Cast of queer as folk series#

Cast of queer as folk series#

вЂњIf it was a series about violence or bloodshed or guns, we wouldnвЂ™t be talking about it,вЂќ Clunie said. вЂњItвЂ™s interesting to me, the walls we still have to break down.вЂќД¬lunie said more understanding and learning is needed to accept shows depicting homosexuals.

вЂњWeвЂ™ve seen a lot of sex coming from men and women, but I guess when you do it with two men or two women all of a sudden people go, вЂOh, this is a porno,вЂ™вЂќ Clunie said. ItвЂ™s not an unusual thing.вЂќД¬lunie said sex on вЂњstraightвЂќ television shows is just as graphic as the sex on вЂњQueer as FolkвЂќ and shouldnвЂ™t be criticized. вЂњI think many gay men began their initiation into a gay life with older men. вЂњI think the story of Justin and Brian is a real one,вЂќ Lowel said. The audience was also critical of the amount of sex and nudity on screen, which includes full-frontal nudity and anal sex. вЂњThere is a danger in doing this kind of show in America.вЂќДЄudience members questioned one of the showвЂ™s story lines, which portrayed a teenage male with an older man. вЂњAs many doors as it is opening, and as much as it is eliminating a lot phobias, when youвЂ™re dealing with corporate America, you still have a long way to go, unfortunately,вЂќ Lowel said. Lowel said after he was cast on the show, he was asked not to appear in a series of commercials he was involved with before his work on вЂњQueer as Folk.вЂќ He said he felt the only reason he wasnвЂ™t asked to return was because of the show. вЂњI think weвЂ™ve all gone through a personal journey.вЂќ вЂњThe journey we have been through with the show is a microcosm of the journey that is going on in the world, with prejudice, with homophobia, with people not being comfortable with their sexuality,вЂќ said Clunie, who is part of a lesbian couple on the show. A Vice President of the Alumni Board of Directors, BU students and faculty, and Boston residents attended the event. вЂњI knew a lot of gay students when I was here, and I have no doubt that there are any number of gay students here now who need to be served the way any other member of the student body should be served,вЂќ he said.Д«eside the added Spectrum support, the cast told a packed Morse Auditorium of the difficulty acting in a вЂњgayвЂќ labeled show. Paige said the BU community today and eight years ago has a similarity: gay students. If BU would like to move itself into the 21st century, they need to recognize the world we live in, and protect every student who wishes to enroll here.вЂќ

вЂњIt seems to me that itвЂ™s an obvious, human right. вЂњOf course itвЂ™s gonna take a fight, I think,вЂќ Paige said after the event. BU alumnus Peter Paige, who plays Emmet on the show, Michelle Clunie (Melanie), Thea Gill (Lindsey) and Scott Lowel (Ted) signed the petition. Spectrum President Emily Lyman and Vice President Jasmine Gillen-Smith asked cast members to sign their petition.

While cast members of ShowtimeвЂ™s Queer as Folk discussed the effects of television homosexuality on America last night, Spectrum sought to gain more support in its fight to add sexual orientation to Boston UniversityвЂ™s nondiscrimination policy.