If you want to know who the oppressed minorities in America are, simply look at who gets their own shelf in the bookstore. A black shelf, a women's shelf, and a gay shelf.

He says he had known he was gay since childhood but didn't have sex until he was 26 and only decided to come out in 1974 when he was about 30. In April 2010 it was announced that a theatrical musical version of Tales of the City would debut in May 2011.

Armistead Jones Maupin Jr.