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Kate Feldman

‘Queer as Folk’ isn’t going to teach you about gay sex

Johnny Sibilly isn’t interested in giving the “ABCs of what it means to be queer.”

Sibilly and fellow “Queer as Folk” cast members agree: If you don’t know what something means, Google it.

Russell T. Davies’ original series, which premiered in 1999, followed three gay men in Manchester, England. A year later, Showtime premiered its own version, set in Pittsburgh and expanding its umbrella to cover more versions of queer. On Thursday, the latest iteration premiered on Peacock, pegged as a “reimagining” of the 1999 series, this time in New Orleans and an even bigger world: a pregnant lesbian couple, a trans woman, drag queens and more gorgeous gay men than you can count.

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