![]() ![]() It’s going to every country except the ones that don’t have Netflix, so it’s going to Iran.” He laughs. With a satisfied chuckle, the author adds: “The main thing I can’t believe I’m seeing right now is this version of Tales Of The City in 2019. Huge progresses have been made in LGBTQ representation in the 43 years since Maupin began penning the stories, which were initially serialised in the San Francisco Chronicle before being turned into novels and eventually adapted for television, prompting the 75-year-old to marvel: “Any old queer, this one in particular, will tell you it’s gotten better for us and we can’t believe what we’re seeing right now.” “But of course we wanted Netflix because it reaches everywhere,” says the creator of the most enduring queer saga in literary and TV history. The fact the new Tales Of The City is going out on a global platform isn’t lost on Armistead Maupin. ![]()
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