The post that I wrote yesterday about being a straight girl living here got me musing about what it means to be someone who lives in San Francisco. In turn, that reminded me of a funny article that I found once and reposted at www.sanfranvoice.com (a now-defunct blog of mine from days past) which is random thoughts on “you know you’re from san francisco when …”. Such as, “you know you’re from San Francisco when you think 42 degrees is really cold and 67 degrees is really warm”.

And thinking about that got me thinking about all of the “only in San Francisco” things that happen here that make you feel like a real San Franciscan for having experienced them. So I’m working on my own list of things that, for the purposes of this blog are primarily (but not entirely) about the sex and sexuality of this city. To start off that list, here are some of the things that I think make you know you’re really and truly a San Francisco man / woman / boy / girl / defined-as-something-else / undefined person:

You know you’re really a San Franciscan if:

• You have ever looked at someone passing by and just casually wondered, “is that a man or a woman?”
• You have trouble finding a friend who hasn’t been in a threesome.
• You have seen a boss, employee, patient or client of yours naked at a public event.
• The people that you talk about advanced technology with are the same people you talk about porn with.
• You don’t think it’s weird to talk about porn.
• You have met someone who has been in porn. Or you have been walking down the street in a particular neighborhood (like the Castro) and recognized someone that it turned out you knew only from their porn.
• When someone tells you that they are “in transition”, you immediately look for an Adam’s apple or breasts.
• You have met people through Craigslist. You moved in with them, worked with them, or took rides with them. They are your bad memories and your best friends.
• You have been on Craigslist at 3 in the morning “just looking” at the personals.
• You can name a street where you could purchase the services of a tranny hooker.
• You cringed at the word hooker because you know that the correct term is “sex worker”.
• You can participate in a conversation where everyone is talking about the times they’ve seen people peeing on the street. And you’re glad that all you’ve seen is peeing because you’ve heard those other stories.
• You prefer the Dore Alley Fair to the Folsom Street Fair because there aren’t so many tourists there.
• Someone says Halloween and you think “Exotic Erotic”. Or you nostalgically remember the good old days of Halloween in the Castro. Or you think “gay Christmas”.
• You have attended something that was hosted by Peaches Christ.
• You have been to a sex club. Or a play party. Or bathhouse.
• You went to Bondage a Go Go and wondered what the big deal was.
• You think that strippers should have unions.
• You regularly read blogs or websites that warn you when certain links are “not safe for work”.
• You own really cute shoes that are also comfortable to walk in.
• You saw Milk at The Castro Theatre. (And really, if you didn’t, you should regret that.)
• You go to other cities and towns and the conversations that you have begun to take for granted as normal earn you shocked stares or looks of confusion/disgust.
• You tell people that you’re coming from San Francisco and they give you that look.
• You know that marriage is not necessarily something intended just for one straight man and one straight woman.
• You would never move anywhere else unless you were moving out of this country.

I’m working on increasing the size of this list so feel free to send your suggestions for additions.

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