‘It’s a Sin’ Star Olly Alexander Hopes the New AIDS Drama Series Teaches Young Queer People ‘Where We’ve Come From’

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It’s hard to imagine now, but “Queer As Folk” wasn’t immediately embraced in all corners of the LGBT community. “I remember when we went to film on Canal Street — it’s the gay qu…

Davies’ latest project “It’s a Sin” takes places about 20 years before “Queer as Folk.” The five-episode series follows a group of gay friends during the early days of the AIDS epidemic., the lead singer of Years & Years, stars as Ritchie, a wannabe actor who moves to Manchester, where he finds friends, partying and a lot of sex.

Even so, Davies insisted on starting the series just before the onset of the then-mysterious illness. “I start in 1981, where there practically is no virus with a bunch of young people having a laugh,” Davies says. “They’re with their parents, they’re having fun, they’re having sex, the audience will be sitting there waiting for it. It’s like a cloud on the horizon.”

 

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Oh good. Just what the world needs. More faggitry in cinema.

But aren’t all superheroes pretty gay 🤷🏼‍♂️

who a superhero likes to bang has always been a central theme of successful comics and superhero movies 👍

I enjoyed Queer As Folk, loved the characters.

Why would gay men be happy with a slur being used in a show's title?

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