Humanities Paper

Phillip Musin

Reflection Paper #2

3/26/15

For this week’s reflection paper we were asked to watch a queer film, I have been

watching a show called “Queer as Folk,” and thought that I would do my paper on this

show because throughout the few seasons of the show the actors have portrayed multiple

issues that the queer community faces all the time. I have been watching the show for a

few months on Netflix now, and had about 12 episodes left to watch to finish the show in

it’s entirety. I used this assignment as an excuse to finish the last season of the show.

One of the main reasons that I chose to write this paper on “Queer as Folk,” is because

since there are so many episodes, there is a vast variety of issues that the main characters

go through. The show centers around a group of gay men that are good friends in

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Each character has a very different and distinct personality that

makes the show one of a kind. One of the assigned readings was about the Stonewall Riot

in 1969. The author gave some general information on this historic event in queer

culture, as well as common misconceptions that are often associated with it. This made

me think of a few different episodes in the series, there have been protests against a man

that was running for public office, and against a law that would ban gay marriage in the

area the series takes place in. After reading Stonewall: Myth and Meaning, I realized that

acts like protests and demonstrations can have very different outcomes depending on

multiple factors, like the people that are doing the protesting, media coverage of the issue

at hand, geographical location of both where the issue is as well as where you decide to

have the actual protest at. The reading also made me realize that sometimes small things

that a person does to stand up for what they believe in can leave lasting effects on

generations to come. For example, who...