HBO has had countless hit shows over the years, but few have had the big cultural impact of Sex and the City. The raunchy dramedy series became a sensation that inspired two movies as well as the current spinoff And Just Like That. There are generations of diehard fans of the show, and that includes none other than actor-writer-producer Billy Eichner. And the Bros star explained why SATC showing a gay bar on TV “felt so radical” at the time, and how the series ultimately impacted his career.
Sex and the City premiered back in 1998, before it became commonplace to see queer stories play out on the small screen. Combine that with how sexually powerful the four women were, and it was a show unlike any other on the air. Billy Eichner wrote an essay for People about how the show impact him when it was originally airing, specifically related to LGBTQ+ characters like Willie Garson’s Stanford Blatch. In his words:
