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See the Queer as Folk cast reunite for the first time in 13 years

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The cast of Queer as Folk | Photo: Instagram @entertainmentweekly

The cast and executive producers of a defining and groundbreaking show for the gay community, Queer as Folk, reunited for the first time in 13 years.

Entertainment Weekly brought them all together 13 years after the series finale.

First premiering at the end of 2000, Queer as Folk was an American-Canadian production based on the British series of the same name by Russell T Davies. The show portrayed the lives of mostly gay man in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Queer as Folk cast

Queer as Folk cast | Photo: Instagram @entertainmentweekly

Though now dated in some of its representation and diversity, Queer as Folk offered a breadth of issues facing the gay community in a much more candid way than any other shows were doing at the time.

It was developed and written by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman and lasted for five seasons.

The reunion included the entire man cast, including the five main men: Hal Sparks as Michael, Gale Harold as Brian, Randy Harrison as Justin, Peter Paige as Emmett, and Scott Lowell as Ted.

Also included at the reunion was Michelle Clunie (Melanie), Thea Gill (Lindsay), Robert Gant (Ben), and Sharon Gless (Debbie).

‘It’s family’

EW also released a behind-the-scenes look at the reunione and photoshoot.

Clunie said of the cast and their experience, still to this day: ‘It’s family.’

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‘I think it’s actually so thrilling to know that young gay people are watching the show,’ says Cowen.

‘Cause they didn’t grow up with all the stuff that we were dealing with at the turn of the 21st Century. … So they come to the show with a very different point of view.’

He adds the one similarity among fans, regardless of age, is that the show made them feel seen and no longer alone.

Queer as Folk cast

The core four | Photo: Instagram @entertainmentweekly

Paige acknowledges times have changed. ‘God knows the clothes and hairstyles have changed,’ he says, before continuing.

‘But the emotional stories are eternal, they’re the same stories Shakespeare was writing about. I often say people come for the queer and stay for the folk.’

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