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Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor It’s hard to imagine now, but “Queer As Folk” wasn’t immediately embraced in all corners of the LGBT community. “I remember when we went to film on Canal Street — it’s the gay quarter in Manchester — and there were bar owners who objected to the title,” “Queer” creator Russell T Davies tells me from his home in Wales. “We were almost in danger of not filming in some of the pubs, not being allowed in because the word queer was in the title.”Foo Foo Lamar, the late legendary drag queen and club owner in Manchester, joined the chorus of critics. “He stood up in this meeting and said, ‘I’ve fought against that word all my life.

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