
Pull up a chair on the porch of 28 Barbary Lane—tales, truth, and tea from Armistead Maupin.
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1969 was a very memorable year for many of us who lived through that time.
The main thing, I think, was the moon landing, which had us riveted to our television sets and fascinated by what was happeni...
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I want to talk to you today about my experience in the bathhouses of San Francisco. To do that, I need to back up a little and talk about the way they first started in San Francisco. The biggest, most...
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I want to tell you about the first time I fell in love—and the amazing connection we shared that I didn’t fully realize until years later.
I was living in Charleston at the time. It was 1970, and I...
Armistead with Laura in London circa 2022. Photo: Christopher Turner
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Today I want to tell you about one of my favorite people in the world. Judging from what I hear from fans, I think she may be one o...
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Tale teller.
Photographer, yogi, modern-day hippie wannabe, and a devout believer in kindness.
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