It's a proud day here at Queerty headquarters.

After months of toiling behind the scenes, our intern, young Raymond, finally spreads his wings and files his first interview.

And, appropriately, it's with a man who's no doubt helped shape the contemporary gay landscape, Peter Paige. While most of you may recognize Paige from his role as Emmett on the seminal Queer As Folk, this actor's far more than a character. Well, he is a character, but not in a one-dimensional, televisual way.

After the jump, see what Paige has to say about being out in Hollywood, why he's a bit sore with Barack Obama and how lesbian tennis players made him the man he is today.

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Russell T Davies put the brakes on rumors of his new gay drama. The wondrous British writer behind Queer As Folk, the revived Doctor Who and Torchwood claims he's still years away from penning the story, which will revolve around middle aged homos. Said Davies at a Torchwood press conference:

That’s just on paper. Yes, there will be [a gay drama] one day, but it’s years off. I know, it just keeps on getting reported. You know what it’s like, it gets reported once, and then every clipping reports that, and … and then it’s practically written. I haven’t started [writing it], but someone’s done it for me!

You can't rush lavender, we suppose.

• This is why we love New York. The Broadway strike comes to an end and the cast of A Chorus Line dances through the streets. And that lead liner looks pretty cute. Maybe we should become theater queens…

• NYU's Stern Business School just got its first gay group. How did they not buy into gay rights sooner?

• Lesbian love quarrel flames: "A lovers' quarrel between two women got out of hand, police said, and one found herself nearly set on fire." Ow!

• John Travolta at notoriously gay spa?

• Anti-Gay marriage radio ad plagues New Jersey.

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Britain's bent boys better get excited. Doctor Who and Queer As Folk writer Russell T. Davies announced he's working on a new gay drama about mid-life homos:

"It's going to be about fortysomething gay men and how jealous they are of gay teenagers…I've been longing to write something for adults."

In the interview, Davies said that the inspiration for the new drama is a friend, a former Mr Gay UK, who split up from his boyfriend.

"He asked me: 'Why are so many gay men so glad we split up?' That remark's stayed with me for six years. I think there's a self-punishing streak in that gladness and I want to explore it."

A bunch of bitchy older queens fighting over younger men? Sounds like a reality show.

A reader sent us a link to this article which questions Fox's packaging of actor Gale Harold - best known to you as Brian Kinney from Queer as Folk. Starring on this season's television graveyard, Vanished, Kinney's online bio apparently glosses over his tenure as cocksucker extraordinaire.

The lack of faggotry, however, can be attributed to Harold himself.

A Fox spokesperson [contends that] Harold's online bio was provided by the actor, and referring questions to Gale Harold's publicist, Nancy Seltzer. Seltzer acknowledged that the bio was scant on details, but said that was Harold's preference: “If he could, he wouldn't even have a bio at all. He feels the work should be the focus. It's a very purist view about the work he's currently doing, whatever it is, and no reflection on any past work. When he was on Queer as Folk, he didn't talk about his films or other roles, either.”

Some people may take this as nothing more than the work of a publicist spin doctor, but we'd like to believe it. Look at him: does he look like someone who would try to escape his homo-acting past just for a few new fans? Nyet. He knows his fan base. He just doesn't want to exploit us. A gentleman, indeed.

Gale Harold Hasn't Vanished Yet [After Elton]

British-born actor Charlie Hunnam starred in the original English version of Queer as Folk. He progressed from the box office poison of Nicholas Nickleby to star alongside Jude Law in Cold Mountain. More recently, he and Elijah Wood roughed it up with each other in Green Street Hooligans.

Queerty readers will recall that Elijah Wood thinks the web site “outing” him is hilarious. What of this Charlie Hunnam, though? Is she, or isn’t she? Does her hairdresser know for sure?

Charlie met Katherine Towne during an audition for Dawson’s Creek. They married and divorced. He is said to live in L.A. with his two cats Mavis and George.

Here is what Charlie says about having posed for Attitude: “Oh it’s horrific. I can’t even believe it. And you know what the one thing is that’s going to haunt me for the rest of my life? When Queer as Folk first came out they asked me to do a photo-shoot for Attitude magazine, and I thought it’d be really ironic to do these really camp poses where I’m like pouting and stuff. And now I look back and in retrospect it wasn’t so funny. I’m haunted by those fucking images.”

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