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Originally Posted by CRussel
And for me, the magic was totally peripheral. It was the love story that was the central theme for me, and the interesting part was primarily the historical context. I loved reading about a city I know moderately well, but only in the modern context. Interesting to see how very far it had to come from to reach it's modern context as a mecca for the LGBTQ community.
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Alas, I believe the aforementioned
Tales of the City does a much better job of that. It is still very problematic in some of its treatments, but I appreciated it a lot more as a true snapshot of LGBTQ life in the Bay Area.