by Charles Irwell First things first, I am a teetotaller. Put simply, boozing wasn’t for me anymore and I stopped. No grand narrative, no ‘touching bottom’ or any of the other clichés. We are a growing minority, but it is not hard to see why we are still very much

San Francisco is on the cusp of its next Phoenix Moment, but shady funding is quietly deciding what will rise from the flames – and what the greedy want to set on fire. There’s always been a back door to City Hall. The garden-variety way is by donating money, and

I’m Turning My Worst Reviews into Wearable Pins! I’m making pins featuring mean things people have said about me.  Find out how to get yours right here.   Happy Pride Weekend! by Vanessa Gil, Arts & Events Editor It’s SF Pride weekend! A yearly gay family reunion of sorts. Fans will be

What’s modern writing if not just a vehicle for relentless and insufferable self promotion? So this article is me engaging in that. I recently made my first ever podcast appearance on the SucioTalk podcast and had a blast. If you like my articles or any of the dumb shit I

Oakland is having a moment, and not in a good way. Whether it’s the Juneteenth mass shooting at Lake Merritt that left 15 people injured or the FBI raiding Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s home, things in ‘The Town’ are looking kind of down.  With so much happening in Oakland, you

I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time! I’m making pins featuring mean things people have said about me. Since I’ve been a well known person on the internet for an eternity – literally since Myspace –a lot of people have said mean things about me on the

#NSFW language ahead! My partner and I are nearing our eleventh anniversary. It impresses people across all sexualities to hear this. “Goals,” say my straight friends. “That’s an eternity for the Gays,” say other Gays. It works because he and I still like each other. We want to see each