![]() ![]() (He returned there to build houses for disabled veterans after the war. Maupin did two tours of duty in the Navy, the bulk of which was spent working as a communications officer in Vietnam. ![]() Originally hailing from Raleigh, North Carolina, the author's father was a Confederate flag-owning segregation supporter. Maupin Loved San Francisco Before He Even Lived In It As Maupin himself wrote: “In this town, the love that dare not speak its name never shuts up.” The community was impossible to keep out. Maupin quickly made a deal with his editors that allowed him to write about gay characters too they said as long as the gay characters only made up a third of the cast, it was okay. It was, at the time, a well-known pick-up joint every Wednesday night, but when Maupin failed to find any singles willing to talk honestly about what they were doing at the supermarket, he decided to transform the story into fiction. The roots of Maupin's Tales column started in the San Francisco Chronicle after he attempted to write a 1976 article about the Marina Safeway. ![]()
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