Today I’m again grateful for my 65 years on the planet, and thanks for all the birthday wishes this week. I was also struck by those of you who came …
Activism Charities Entertainment Events Health LGBTQ Local Business Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Sept. 22-24, 2023
Activism Charities Entertainment Events LGBTQ Local Business Nightlife Restaurants Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of Sept. 18, 2023
Cinema is connected to Palm Springs in myriad ways. The Plaza Theatre opened in 1936 with the world premiere of the Oscar-winning George Cukor film, Camille, with its legendary star, Greta …
Activism Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Movies Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide Labor Day Weekend: Sep. 1-4, 2023
Rock Hudson died nearly 40 years ago of AIDS, having lived a ‘double life’ that is documented in ‘Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed’ from HBO. He’s one of many …
Activism LGBTQ Local Business Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of Aug 28, 2023
August 30, 2013 was the day I flipped the switch and GayDesertGuide.LGBT went live on the internet. We joined 672,000,000 other websites in competing for the eyeballs of consumers. …
Activism Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Aug 25-27, 2023
Hitting too close to home: That’s what many in our community are feeling in the wake of the senseless killing of Laura Ann Carleton for displaying a Pride flag in …
Activism Communication Entertainment Events Food Bank LGBTQ Local Business Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Aug 11-13, 2023
There’s a romanticism about living abroad. And then there’s the practical side: Should things get really bad in the USA – say after the election – one may choose to …
Activism Entertainment LGBTQ Local Business Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of July 31, 2023
WGA and SAG-AFTRA’s strike may have a chilling effect or worse for the 2024 Palm Springs International Film Festival, according to an article in the The Desert Sun. While festival passes …
Activism Communication LGBTQ Local Business Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of July 24, 2023
Barbie the movie has so many Palm Springs angles. From Trixie Mattel showing us the ‘KGAY Retro Lunch” iterations of Barbie in “Decade of Dolls: The Eighties” to the set itself which …
Activism Entertainment Events LGBTQ Movies Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of July 10, 2023
Keith Haring and I share the same birth year – 1958. That was the first thing that struck me in seeing his exhibition at The Broad in Los Angeles over …
Activism Bar Charities Gay Pride LGBTQ Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: June 23-25, 2023
One Door Closes, Another Door Opens! That’s an old adage attributed to both Hellen Keller and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as the title of a book that I’ve long loved …