La série nous invite dans le quotidien d’une dizaine de personnes LGBT+ dans un San Francisco en changement. Playable in all USA dvd and bluray players. THIS IS A RARE, OUT OF PRINT AND HARD TO FIND GAY INTEREST LGBTQ REGION 1 SET. This mini-series explores a fictional story of diverse LGBT cast of characters in San Francisco. The year was 2008. But if the issue of HIV no longer inspires the dread among gay men it once did, it nevertheless activates prejudices – in both young and old. Maupin believes that many LGBT performers will stay silent about their sexuality, hoping to not get typecast or overlooked. Main menu. The stories have interwoven plots and interrelated characters, some of whom are LGBT. What’s more, there is a much greater awareness of intersectionality among the young: that is, of how racism and sexism intersect with homophobia. Out of the Shadows: Reimagining Gay Men’s Lives. I have a nephew who is twentysomething in San Diego, and I see him forming those relationships with older people.”. Background. Netflix has released the trailer for its upcoming Tales of the City revival, and the trailer shows off an array of LGBT+ characters.The revival comes 26-years after the original Tales of the City miniseries first aired on Channel 4 in the UK.Netflix’s Tales of the City will follow a new chapter in “What I hear from older men is ‘oh these younger guys are being so reckless with sex’. And as the argument rumbled on there was a bomb threat in Chattanooga, Tennessee. “Older men lived through a true trauma [and] people want that to be recognised to validate their own feelings. NEWS POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT LIFE COMMUNITIES HUFFPOST PERSONAL VIDEO NEWSLETTERS. Set against this is the reality of modern-day San Francisco, where, as with many cities, a multitude of factors, from exorbitant property prices to the proliferation of apps like Grindr, have led to queer venues disappearing and queer neighbourhoods shrinking. In a time where everyone seems to be offended by something, there are so many sensitive and complex topics around LGBT culture – … There's still plenty of people that need to hear it, because they believe their church or their parents, or their repressive country about who they are. But what’s intoxicating about the new Tales of the City series is that ultimately, while it acknowledges all these tensions, it offers a portrait of togetherness like little else out there in popular culture. “All of this focus on Stonewall 50 has encouraged a lot of publications to approach me asking ‘how do you think Pride will be celebrated in [another] 50 years?’ I think ‘oh my God, if it's being celebrated in 50 years, I [would] kill myself’ [though] I’ll already be dead. And with that passing of the baton, the Tales of the City universe has expanded to become both more cross-generational and more diverse. Netflix's release will be the fourth TV adaptation of Maupin's books. But while, in that respect, the new Tales of the City feels delightfully old-fashioned – without the self-conscious sophistication of many of today’s ‘prestige’ dramas – in other ways it is thoroughly modern. I've always wanted a gay man to play Michael Tolliver, for instance, he's sort of my alter ego," says Maupin. But these developments can be treated with bafflement, even disdain, by older generations, not least older gay white men, who, for all the suffering they have undergone, have enjoyed much greater visibility and acceptance than other LGBT groups over the years. El mes #pride llegó a #Netflix con #TalesOfTheCity y aquí te contamos si fue la mejor serie #LGBT o nel. Will & Grace isn’t the only big, gay revival around. Olympia Dukakis plays Anna Madrigal. But the new iteration does more than simply represent two generations of US queer culture: it makes the generation gap between them one of its themes. Younger generations of LGBT people may not be aware of Tales of the City existing prior to this Netflix series launching, but Maupin has been widely thanked by several generations of queer people for bringing their lives to the mainstream.