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| - Michael Charles Novotny-Bruckner is a central character on the American television series Queer As Folk, played by Hal Sparks. Michael narrates in key episodes. Michael has a mother he is very close with, Debbie, played by Sharon Gless, and her gay brother Vic (Jack Wetherall). An episode's plot was dedicated to Michael discovering his roots, and how his mother changed her name to have him believe that his father was a soldier and hero who died in the Vietnam war. His actual father was Danny Devore, who became a drag queen entertainer named Divina Devore. Michael is best friends with Brian Kinney (Gale Harold) whom he has been friends with since they were 14 years old. Since the show's debut, their lives have gone in extremely different directions. Michael settles down with his partner, Ben Bruckner, a university professor, and the two eventually adopt teenage son Hunter. Michael is also (as of the end of season 4) the father of baby daughter, JR (short for Jenny Rebecca), whose primary parents are lesbian couple Melanie Marcus and Lindsay Peterson (Michael donated the sperm for Melanie's pregnancy, but nevertheless remains an active father figure to the baby girl). Brian on the other hand has led a very promiscuous life, filled with drugs and sex. At the start of the series, Michael works at a Wal Mart-like store, called the Big Q. He dates David, a chiropractor (played by Chris Potter). He moves to Portland, Oregon at the end of the first season with David, only to return after they break up. He quits his job at the Big Q and buys a comic book store, his passion. He meets Ben, struggles to come to terms with Ben's HIV but they eventually work out their issues. In the second season, Michael and Justin Taylor (Randy Harrison), Brian's boyfriend, created a comic book character named Rage, a gay superhero comic whose title character is based on Brian. The comic was a success but a movie version in season four was canceled due to a fickle Hollywood. He is often very defensive of his best friend, Brian, and admits to having some feelings for him. For example, when Justin and Brian split up, Michael tells Justin to get out of their lives. After Lindsay and Melanie break up at the beginning of the fifth season, Michael becomes upset that his and Melanie's daughter is being raised in a broken home and an ugly custody battle ensues. Eventually, the three parents resolve their issues. Brian has accused Michael of being a conformist homosexual and bases this on Michael having a partner, a house, and an adopted son. While Michael feels that this was always what he wanted, Brian accuses him of being a traitor. This issue is an ongoing one in the gay community: some gay-rights activists complain that other gays are conforming to a heterosexual lifestyle (Such as adopting children and moving away from the gay friendly cities and into the more banal and conservative suburbs), thereby ignoring and rendering useless their plight against Conservativism. In one of the final episodes, Michael is badly injured in a bomb explosion at the local gay nightclub, Babylon. He recovers and the series ends with him and Brian dancing in the burned out infrastructure of the building, while he narrates: So the "thumpa thumpa" continues. It always will. No matter what happens. No matter who's president. As our lady of Disco, the divine Miss Gloria Gaynor has always sung to us: We will survive.
- Michael Charles Novotny-Bruckner is a central character on the American television series Queer As Folk, played by Hal Sparks. Michael narrates in key episodes. Michael has a mother he is very close with, Debbie, and her gay brother Vic. An episode's plot was dedicated to Michael discovering his roots, and how his mother changed her name to have him believe that his father was a soldier and hero who died in the Vietnam war. His actual father was Danny Devore, who became a drag queen entertainer named Divina Devore. Michael is best friends with Brian Kinney whom he has been friends with since they were 14 years old. Since the show's debut, their lives have gone in extremely different directions. Michael settles down with his partner, Ben Bruckner, a university professor, and the two eventually adopt teenage son Hunter. Michael is also (as of the end of season 4) the father of baby daughter, JR, whose primary parents are lesbian couple Melanie Marcus and Lindsay Peterson (Michael donated the sperm for Melanie's pregnancy, but nevertheless remains an active father figure to the baby girl). Brian on the other hand has led a very promiscuous life, filled with drugs and sex. At the start of the series, Michael works at a Wal Mart-like store, called the Big Q. He dates Dr. David Cameron, a chiropractor. He moves to Portland, Oregon at the end of the first season with David, only to return after they break up. He quits his job at the Big Q and buys a comic book store, his passion. He meets Ben, struggles to come to terms with Ben's HIV but they eventually