I think I have a problem. For 10 years I have been absolutely sure that “I don’t like boys like that”. Now, I think I should pull the “shades of gray” argument out of the closet and do some studying. Here’s the story- or maybe a picture would be better. How about both?
How long has Queer as Folk been on Showtime? When it came out I was one of those lesbians who was like “eww I don’t want to watch gay boys doing it, eww” So for many years I have said not so nice things about QaF without any first hand information. I can be such a idgit. When I got sick, the first time this winter I discovered LoGo showed past seasons and that the episodes were edited (not too much ewwy boy sex). Ok let me say now that I LOVE this show. It’s sappy where it needs to be, appropriately tragic and uhhh dare I say exceedingly sexy. What was I thinking with the self imposed boycott of such a wonderful show. It’s set in Pittsburgh for Karma’s sake. I have a soft spot for Pittsburgh. I adore every character, well except Lyndsey, but she is growing on me. But here comes my issue with the show- Brian Kinney- who wrote this character? Where did they find the actor to pull it off? Wow.
Dilemma- My boy crushes are usually boys I wish I could be. Cool, collected, funny, bad asses with a boyish charm (i.e. George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Will Smith) but they never curl my toes or make their way into my dreams (well except for James Bond- but that’s another story). This Brian Kinney character is messing with my little lesbian mind. He is drop dead sexy. Sex in a leather jacket- mmmmm. Yes I still want to be him- get all the women with my winning smile. But I cannot get over how his sexiness translates to lesbian. I dreamt about him last night- he was not a main character in my dream but he was there. Am I still a lesbian, having hot sexy dreams with a man involved? Albeit a gay man- does that count? Sexuality is an interesting web.
Oh and his darling, little stalker, lover boy (Justin)- he is beautiful, I just want to take him home and cook for him.
A few days ago Logo played the Prom episode, where Brian saunters in to Justin’s high school prom and proceeds to dance a terribly romantic and sexy scene with Justin. I nearly cried. Damn I love this show.
I leave you with a picture. See what I mean about sexy?
4 responses so far ↓
Lachlan // March 6, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Brian is one hot mofo, yeah. The actor that plays him (Gale Harold) is teh awesome.
So yes, you’re still gay. You just have good taste!
Lisa // March 7, 2008 at 11:00 am
I second what Lachlan said– my vote is still gay. I do agree that sexuality is something that isn’t always black and white. That’s OK, I think it’s the nature of human beings.
I was so anti-QaF too. But it’s grown on me. Interestingly, I don’t like Mel Or Lyndsey all that much. Brian, however, is awesome!
beecharmers // March 7, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Thank you friends. Just thought I would pose the question as I am sometimes a little slow on the uptake. It did take me 28 years to come out in the first place, ya know.
OK then I am officially adding Gale Harold to my Boy Crush List. You know what I figure….Hot is hot, beautiful is beautiful and sexy is sexy no matter what gender.
Whew, I am still Gay!
Pat // March 18, 2008 at 4:55 am
I SO miss the boys!
And now The L Word is going to end, too.
I actually liked QAF much better than TLW — they lived and breathed the issues, unlike TLW’s bitchiness and soap opera plot. But, in the absense of QAF, TLW was an OK substitute.
I certainly hope that Ilene Chaiken has another gay/lesbian themed series in the making.
And, BTW? I found the UNEDITED scenes between Brian and Justin, Michael and Ben, as well as Melanie and Lindsey HOT HOT HOT!
Doesn’t make me any less of a lesbian…does it?
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