1.02: Liminal Closet Space part 1

Queer as Folklore

Coming out continues as a theme in episode two of Queer as Folk. We get into 00s fashion, boybands and queerbaiting, straight pubs and the gay scene. Also queer folk art, namely the AIDS Memorial Quilts.

Stuart goes on a manhunt at work, teen Nathan checks out butts at school and his friend Donna is finally named, and has the most best fashion sense! While Stuart is possibly maybe out at work his emotional-labour friend Vince is not. Yet Vince’s mum comes along to the gay pubs on Canal Street while Stuarts parents are still waiting for their ‘golden boy’ to get straight-married. We go into the ins and outs of Vince and Stuart being in and/or out of the closet.

Outline

00:00 Intro: Our relationship to Queer as Folk 04:42 Episode facts 09:53 Nathan's sexuality path 10:30 Fashion 16:44 The queer appeal of Take That 23:06 Let's go to the straight pub 30:17 Is Stuart out of the closet or not - a debate 38:36 Displays of class and HIV-references 48:20 Let's go out on Canal Street

Liminal space: Here we use liminal space to mean a space that is in between, a space between definitions or defined spaces. In the case of Stuart it is the space between the inside and the outside of the closet.

HIV-references

The red ribbon, The Names Project ,UK AIDS Memorial Quilt

Music

Sexy Boy by Air, Let Me Entertain You by Robbie Williams, You Think You’re a Man by Divine, Atomic by Blondie.

Bonus: Check out Promises by Take That. Possible queerbaiting, yes?

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Take That ca 1991

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