QUEER AS FOLK invites viewers to enter the world of Brian, Michael, Justin, Ben, Emmett, Ted, Lindsay, Melanie and Michael's eccentric mother Debbie. It's not West Hollywood, it's not the Castro and it's not Chelsea. It may be a small gay Main Street with a couple of bars, a club, a few shops and a diner - but its reverberations are universal. In its unapologetic celebration of life in varied forms, QUEER AS FOLK has paved the way for modern gay-themed television shows