me (has better arms though)

CanadianGordon · #9 August 21st, 2004, 02:10 PM

Basically I live near Toronto where they film QAF. I'm not surprised at the inaccuracies of the writers. All they have to do is ASK. But heaven forbid they ask anyone around their little circle.

I'd love for the "adopted" hiv+ teen hooker to be written out of the series.
I'm tired of him. I WANT MORE SEX! MORE MUSCLE!
I love Sharon Gless though.
I've seen her in person several times at the theatre I work at.
And various other QAF cast members as well.
They are quite cute in person.

G.

#10 August 22nd, 2004, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Corwin

...I also find the stories contrived and for the most part unrealistic.

I have to agree, I've been out for decades and thought I'd figured out how to be gay and real too. I had a friend who was addicted to the show and had me watch it with him. I just couldn't get into it. Contrived is a good word. Now we're going to have a whole generation of kids that are going to think you have to have all that soap opera mentality to be gay. TV, I can live without it.

Corwin · #11 August 22nd, 2004, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by LeatherGryphon

Now we're going to have a whole generation of kids that are going to think ....

that Pittsburgh is a cool place to be.... ::shudder

I did think Matt Battaglia was HOT (especially the sex scenes)!

Scott

Mdlftr · #12 August 23rd, 2004, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Corwin

that Pittsburgh is a cool place to be.... ::shudder

I did think Matt Battaglia was HOT (especially the sex scenes)!

Scott

Well, I grew up there, and I had no IDEA that Pgh. was such a "hip and happening" place.

First it was Jennifer Beale in "Flashdance", working in the steel mill during the day, dancing in a bar that looked like the set of a Busby Berkeley musical at night (on the unfashionable South side of the river) and preparing her audition for the Pgh. Ballet Academy (filmed in Carnegie Museum, which is more famous for 19th c. impressionist paintings and dinosaurs, thank you!). Now, this show, which, I admit, I've never seen. The whole concept is so wildly at odds compared to anything I ever knew or heard about the city that it strikes me as typical Hollywood counterintuitive programming, along the lines of "Amish in the City" or some such.

Still, people watch it, which is all that the producers want.

My two grumpy hometown cents,

Mdlftr