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Armistead Maupin (a favorite of your WebSpinner) is a gifted novelist and an outspoken advocate for the rights and visibility of gay men and women. Before moving to San Francisco in 1971, Armistead Maupin lived a different life: he was raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, the son of an archconservative lawyer; worked for a stint under reactionary Jesse Helms as a reporter for Raleigh's WRAL-TV. Following a tour in Viet Nam as a communications officer, he returned to build housing for disabled Vietnamese veterans, an effort which earned him a Freedom Leadership Award from then-President Nixon. Rising out of his own struggle with silence and falsehood, Armistead Maupin seeks to tell the truth in his life and his work. In 1974, he came out publicly as a Gay. In his fantastically popular (two-million copies sold in ten languages) six-book Tales of the City series, Maupin writes about the interactions of gay and straight communities in San Francisco. Maupin's stories, though, are more than justentertainment -- they are a valuable commentary on our judgmental society. His latest book, Maybe the Moon, recounts the story of Tamara De Treaux, a 31-inch actor, whose greatest film role was playing E.T. Though Tamara was a Hollywood myth, says Maupin, "she was only made acceptable by her rubber suit. And the point is, we're all wearing rubber suits."
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