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>> OUR POPULAR ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAM, COLORES,
CAN BE SEEN EVERY FRIDAY ON NEW MEXICO PBS AT 9:00 P.M.
TONIGHT FEATURES A SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH ARMISTEAD
MAUPIN, THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF THE
'TALES OF THE CITY' SERIES, AND A SANTA FE RESIDENT.
ALBUQUERQUE POET LAUREATE HAKIM BELLAMY INTERVIEWS THE
AUTHOR ABOUT HIS CHARACTERS AND HIS INSPIRATIONS.
HERE'S A TASTE OF TONIGHT'S PROGRAM.
>> I WANT TO STRESS THAT MY STORIES INCLUDE EVERYBODY.
I HAVE GAY AND STRAIGHT CHARACTERS, AND BISEXUAL.
THERE'S A TRANSGENDER LANDLADY.
THE FUN FOR ME IS MIXING IT UP AND SHOWING HOW THEIR
HEARTS ARE ALL THE SAME. BUT THERE WAS NO GAY
COVERAGE, PER SE, OF LIFE IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 1976 IN THE
NEWSPAPER. MY COLLEAGUE, RANDY SHILTS,
WHO WROTE A GREAT BOOK ON THE AIDS CRISIS CALLED 'AND
THE BAND PLAYED ON,' HE WAS THE FIRST REPORTER THAT WAS
SORT OF COVERING THE GAY BEAT IN SAN FRANCISCO.
BUT 'TALES OF THE CITY' PREDATED THAT.