Death is a recurring theme in the series. We talk about funeral traditions and queer death studies. We consider the different relationships between gays and their mothers and Charlotta shares a story from an interaction with her own mother. We swing around to masturbation folklore and end up talking about different sex shops we’ve visited.

Episode four of Queer as Folk: Death and Remembrance

The fourth episode of the series starts on a more serious note: The gay gaggle gathers at Phil’s funeral, which has some unconventional elements that Phil planned himself. During the wake, Vince is the target of some smooth flirting, while Stuart is distracted by a possible shag. Meanwhile, Nathan lends a hand to fellow school mate Christian Hobbes in the changing room. After running away from his prying mother, Nathan shows up at Vince’s moms house demanding everyone’s attention.

Phil’s funeral music of choice

I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper by Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip

D.I.S.C.O by Ottawan

References

On queer death studies: Death at the end of the rainbow (in Finnish) by Varpu Alasuutari.

Liket i garderoben (The corpse in the closet), a doctoral thesis and book by Ingeborg Svensson

Torka aldrig tårar utan handskar (Never wipe tears without gloves), a tv mini-series and book trilogy by Jonas Gardell

Kön och känsla by Maria Bäckman

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Happy Holidays! We’re taking a break over the holidays and will be back again with new episodes in January 2019.