work out their issues. In the second season, Michael and Justin Taylor, Brian's boyfriend, created a comic book character named Rage, a gay superhero comic whose title character is based on Brian. The comic was a success but a movie version in season four was canceled due to a fickle Hollywood. He is often very defensive of his best friend, Brian, and admits to having some feelings for him. For example, when Justin and Brian split up, Michael tells Justin to get out of their lives. After Lindsay and Melanie break up at the beginning of the fifth season, Michael becomes upset that his and Melanie's daughter is being raised in a broken home and an ugly custody battle ensues. Eventually, the three parents resolve their issues. Brian has accused Michael of being a conformist homosexual and bases this on Michael having a partner, a house, and an adopted son. While Michael feels that this was always what he wanted, Brian accuses him of being a traitor. This issue is an ongoing one in the gay community: some gay-rights activists complain that other gays are conforming to a heterosexual lifestyle (Such as adopting children and moving away from the gay friendly cities and into the more banal and conservative suburbs), thereby ignoring and rendering useless their plight against Conservativism. In one of the final episodes, Michael is badly injured in a bomb explosion at the local gay nightclub, Babylon. He recovers and the series ends with him and Brian dancing in the burned out infrastructure of the building. However, as the camera tracks around them dancing, the destroyed club begins to transform to a restored Babylon, complete with people dancing and laser and strobe lights. The scene cuts to the out outside of Babylon, showing the long queue of people waiting to get in, this shows that Brian changed his decision to not rebuild Babylon. The camera returns to Brian and Michael dancing, while he narrates: So the "thumpa thumpa" continues. It always will. No matter what happens. No matter who's president. As our lady of Disco, the divine Miss Gloria Gaynor has always sung to us: We will survive.
- Michael Charles Novotny-Bruckner es un personaje principal de la serie Queer As Folk, interthumb|Michaelpretado por Hal Sparks. Además Michael es el narrador del primer y el último episodio de la serie. Michael tiene una madre a la que está muy unido Debbie, y un tío gay Vic Grass. Durante un episodio, Michael descubre sus orígenes, y cómo su madre cambió su apellido para hacerle creer que su padre era un condecorado militar que murió en la guerra. Su padre verdadero era Danny Devore, que se convirtió en una grag queen llamada Divina Devore. Michael es el mejor amigo de Brian Kinney, al que conoce desde el colegio. Desde el principio de la serie, sus vidas tomaron caminos muy distintos. Michael sienta la cabeza con su pareja Ben Bruckner, un profesor de universidad, y los dos adoptan a un adolescente desvalido, Hunter. Michael también se convierte en padre de Jenny Rebecca donando su esperma a su amiga lesbiana Melanie Marcus. Michael será un gran padre para su hija, velando por ella tras la separación de Lindsay y Melanie . Al principio de la serie, Michael trabaja para una tienda llamada Big Q o Q-Mart .Sale con David, un quiropráctico . Se traslada a Portland con éste último al final de la primera temporada, para después regresar a Pittsburgh tras su ruptura, al no poder soportar estar lejos de su familia y amigos. Deja su trabajo en Q-Mart y su compra una tienda de comics, su pasión. Allí conoce a Ben, su futuro marido, que tenía el virus del VIH. A Michael le cuesta aceptar este hecho pero pronto formalizan su relación. En la segunda temporada, Michael y Justin el novio de Brian, crearon un cómic sobre un super heroe gay llamado La rabia (Rage) y basado en Brian. La historieta fue un éxito, e incluso quisieron hacer una película del mismo, que fue cancelada a última hora. Siempre defiende de forma muy efusiva a su mejor amigo, Brian, y admite sentir algo por él. Por ejemplo, cuando Brian y Justin rompieron, Michael le dijo a Justin que saliera de sus vidas. Cuando Lindsay y Melanie se separaron al principio de la quinta temporada, Michael se enfadó porque no quería que su hija fuera criada en un hogar roto, y empezó una larga batalla por la custodia de ésta. Como era de esperar, los tres padres finalmente arreglaron sus asuntos. Posteriormente Brian acusa a Michael de ser un conformista que imita a los heterosexuales, basándose en que Michael tiene pareja estable, un hogar y un hijo adoptado. Aunque Michael sostiene que eso es lo que siempre quiso, Brian le considera un traidor. En uno de los últimos episodios, Michael es herido de gravedad por la explosión de una bomba en el local gay Babylon. Logra recuperarse, y la serie acaba con él y Brian bailando sobre los escombros de Babylon, mientras narra: "Así que el chunda-chunda continúa. Siempre lo hará. No importa lo que pase. No importa quién sea el presidente.
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