5/31/2023 0 Comments Queer as folk gay sceneI grew up in the centre of Stockport, and Queer As Folk was set just seven miles away, on Canal Street (“Anal Street”, my peers would snigger), the heart of Manchester’s LGBT community. Being gay seemed to me to be a mishmash of the threat of Aids, not being “a man”, dying alone, and a lifetime of misery and rejection. ![]() A vision of a supposedly normal future life – wife, kids – was being snatched away, with no clear desirable alternative. Any thoughts of same-sex attraction were met with an oh-God-please-not-this panic. When Queer As Folk was first televised, 20 years ago, I was a closeted 14-year-old who was, frankly, desperate not to be gay.
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