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Far Out is "lesbian Queer As Folk"
(Far) Out, and proud.
Lesbian drama series online in September
The filming of the first episode of a new lesbian drama series has been completed and is ready to go online in September. Far Out concerns the everyday lives, relationships and loves of a group of gay women living in London, and already it has been described as having the potential to be a lesbian Queer As Folk.
The brainchild of new writer Faye Hughes, Far Out has been four years in the making after her pitches to several broadcasters, including the BBC writersroom, were unsuccessful - but she eventually raised the backing to produce the show online, with the cast and crew working for free.
Said Hughes: "The media is so out of touch in the way it portrays gay women. Lesbians are either unattractive dykes, ball-breaking shrews or lentil-eating hippies with hairy armpits - and we're all gagging to 'convert' straight women. Thankfully you can no longer portray gay men in this way - but lesbians still seem to be fair game.
"With Far Out, I wanted to show what life for gay women is really like. That we have real and valid relationships, that we can be butch dykes or girly girls or anything in between, that we have kids, responsible jobs, families, ambitions and aspirations. We can honestly say that we are telling our story from experience; this isn't a group of men sat in a boardroom making a series for money."
The pilot of Far Out will be screened this September.
