Still here, still Queer, fourth year.

This article focuses on actor Dean Armstrong, who appears on the television show "Queer As Folk." After three years of callbacks and auditions for the musical Rent, Toronto actor landed a lead part in the Broadway hit in 2000. But just as he sat down to negotiate the contract, he was offered a recurring part in the TV series Queer as Folk. Somehow Armstrong fit both high-profile gigs into his schedule--as well as running an acting school. After a year and a half, the Owen Sound, Ont.-born performer left Broadway. But four seasons in, he's still a key player on Queer as Folk--in fact, the Washington Post raved, after season one, that Armstrong gave the strongest performance of the series. For Armstrong, who also has a teaching degree, speaking up for gay youth may be his most important role to date.