Editing Armistead Maupin (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:ArmisteadMaupinChristopherTurnerHWOFMay2013.jpg|thumb|right|Maupin (left) with husband Christopher Turner in 2013.]]
Maupin has stated that he recognized his sexual orientation as gay from a young age,<ref name="ny" /><ref name="kuow" /> although he did not engage in sexual activity until he was 25, and decided to [[Coming out|come out]] in 1974.<ref name="grow" /><ref>{{usurped|1=[http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090711130525/http://www.bradlands.com/words/post/maupin-writethru.html For Armistead Maupin, There Are Still Tales to Tell]}} – Interview in the [[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]. He agreed to be identified as a homosexual in a "Ten Most Eligible Bachelors" article in ''San Francisco'' magazine.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Letter to Mama |url=http://www.literarybent.com/am_04_also_by_lettertomama.html |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050411183918/http://www.literarybent.com/am_04_also_by_lettertomama.html |archive-date=April 11, 2005 |access-date=2017-04-07}} – Michael Tolliver's [[coming out]] letter, a response in the book to his parents' participation in [[Anita Bryant]]'s [[LGBT rights opposition|anti-gay]] [[Save Our Children]] campaign. Maupin used the letter to serve the same purpose for his own parents, who followed the ''Tales'' serial.</ref><ref name="EW" /> For 12 years, he was in a relationship with Terry Anderson, a [[gay rights]] activist who co-authored the screenplay for [[The Night Listener (film)|''The Night Listener'']]. The couple lived together in both San Francisco and New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 3, 2004 |title=Audio interview about Maupin's New Zealand home |url=http://savvytraveler.publicradio.org/audio/rafiles/2000/09.01/int000901.ram |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070624044048/http://savvytraveler.publicradio.org/audio/rafiles/2000/09.01/int000901.ram |archive-date=June 24, 2007}}</ref>

After his breakup with Anderson, Maupin married Christopher Turner, a website producer and photographer, whom he met through a dating website.<ref name="out" /><ref>{{cite news |author=Christopher Turner |date=June 17, 2007 |title=Five Questions for Christopher Turner: Daddy-hunt site entrepreneur knows of which he posts |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/17/LVGKQQFA851.DTL |publisher=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref> The couple was [[gay marriage|married]] in [[Vancouver]], British Columbia, Canada, on February 18, 2007.<ref name="pub" /> In 2012, Maupin purchased a home in [[Tesuque, New Mexico]], previously owned by shoe designers Lynne and [[Dennis Comeau]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20130722150755/http://www.sfnewmexican.com/Leisure/101412mitote%23.Ue1IfESE4pI "Santa Fe New Mexican", October 14, 2012]</ref> In 2019, Maupin and Turner relocated to London,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Shariatmadari |first=David |date=2024-02-24 |title='Look at your country! It's amazing': Armistead Maupin on moving to London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/feb/24/look-at-your-country-its-amazing-armistead-maupin-on-moving-to-london |access-date=2024-03-18 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> settling in Clapham.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ivey |first=Prudence |date=2021-10-05 |title=Armistead Maupin's guide to the south-west London area he calls home |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/homesandproperty/where-to-live/clapham-area-guide-tales-of-the-city-armistead-maupin-b958737.html |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> In November 2023, Maupin became a British citizen.<ref name=":0" />

Maupin's life and work are explored in the documentary ''The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin |url=https://www.armisteadfilm.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109181101/https://www.armisteadfilm.com/ |archive-date=January 9, 2018 |access-date=January 9, 2018}}</ref> Early in his career, he was mentored by writer [[Christopher Isherwood]], who had a significant influence on his writing.<ref>{{cite web |title=The First Couple: Don Bachardy and Christopher Isherwood |url=http://www.literarybent.com/am_04_also_by_ish_intrv_01.html |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060305020223/http://www.literarybent.com/am_04_also_by_ish_intrv_01.html |archive-date=March 5, 2006 |access-date=2017-04-07}} – Armistead Maupin interviews [[Christopher Isherwood]] for [[The Village Voice]], Volume 30, Number 16</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=March 5, 2006 |title=Foreword to 'The Isherwood Century' |url=http://www.literarybent.com/am_04_also_by_isherwd_01.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060305020217/http://www.literarybent.com/am_04_also_by_isherwd_01.html |archive-date=March 5, 2006}}</ref> Maupin identifies as an [[atheist]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Thompson, Stephen |date=October 9, 2002 |title=Is There A God? |url=http://www.avclub.com/article/is-there-a-god-1413 |access-date=May 8, 2015 |publisher=The AV Club}}</ref> and is a cousin of the British singer [[Sarah Jane Morris (singer)|Sarah Jane Morris]], formerly of [[The Communards]].<ref name="ny" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Morris |first=Sarah Jane |author-link=Sarah Jane Morris (singer) |title=Naughties Overview |url=http://www.sarahjanemorris.co.uk/naughties |access-date=March 12, 2014}}</ref>