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    How to Make People Feel Guilty

    How to Make People Feel Guilty

    Guilt-tripping is an ancient, and often highly profitable, art. In every culture, there are people and institutions that actively work to instill guilt, because people who feel guilty are easier…

    We Are Being Summoned to Ask Deeper Questions Now

    We Are Being Summoned to Ask Deeper Questions Now

    By Gypsy Love What do you live for, lover? As our calendar year draws to a close, the cosmos requests that we reevaluate the reliability of current convictions. Celestially, we’re summoned…

    New Year’s Eve Party Planning Tips By Courtney Lake

    New Year’s Eve Party Planning Tips By Courtney Lake

    Ringing in the New Year among friends and family is one of the things I cherish most about the holiday season. Thanksgiving may mark the start of the holiday festivities,…

    Name Game

    Name Game

    Michele Karlsberg: How important are names to you in your books? Do you choose the names based on liking the way they sound, or based on their meaning? Do you…

    Dance-Along Nutcracker ‘Goes Don Ho-Ho-Ho’ This Year with Hawaiian Theme

    Dance-Along Nutcracker ‘Goes Don Ho-Ho-Ho’ This Year with Hawaiian Theme

    By Heidi Beeler Next weekend, the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band whisks Sugar Plum wannabes away for a tropical island vacation for its 2014 Dance-Along Nutcracker®: Frosty’s Hawaiian Holiday. The…

    Exchange Guidelines: 4 Basic Requirements

    Exchange Guidelines: 4 Basic Requirements

    At my open house this past weekend, a couple came through who were going through what’s known as a “1031 exchange.” In a nutshell, a 1031 exchange is a swap…

    Can We Make an Open Relationship Work?

    Can We Make an Open Relationship Work?

    Q: My boyfriend and I have been monogamous for four years, and now we’re considering having an open relationship. We’re both a little worried about it. Could this endanger our…

    Money Considerations When Assessing Officients

    Money Considerations When Assessing Officients

    While I don’t think of myself as a vendor, officiants are grouped as such by companies that sell in the wedding market. I laughed to myself when I opened an…

    The LGBT Bar Scene’s Only Organized Sport

    The LGBT Bar Scene’s Only Organized Sport

    Next weekend, the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band whisks Sugar Plum wannabes away for a tropical island vacation for its 2014 Dance-Along Nutcracker®: Frosty’s Hawaiian Holiday. The island getaway takes…

    Dream Big and Sail On

    Dream Big and Sail On

    Renowned poet David Whyte eloquently wrote, “Some things can not be spoken or discovered until we have been stuck, incapacitated, or blown off course for awhile. Plain sailing is pleasant,…