Armistead Maupin on Tales of the City and current LGBT rights

Armistead Maupin photographed in 2018. (Photo: Sophie Bassouls/Sygma via Getty)

Five years ago, acclaimed gay author Armistead Maupin was given an honorary doctorate by the university he attended many years earlier.

It was a proud moment for the author of Tales of the City, the trailblazing series of books that brought…