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Room for Squares
If there were ever a battle of the sexes, there’d be no better place for it than Showtime, home of the queer-centric dramas “The L Word” and “Queer as Folk". In fact, my friend and I have an ongoing argument. Actually, it’s less an argument than it is a continuous discussion about which series is the better one. She chooses to extol the virtues of “The L Word” while I prefer to enjoy the escapades of the crew on “Queer as Folk". More
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Gay
Room for Squares
We live in times of relative enlightenment, when “girl power” is less slogan and more mantra and when we might soon have a “Madame President". To a certain extent popular culture and politics have heightened our senses to the positivity of feminism and self empowerment. But in a community like ours, where gender assignments are shaky at best, there lurks a question in the shadows of this “girls can do it better” awareness: what does equalization between the sexes mean for gays? More
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Gay
A Rift Mended in 2006
When the GLBT Historical Society announced itself thirty years ago, offering an official home to archive GLBT history as well as a museum and membership body, material started arriving in truckloads of hefty bags containing all the "memorabilia" that an average queen leaves when s/he dies. Discerning what was of value and what was not became the roll of the archivist on duty. More
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Gay
Room For Squares
Although it’s not uncommon for those of us in the gay community to have straight friends whose views differ from our own, it’s usually the case that their opinions are somewhat similar to ours. After all, they wouldn’t be our friends if they didn’t have somewhat left-leaning ideals to begin with. So really, it shouldn’t surprise us when they decide to come join us for our No On 8 phone banking sessions. But every so often, you hear something that really catches you off guard. More
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Gay
Room for Squares
It’s human nature to make assumptions about things that you don’t really understand. We’re all guilty of that, so it’s hard to fault others for making guesses about you, so long as they are willing to change their views after meeting you. But what happens when people refuse to change their assumptions? What happens when ignorant, pre-conceived notions become misinformed, lasting impressions? More
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Gay
Room for Squares
Last week, I touched on the topic of masculinity vs. homosexuality, and how I believed that the one doesn’t necessarily negate the existence of the other. If you’ll remember, I went into this whole discourse about the way most people think that a gay man is less than a man just because he may not be overtly "manly". This week, I’d like to expand on that subject. More
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Gay
Room for Squares
In the aftermath of outdoor celebrations like the Folsom Street Fair and the annual Lovefest, and in the face of the upcoming Castro Street Fair, which seek to highlight our communities of inclusion, I’d like to take some time to pay tribute to that often overlooked and underappreciated female that’s a part of every gay man’s youth. No, not your mother. Your fag hag. More
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Gay
Pinkyswear
In the San Francisco gay community, we take our events quite seriously. Why, even this past weekend, while partially marred by the events that transpired over Gay Pride and July Fourth, was more or less replete with some riveting good times. I love the summer for that reason, how even though everyone is getting ragged they just seem to sleep it off in the sun before moving on to the next party. You can always catch up on the summer scene at Dolores Park! If you know the right people that is. More
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Gay
Room for Squares
This week’s entry marks the one year anniversary of this column. While a year isn’t really a long time and making it to the 52nd week of a weekly column isn’t exactly the same achievement as finishing the last chapter of “War and Peace,” it’s still long enough to have afforded me some well learned lessons. I started this column as a means of giving voice to what I thought were a marginalized few in the gay community: the squares. A year later, with Pride 08 just around the corner, I find myself asking the same questions, still wondering if we really are indeed “united by pride” and “bound for equality". More
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Gay
Pinkswear
After a flurried afternoon of fabric shopping, I retreated toward the Castro in desperate need of two things: my drafty apartment and a safety pin! It was a scorcher, I was nothing short of overjoyed that the evening I had been looking forward to for days was finally upon me. I stripped off the peach fishnet tank that had so dutifully served its days purpose, and fashioned a yard of slate blue chiffon in preparation for the night’s festivities. The Hercules and Love Affair Party had finally arrived, and my toga was devoid of flaw! More
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