Words Tim Heap
When Netflix took us back to 28 Barbary Lane with a new series of Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, viewers were introduced to a fresh raft of characters from across the queer spectrum as well as to some old favourites.
Where the original instalments of Tales, which first aired in the Nineties, presented quite a narrow view of gay life, with little racial diversity, new showrunner Lauren Morelli has expanded the types of stories the much-loved series explores.