Inside, upside and around the holidays, there are still plenty of events in the San Francisco Bay Area for leather and other kinksters.

Two events I attended this week made me consider giving gifts with meaning as we approach this holiday season; a grassroots fundraising effort for the victims of a recent Castro fire, and the annual Light in the Grove fundraiser.

Even in between holidays, there's always a lot going on in the San Francisco Bay Area for leather and other kinksters.

It's that time of year again when we're all preparing to be thankful. Thanksgiving is around the corner and many of us will gather with family or friends, kinky or otherwise, and hopefully enjoy the holiday pondering that for which we're thankful.

As autumn ripens with brisk weather, bundle up in your leathers. There's always a lot going on in the San Francisco Bay Area for leather and other kinksters.

Any man who traveled within the gay leather world of the late 1970s to '90s likely read or knew of Drummer magazine. The last issue of Drummer was published in 1999, until now. Drummer is back. In early October a new iteration of the magazine debuted.

As autumn chills, leather warms. There's always a lot going on in the San Francisco Bay Area for leather and other kinksters.

Since we're approaching Halloween, when many kinksters meld the erotic with what they wear in unique and alternative ways, this holiday gives many of us the opportunity to delve deeper into donning a wider range of sexual fantasy representations.

Along with Halloween-themed costume parties, there's always a lot going on in the San Francisco Bay Area for leather and other kinksters.

Folsom Street Fair may be only a fond memory, but multiple new events are still going on in the San Francisco Bay Area for leather and other kinksters.

Being polite and having good manners will get you a long way in life. The same goes for kink. All manner of sexual outlaw creature might be great erotic fantasy, but even the most full-throttle players need to abide by standards of basic human decency.

Under sunny skies and a brisk breeze, thousands of attendees at the annual Folsom Street Fair enjoyed strutting in leather, lace and a (newly trending) colorful array of kink and fetish gear for all kinds of tastes.

Get ready for the biggest leather and kink week of the year, with nightlife and kink events all over town. Strap in, strap on!

Folsom Street Fair is just days away. Among the crowd will be throngs of people who have traversed past Fairs multiple times. For them, it's an annual gathering for which they already know the ins and outs.