Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#1Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 1:52pm
Sliding-scale, safe space for gender and sexual outlaws (and women and people of color), Homobiles is the alternative lift service in a city that used to be filled with alternatives.
Owner: “I used to think straight white dudes were the problem. My heart has swelled from the size of a chia seed to an organic frozen pea. Some of my riders are the raddest straight guys. It’s not just LGBTIQQLMNOP riders.”
Like The Gnome Mobile but queerer
#2Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 1:54pmIt took me a while to understand those words but ok.
Liza's Headband
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
#2Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 2:09pmSounds like something worth clutching our pearls over.
#3Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 2:33pmNamo, did you not get this thread approved before posting?
#4Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 2:45pmSeriously, what a great thing this is. And I love the slogan.
#5Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 3:33pmIs it pronounced ho-mobiles, or homo-biles?
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#6Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 5:38pm
I bet you're allowed to pronounce it anyway you want. Like a sliding pronunciation scale.
I think it's an interesting story and I'm glad others enjoyed reading it.
Reg, I remember the good old days when trolls auditioning for the role of arch-nemesis poked in a way that made contextual sense in the thread. I mean, "pearl clutching"?
Liza's Headband
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
#8Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 6:46pm
Homobiles sounds fantastic and inspiring.
Can anybody here (JungleRed--are you there?) give us some first-hand perspective on these folks?
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#9Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 6:56pmIt seems like it's the Craigslist of getting around.
#10Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 7:41pm
"It seems like it's the Craigslist of getting around."
I guess that depends upon your experience/understanding/perception of Craigslist.
Craigslist--in my world-view--is grifters, con artists and scammers, low-rent hookers, and pedophiles trolling for prey.
Homobile, by contrast, strikes me as a noble, civic-minded and inspiring attempt to solve a problem through community action.
Beyond the fact that both depend upon the participation of carbon-based forms of life, I see little similarity.
#11Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 7:49pm
"Craigslist--in my world-view--is grifters, con artists and scammers, low-rent hookers, and pedophiles trolling for prey."
Oh, Nicky, I love you because you know such lovely people!
#12Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 8:02pm

I love you, Reg!
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#13Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 8:13pmHa! I just meant the business model. They were offered so much money to sell CL but they turned it down, preferring to make just enough to live on.
#14Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 8:44pm
Back atcha, Addison.
Namo, it's really a wonderful thing. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. One more thing to love about San Francisco.
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