The characters give much of the criticism of Queer As Folk.

"That sex plays such an integral part of the lives of these characters gives credence to much of the criticism of Queer As Folk. Every episode has at least one sexually explicit scene, and virtually every scene has at least one character thinking about how to get laid or dealing with the ramifications of having just gotten laid. It is easy to see where those who are conservative or religious would find this unacceptable programming, although one has to wonder why their cries regarding obscenity have not been raised as loudly over the equally graphic, but heterosexual, series Sex and the City or Red Shoes Diaries. It is apparently the homosexuality that bothers conservatives, as evidenced by the fact that Ellen went unnoticed by conservatives until the main character came out of the closet in the fourth season, when critics began to lambast the show's sexual content, although there was none. Evidently, it isn't the depiction of sex that is offensive, or else every church in America would be boycotting daytime soap operas.
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