#tales of the city

[zanephillips]

Murray Bartlett and Charlie Barnett Tales of the City 1.06 "A Touch o' Butch"

[mrmousetolliver]

Tales of the City (1978) by Armistead Maupin.

[iced-chaii]

sometimes when i see gifs of middle-aged men i'll whisper to myself "whore"

[variousqueerthings]

@scoobydoo-ghoulschool the most important thing about tales of the city is that paul gross was in the first season in the early 90s, and in the last season in 2019, which means his character looks like this:

and like this:

naturally laura linney barely aged 😂

[queer-media-tourney]

[haveyouseenthisqueertvshow]

Type of Queer: MLM, WLW

[freshlyblaked]

[kdjonesfla]

Murray Bartlett

[raurquiz]

#HappyBirthday @thefowlhunter #BillyCampbell #actor #ThadiunOkona #startrek #thenextgeneration #StarTrekProdigy #Dynasty #TheRocketeer #gettysburg #onceandagain #crimestory #the4400 #theoc #talesofthecity #bramstokersdracula #enough #troll #narvik #thekilling #helix #cardinal #startrek57 @startrek @startrekonpplus @streammaxla @netflixlat

[frankenshane]

very excited to read mona of the manor this weekend and let maupin reminisce about the fuckery of the 90s to me

[out-of-the-forest-i-come]

Yesterday, I listed some queer books coming out this month, and today I'll go over the queer series that are being continued in March. This is a non-exhaustive and informative list, checking out the trigger warnings and possible problematic content/author will be up to you.

Cirque du Slay, Book 2 of Hayden & Friends; Rob Osler, March 5th

Remnants of Filth: Yuwu, Vol. 3; Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou (translation), March 5th

Saint, Sorrow, Sinner, Book 3 of The Gideon Testaments; Freydís Moon, March 5th

Mona of the Manor, Book 10 of Tales of the City; Armistead Maupin, March 7th

Blessed Water, Book 2 of A Sister Holiday Mystery; Margot Douaihy, March 12th

Infinity Kings, Book 3 of Infinity Cycles; Adam Silvera, March 14th

Heir to Dreams and Darkness, Book 3 of Court of Broken Bonds; Ben Alderson, March 15th

The Weavers of Alamaxa, Book 2 of the Alamaxa Duology; Hadeer Elsbai, March 19th

Guardian: Zhen Hun, Vol. 2; priest, March 26th

In Walked Trouble, Book 2 of Single in Seattle; Dana Hawkins, March 26th

The Feast Makers, Book 3 of Scapegracers; H.A. Clarke, March 26th

The Phantom Flame, Book 2 of Brimstone and Fire; T.M. Ledvina, March 26th

[gwydionmisha]

TALES OF THE CITY and the Fight to Save PBS

[deramin2]

Anna Madrigal (Tales of the City) is the most character. She's trans in the 1970s. She's the kind of landlady that hates most landlords and dotes on her tenants like her children. She grows weed and gives a baggie to every new tenant and smokes with them in her parlor with fancy snacks. She dresses in gorgeous clothes. She's was raised in a brothel. She's a rock for her queer San Francisco community and someone they can always go to for help. She helps snoopy sheltered Ohio straight girls achieve sexual liberation, keeps gay boys out of too much trouble, and falls in reciprocated love with straight men. She makes sure bad people get what's coming to them but fuckups get another chance.

Armistead Maupin really hit it out of the park with her. Still can't believe this story was first printed in the newspaper. And Olympia Dukakis was so great in the role for television. We can look back now and say a trans actor would be better, but in 1993 they were totally shut out of the industry and I'm grateful they didn't cast a man like everyone else did at the time.

[variousqueerthings]

once again brian opens with trying to hook up. slut (affectionate)

and i did in fact capture The Saga Of Brian's Hookup

meets a middle-aged woman in a bar. she's clearly very flattered because he's a young, good-looking, pleasant man and he's not mincing words. she agrees to go someplace with him (if i didn't know brian i'd be like "this could also be the beginning of a 70s horror movie")

2. brian waiting for her to get off work... thinking, hmm maybe this is a long time to wait for a casual hookup, but no worries, she arrives!

3. she's very insistent they go back to her place, and if i didn't know better i'd think it was a horror movie that subverted the killer trope. brian, unsure, because this is now a hookup with a lot of buy in -- she lives 30mins away, how does he get home? also: as they drive she reveals she lives in a trailer with another woman, but no worries, she'll be out! definitely!

4. he accompanies her to the trailer and realises... he has had sex with her much younger roommate before, who is still there. his former fling casually dismisses him, has an argument with his current fling, and leaves

5. hmmm, thinks brian clearly... i have made a series of mistakes... but i'm here now so......

6. of course they have sex.

alas, she's angling for more of a Thing, clearly, and he takes a moment to have a cigarette so he can build to a little casual (permanent) goodbye, only to discover...

7. her roommate, with whom he has previously had sex... is her daughter

8. he does still give her a very gentle goodbye, because ultimately he's not a bad boy. he's just a bit silly

[weddingchicken]

I just wanted to be sure of you.