I'm going to make this column a self-indulgence reflecting my hoped-for outcomes for 2019 for leatherfolk, kinksters, and anyone who resides outside the societal norms for sexuality and relationships.

The new year begins with a lot going on in the San Francisco Bay Area for leather and other kinksters.

There's always a lot going on in the San Francisco Bay Area for leather and other kinksters. Get out and get some face-to-face, non-Facebook time!

Tumblr announced that their platform would no longer allow adult content. Close on the heels of that announcement, Facebook appears to be following through on much tighter restrictions on sexual content. What does that mean for kink communities?

What has been impressed on me on World AIDS Day is that we should each of us grab on to life hard and live it as fully, beautifully and vibrantly as we can. For kinksters, that means taking full advantage of the many opportunities we have.

There's always a lot going on in the San Francisco Bay Area for leather and other kinksters, from drawing events to dance parties, rope demos to bar revelry.

One of the many attractions to San Francisco when I moved here in 1994 was how readily it embraced older gay men. I was always pleasantly surprised at how well older gay men were integrated into the larger LGBTQ whole, especially in the leather scene.

There's always a lot going on in the San Francisco Bay Area for leather and other kinksters. Holidays include special parties, too.

Check the many events happening through November in the San Francisco Bay Area for leather and other kinksters.

We're a month past National Coming Out Day, but the issue of coming out is something that anyone within the LGBTQ communities struggles with 365 days a year.

There's always a lot going on in the San Francisco Bay Area for leather and other kinksters. This week includes some Halloween-themed kink events, too.

Because I think technology will continue to have a rather sweeping impact on our sexualities, I was glad to see the San Francisco Leathermen's Discussion Group hosting a presentation by nationally renowned leatherman Brian "Bolt" Donner.

Harvest the lovely array of nightlife opportunities, including some events that'll pounce early into Halloween themes.

One of the things I noticed throughout Folsom week was that the array and breadth of erotic interests and fetishes and how they present in the LGBTQ kink communities are continuing to grow and solidify into distinct groupings.