What can you tease our readers about "Queer as Folk"?
"Queer as Folk" is an explosion of queer joy. It is sexy. It is vibrant. It is exciting. It is messy. You will be screaming with joy and crying. You'll be laughing and rolling your eyes. One of my favorite things about the show is that as you watch it, you have this vested interest in these characters, so much so that even their bad decisions make you want to shake them. It's a wild ride.
One thing I love is that the characters feels so real. How would you say this series differs from the original "Queer as Folk" [iterations] so many years ago?
The two originals are so iconic and important and groundbreaking, and I think about how they could have been that impactful to so many people. They only showed really, relatively, one aspect of humanity or the queer experience. When you broaden the spectrum to ours and you see people of different ethnic backgrounds, different physical capabilities, different genders, and we get to tell those stories and you place it New Orleans of all places, it is like, "How much more impactful will it be for people who've never felt themselves to be seen?" It's something that I am so excited about.
We're [in the middle of] Pride Month today. Why do you think that this series is so important still today?
The series is so important because as much as I would like to say that we've made it, we're all here, there's still work to be done. Think this show is a monumental win in that work, and my hope with our show is that it will inspire more people to create, more people to do more, CEOs and networks to approve queer content that is being created. That's what's important.
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