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 LGBTQ Local Business Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of Aug 28, 2023
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 …
Activism Communication Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business NightlifeGay Desert Guide: Week of June 19, 2023
Hecklina’s tribute over the weekend was a call to action to those she left behind. To quote Liza Minelli’s Cabaret: “What goods permittingSome prophet of doom?To wipe every smile awayLife …
Activism Communication Entertainment Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: June 16-18, 2023
Florida’s draconian policies and laws are having an effect on travel and tourism in addition to the toll that they take on residents. Case in point: the IGLTA (International LGBTQ+ …
Activism Community Conversations Entertainment Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business NightlifeGay Desert Guide: Week of June 12, 2023
Pride month is in full spendor as LA Pride just wrapped up over the weekend, and a new week awaits us to help celebrate this month of rainbows, unicorns and …