It’s Official: The Castro Is Getting Rainbow Crosswalks
Earlier this month, residents of the Castro voted on four designs for new decorative crosswalks at 18th and Castro, and the results are in: Rainbows won!...
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Why I Love Living in Bernal Heights
I first visited Bernal Heights when I knew nothing about San Francisco except for its tourist spots, when I came to stay with a childhood friend....
San Francisco Is Vanishing
A little over a year ago, I found myself awake in the middle of the night, unable to shake a troubling conversation....
Your Curiosity about My Biracial Child Isn’t Cute
“Look! It’s a poodle!” The backwards-capped, Ray-Ban–wearing bro called out from behind my daughter and me as we walked down Valencia Street....
Nonprofits You Should Know
Incredible work is being done out there every day to improve our streets, our neighbors, and our spirits....
Queer Dance Party Requests White Allies Stay Off the Dance Floor
Sail away, sail away, sail away, sang Oakland queer party Ships In The Night to all the white queers and straight allies....
So You’re Thinking about Seeing a Therapist…
You can’t throw a brick in San Francisco without hitting a therapist — and if you’re throwing bricks maybe you should be seeing one?...
What Should I Call My Husband-Wife?
For our wedding, my person and I decided to ask a good friend to marry us. There were a few reasons for the selection; our friend was famously grumpy, and marriage — gay marriage in particular — really got her grump rumpled....
San Francisco Sex Positions
If you love San Francisco as much as you love getting it on, then try out this list of sex positions modeled after some of the landmarks, neighborhoods and bits of culture that make SF the noteworthy place that it is....
This Guy and His Trained Hawks Work at the SF Dump
I recently went on a date to the city dump — yes, the spot where our heaps of unwanted stuff become a massive, sad lump....
San Francisco’s Most Expensive Nails
I was walking with a friend of mine when he did something really odd around 48th Avenue....
Everything You’ve Wanted to Ask a Tartine Worker
Even before I moved to San Francisco, I knew that a magazine intern’s wage wasn’t going to cut it in this beautiful, expensive city of ours....