The Spencer Hamilton Blog

My Take: What the Two Shows Represent to Me Queer as Folk (2000-2005) and Looking (2015-16) and a movie QAF represents a larger than life, gay nucleus that as the person I am I didn't grow up in a gay neighborhood or have my life revolving around clubs. I also wasn't living on my own at the time and when I was, I was worrying more about getting myself established as household Looking for me represents a more subdued or practical kind of gayness. It showed what was normal by comparison to QAF. One episode mentioned rent control in San Francisco, it looked at dating your boss, open relationships, different ways we cope, and I would say that this show has its Brian Kinney. We see one guy that's no good at monogamy start to embrace it while we see a few people actually realize what works for them. The reasons I enjoy both for different reasons are a few 1. Looking is more real to life for me. While I know people like Dom that want to have his own business and are mak...

Queer as Folk was a groundbreaking for the time it debuted, a Republican President took over and the "Family Values Agenda" was enacted quickly. That usually means we don't like queers or any family outside of the suburban fantasy of a Father that worked and a Mother that kept up the house, which everyone knows is nearly impossible. I thought the show was amazing but there were also some things that rubbed wrong on me when I began to see the series with more mature eyes. So here are 5 likes and hates I have of the Queer as Folk Series (2000-2005) 5 Love: Groundbreaking When the performers read the script, they were a little taken aback by whether they were doing what the script entailed. It discussed rimming, frank depiction of gay male sexuality and a frankly underage kid doing what kids like to do, get laid. It showed us what gay life can look like: Gay bashings, HIV and relationships, bullying at school and a hostile school administration, parenting while gay, w...