With Doty’s expansive definition of queerness in mind, what queer meanings are available in Queer as Folk, and what queer meanings are available in Sherlock? How might you compare the queer meanings offered in Queer as Folk to those available in Sherlock?

Conversely, can you locate elements of the heteronormative in these two episodes/series (in narrative structure, for example, or in their use of genre codes) as well as elements of queerness? How do the two interact/coexist within one text?

And finally, how does this challenge of watching a series through a particular lens (which may or not be a mode of viewing familiar to you, and may or may not match with your own narrative of self and sexuality) impact your experience of the series? Does this become an act of negotiated viewing? Does it change the way you view the media texts in their entirety? Do the queer meanings transform your understanding of the work of the whole series?