![]() ![]() ![]() Each night I waited to see the “controversial gay kisses, bathhouse hookups, and even tender scenes of two men, just lying in bed together. ![]() In some ways, the show felt like a guilty pleasure. Just as promised, it was apologetically real in its portrayal of gay life in San Francisco during the late 70s. Needless to say, it delivered.īased on a series of columns by Maupin in the San Francisco Chronicle, “Tales of the City” made its debut on PBS in 1994. I didn’t know exactly what it was going to be about, but from all I had read, it was going to be groundbreaking and authentic in its depiction of gay characters. The buzz surrounding the show ignited the LGB (before the TQI + were added) community. At that time, gay characters on TV were still few and far between. I was in my early 20s when the original “Tales of the City” miniseries first hit the airwaves. The reboot of Armistead Maupin’s “Tales of the City” airs Friday, June 7 on Netflix. Luckily, I’ll at least be able to revisit Barbary Lane soon. These are three fictional characters who all “lived” at 28 Barbary Lane in San Francisco – an address so intriguing, I wished it were real, so I could actually move there. Madrigal, Mary Anne Singleton, and Mouse. ![]()
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