The series primarily focuses on the lives and relationships of cisgender gay men and lesbians in Pittsburgh. It does not feature identifiable transsexual characters or significant trans-related themes, therefore, there is no portrayal to evaluate under this framework.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The American series "Queer as Folk" (2000-2005) is an adaptation of the British series (1999-2000). While it features new characters and reinterprets some roles, no established character from the original series had their gender changed in the American adaptation. The core characters maintained their original gender.

The 2000–2005 American adaptation of 'Queer as Folk' maintained the racial identities of its core characters from the original British series. No characters who were canonically established as one race in the source material were portrayed as a different race in this adaptation.