This series is principally the story of five gay men:
Brian, Michael, Justin, Emmett, Ted, and a lesbian couple,
Lindsay and Melanie. The show is noted for its relative
frankness in its depiction of gay lifestyles and sex.
A disclaimer, " Queer as Folk is a celebration of
the lives and passions of a group of gay friends. It is
not meant to reflect all of gay society" appears
before each episode. The series won the GLAAD Media Award
for Outstanding Drama Series, 2001. Brian is a handsome,
29-year old advertising executive with a voracious sexual
appetite. Raised by a carousing, alcoholic father and
a devoutly Catholic mother, he lives a self-contained/centered
lifestyle and prefers the honesty of lust to the dishonesty
(and vulnerability) he perceives in love and romance.
Michael, also just turning 30, is his best friend since
childhood, and begins the series working at a retail store
called The Big Q.
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