Diamonds are forever and may be a girl’s best friend. But the Forever Marilyn statue apparently is neither. According to The Palm Springs Post, ” The city reached an agreement with …
Activism Entertainment Events LGBTQ Local Business Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Jul 26-28, 2024
Activism Entertainment Events Local Business Movies Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of Jul 22, 2024
Will Rollins perhaps said it best: “President Biden is a patriot. His decision today continues a lifelong legacy of putting his country first. Passing the torch sends a signal to …
Activism Entertainment Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Movies Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Jul 19-21, 2024
It’s another hot weekend in Greater Palm Springs and I’ve made my annual pilgrimage to Wine Country for the annual Gay Wine Weekend. Thanks to the Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine …
Activism Charities Communication Entertainment LGBTQ Local Business Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of Jul 15, 2024
In 1980, Dr. Ruth Westheimer spoke to the New York Broadcasters Assocation and it set in motion a course of events that changed her life – and many others – …
Activism Communication LGBTQ Local Business Medical Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Jul 12-14, 2024
We’re still X’ed off X. If you’ve been following the story, X, formerly Twitter, has silenced hundreds of LGBTQ+ profiles, including @GayDesertGuide, @ILoveGayPalmSprings, @ILoveGayCatCity – even the LGBTQ profile for …
Activism Entertainment Gay Pride LGBTQ Movies Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of Jul 8, 2024
X is making a concerted, top-level effort to silence the LGBTQ+ community! That’s a strong statement, but ironically, on July 4th, hundreds of X accounts were suspended in one fell …
Activism Communication Entertainment Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Restaurants Things to DoGay Desert Guide for Independence Day Weekend: Jul 4-7, 2024
B-r-r-r-r! It was 40 degrees cooler at the San Diego oceanfront where I visited last evening for Marc Shaiman at the Rady Shell highlighting his movie and Broadway music. I …
Activism Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Restaurants Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Jun 28-30, 2024
I, like Jon Stewart, could only follow up the debate performances with “WTF!” There’s no spin that I have seen in the post-mortem of Thursday’s Presidential debate that can adequately …
Activism Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Jun 21-23, 2024
As a board member of the LGBTQ+ History & Archives of the Desert, we’ve been gathering remembrances and remnants of our past – from matchbooks to magazines – that relate …
Activism Charities Entertainment Events Gay Pride Health LGBTQ Local Business Movies Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of Jun 17, 2024
Discothèque is French for a collection of records. It was co-opted and eventually shortened to “disco” by those of us in the gay and black communities in the 70s. How …