Armistead Jones Maupin, Jr. (born May 13, 1944) is an American writer, best known for his Tales of the City series of novels, based in San Francisco. Description above from the Wikipedia article Armistead Maupin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
This timely exploration of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity examines the life of legendary actor Rock Hudson, from his public "ladies' man" persona to his private life as a gay man.
Release Date: 2023-06-20
Character: Self - Author
Vote Count: 13
Explore the history of the LGBTQ movement through the lens of TV in this five-part docuseries. Combining archival footage with new interviews, it looks at homophobia, invisibility, the evolution of LGBTQ characters, and coming out in the TV industry.
Release Date: 2020-02-14
Character: Self
Episode Count: 5
Vote Count: 13
Mary Ann returns to present-day San Francisco and is reunited with her daughter and ex-husband, twenty years after leaving them behind to pursue her career. Fleeing the midlife crisis that her picture-perfect Connecticut life created, Mary Ann is quickly drawn back into the orbit of Anna Madrigal, her chosen family and a new generation of queer young residents living at 28 Barbary Lane.
Release Date: 2019-06-07
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Episode Count: 10
Vote Count: 82
Follow Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis behind the scenes in this affectionate profile of a stalwart New Yorker and beloved stage and screen treasure.
Release Date: 2018-11-11
Character: Himself
Vote Count: 3
Documentary exploring The Advocate's role at the forefront of the LGBT movement in the U.S.
Release Date: 2018-03-01
Character: Self
Vote Count: 3
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin celebrates one of the world’s most beloved storytellers, following his evolution from a conservative son of the Old South into a gay rights pioneer whose novels inspired millions to reclaim their lives.
Release Date: 2017-03-11
Character: Self
Vote Count: 19
A chronicle of the iconoclastic life of gay poet, filmmaker, and spiritual visionary James Broughton, one of the defining voices of the sexual revolution, whose groundbreaking artistic celebrations of sexuality and the body influenced generations of the 1960s and '70s to profoundly embrace life and ‘follow your own weird’.
Release Date: 2013-03-09
Character: Self
Vote Count: 5
In the aftermath of Stonewall, a newly politicized Vito Russo found his voice as a gay activist and critic of LGBTQ+ representation in the media. He went on to write "The Celluloid Closet", the first book to critique Hollywood's portrayals of gays on screen. During the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, Vito became a passionate advocate for justice via the newly formed ACT UP, before his death in 1990.
Release Date: 2011-10-14
Character: Himself
Vote Count: 12
Rock Hudson was a virile screen idol who was the epitome of clean-cut masculinity. He was one of the first Hollywood celebrities to die of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, providing the killer virus with a famous face amidst the American AIDS paranoia of 1985. 2010 is not only the 25th anniversary of his death but would also have been his 85 birthday. The film investigates the many film roles Rock Hudson played, against the more intimate and private world of Roy Fitzgerald.
Release Date: 2010-02-13
Character: Himself
Vote Count: 6
Sex: The Revolution was a four-part 2008 American documentary miniseries that aired on VH1 and The Sundance Channel. It chronicled the rise of American interest in sexuality from the 1950s through the 1990s. The version shown on VH1 was pixelated to censor nudity including in discussions of censorship of nudity. VH1 Latin America aired the uncensored version.
Release Date: 2008-05-12
Episode Count: 4
Vote Count: 2
In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan—a young boy—via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.
Release Date: 2006-02-12
Department: Writing
Job: Author
Vote Count: 271
A collection of interviews recorded for the making of the 1995 documentary "The Celluloid Closet," on the subject of LGBT representation in film history.
Release Date: 2001-05-29
Character: Self
Vote Count: 1
Residents of 28 Barbary Lane continue to navigate human life, flawed love, and blind hope in 1980's San Francisco.
Release Date: 2001-05-06
Department: Writing
Job: Novel
Character: Man Exiting Glory Holes (uncredited)
Episode Count: 4
Vote Count: 16
This sequel to "Before Stonewall" documents the history of gay and lesbian life from the riots at Stonewall in 1969 to the present. Narrated by Melissa Etheridge, the film explains the work, struggles, victories, and defeats the gay community has weathered to become a vibrant and integral part of North American society.
Release Date: 1999-06-06
Character: Self
Vote Count: 12
Lonely inhabitants at 28 Barbary Lane search for love and identity, turning to each other in the hope of finding happiness in San Francisco.
Release Date: 1998-06-07
Department: Writing
Job: Novel
Character: Priest
Episode Count: 6
Vote Count: 17
What "That's Entertainment" did for movie musicals, "The Celluloid Closet" does for Hollywood homosexuality, as this exuberant, eye-opening movie serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Lily Tomlin narrates as Oscar-winning moviemaker Rob Epstein ("The Times of Harvey Milk" and "Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt") and Jeffrey Friedman assemble fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s. Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Curtis, Harvey Fierstein and Gore Vidal are just a few of the many actors, writers and commentators who provide funny and insightful anecdotes.
Release Date: 1996-01-30
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Character: Self
Vote Count: 103
Several guests who are lesbian or gay go to a home for Christmas.
Release Date: 1993-12-24
Vote Count: 2
Mary Ann Singleton, a naïve young secretary from the mid-west, tumbles head first into the colorful world of San Francisco, where carefree chaos revolves around the funky old apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane.
Release Date: 1993-09-28
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Character: Writer in Window (uncredited)
Episode Count: 5
Vote Count: 29
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.
Release Date: 1993-09-16
Character: Gerard (voice)
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 784
An affectionate portrait of San Francisco, and of the man whose Tales of the City have inspired thousands to go there. Maupin relates a life story more bizarre than his fictional characters(including a meeting with Nixon), while local eccentrics and ex-colleagues dish and praise lavishly.
Release Date: 1993-06-23
Character: Himself