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2007:

Charlotte vs. Urban (9 April 2007)
Charlotte was more fun when it was still a city...

2006:

An Honorable Disease (28 July 2006)
In one life-threatening disease really more "devastating" than another?

The Big Urban Essay (27 July 2006)
Urban is variety; you can't build it from scratch...

The Big Gay Essay (27 July 2006)
All gay people are homosexual. Not all homosexual people are gay...

One Size Does Not Fit All (8 April 2006)
There's no more mass culture, which is probably a good thing...

I Do Not Nurture Nature (31 January 2006)
Or why I won't be seeing "Brokeback Mountain"...

New Urbanism Is Neither (23 January 2006)
Ultimately, it's just another shopping center...

2005:

Minnie and Yogi and Arthur and Roy (27 November 2005)
Dead (and near-dead) restaurant chains from my youth...

Charlotte's "Uptown" Magazine (3 August 2005)
When bad writing happens to good cities...

Leaving San Francisco (29 April 2005)
The hour is at hand...

The Land of Lowered Expectations (4 February 2005)
Too many people in San Francisco seem willing to settle for less...

2003:

Bill of Rights (2 May 2003)
Having the right to do something does not mean that one should do it...

"Peace" Protests (19 March 2003)
Your right to break the law does not supercede my right not to...

Tolerance (3 February 2003)
Everyone deserves it, right?

2002:

Ten Years in San Francisco (5 October 2002)
Have I really spent more than a quarter of my life here?

Sprawl (18 October 2002)
Cities vs. suburbs. Again...

Community Center (10 July 2002)
Pondering an increasingly overused cliché...

On Gay Bookstores (8 July 2002)
How gay do you deserve to be?

Pop Rocks (Updated 15 May 2002)
Seeking the best pop songs of my semi-young life...

Free Speech (28 March 2002)
It's a pity so few people have a clue what the concept entails...

Animal "Rights" (12 February 2002)
Animals have no rights and are only eligible for the privileges we, as humans, decide to provide them...

Urban Blah (15 January 2002)
Maybe I'm just tired of being an urban dweller...

2001:

Pornographically Correct (30 November 2001)
Do smutty stories really need to follow the gay party line?

2000:

Slumming Faggot Tourists (28 December 2000)
Trendy boys in designer altermative clothes...

On Pride (13 June 1997-16 June 2000)
The assorted pride rants...

Nicotine Fits (Updated 10 February 2000)
Restaurants are one thing, but banning smoking in bars? Gimme a break...

Preserving the Past (20 January 2000)
Historic preservation of just gentrification?

1999:

Gay Gay Gay Gay Gay (15 September 1999)
Why I've grown to hate the term "gay"...

Naked Gay Sex Gallery Pictures (30 July 1999)
Jeez...the things people will do with a search engine...

A Quandary of Queers, a Lick of Lesbians (10 May 1999)
Faggots run in packs. This is most detrimental to cruising...

I Want My Recession Back (28 April 1999)
Life was much more fun here before things started "booming"...

Only in San Francisco (10 February 1999)
San Franciscans are an odd bunch. We forget this a little too often...

To Have and to Hold (17 January 1999)
Note to those who are obsessed with the second person plural: "Back off!"

1998:

Faux Butch (18 December 1998)
A very "manly" topic...

What Are Words For (3 October 1998)
Feeling kewl and extreme? Wanna celebrate your sexuality on the Information Superhighway while growing your business? Interested in cliches?

Disillusioned (Planet SOMA, 21 August 1998)
The SF I knew is history. It may be time to hit the road...

Instant Retro (27 January 1998)
Do five year-old songs REALLY qualify as "retro"?

1997:

On Personal Ads (6 December 1997)
In all their glory...

Cruising Planet Sears (21 November 1997)
I was a teenage tearoom queen...

Celebrating Our Sexuality (24 October 1997)
There will be a buffet...

The Cootie Factor (30 July 1997)
Folsom Street is a boys' club. No girls allowed, dammit...

The Gay Press (14 March 1997)
What I'm not reading this week...

Insulated from Reality (14 February 1997)
Living in a cultural vacuum...

1996:

Castro Marketing (20 October 1996)
If you don't fit the mold, you can't play...

Anti-gay (1996)
Intriguing book...