As Vanity Fair puts it, 'the new Queer As Folk gets bogged down in tragedy,' specifically a fictionalised shooting that intentionally echoes the tragic Orlando Pulse shooting that took place in 2016.īut we would argue that their description of the show is far too reductive. But today, in 2022, it's obvious that 'queer' can and should encompass so much more than just the experiences of white, cisgender gay men.Ĭue Stephen Dunn's revolutionary new version of Queer As Folk, which is very much rooted in the here and now.įor some, the reboot is almost too current. And, of course, she's absolutely right.īack in 1999, Queer As Folk was truly groundbreaking, from its focus on LGBTQ+ characters to its unabashed love of queer sex.
'There's no one way to be queer,' says Jesse James Keitel, the star of 2022's Queer As Folkreboot.
