Seeing this kind of backlash had given me cause for concern as it seemed that gay people were never meant to have a happy life. Smaller homosexual stories on screen in soap operas like Eastenders and Brookside had been met with outrage by both the media and the public.
Davies’ show Queer As Folk first aired on UK television screens in 1999 I was a closeted 13-year-old who had never seen anything solely dedicated to being gay on TV. This week Martin Hearn looks at Queer as Folk. June is Pride Month and here at 25YL, we want to look at TV and Film that made us proud with their representation of LGBTQ issues and themes.
