When I started Gay Desert Guide, the Desert Business Association was one of the first organizations I partnered with. As one of the nation’s oldest LGBTQ+ chambers of commerce, DBA …
Activism Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Movies Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of May 5, 2025
Activism Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Movies Protests Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: May 2-4, 2025
One hundred Trump days has seemed like 100 years IRL. We’ve been watching this slow motion trainwreck play out in ways that has changed America not for the better and …
Activism Charities LGBTQ Local Business Nightlife TheatreGay Desert Guide Weekend: Apr 25-27, 2025
Disney’s movie magic transcends race, skin color, gender identity and even species from mouse to man. Disney’s music runs the gamut from soulful ballads to whimsical ditties. Combine the two …
Activism Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of Apr 21, 2025
Conclave, the movie, will play out in real life soon following the death of Pope Francis overnight in Rome. While the Catholic church has been decried for its policies over …
Activism Charities LGBTQ Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Apr 18-20, 2025
Saint or sinner? This Sunday you pick your side in a variety of ways in #ILoveGayPalmSprings. On the “saint” side is traditional Christian Easter and the end of Passover on …
Activism Events Gay Pride Local Business Movies TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of Apr 14, 2025
X (Twitter) first flexed its anti-LGBTQ muscles on July 4th. That’s the day when @GayDesertGuide and hundreds of @ILoveGay profiles were canceled by Musk’s minions. When our partners at Pink …
Activism Charities Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business TheatreGay Desert Guide Weekend: Apr 11-13, 2025
Shelter in Place! That will be the mantra for some of our locals over the next three weekends as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and its country-bumpkin cousin, …
Activism Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Nightlife TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of Apr 7, 2025
A bit dog-eared and slightly faded, I have a memento of a Pride mixer from 2018 when D.E.I. was a thing. US bank was holding a DBA mixer at its …
Activism Charities Events Fitness LGBTQ Local Business Movies Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Apr 4-6, 2025
We got up close and personal with two people this week who are very different parts of the front lines. The amazing stamina of Sen. Cory Booker put a lump …
Activism Charities Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of Mar 31, 2025
David Hockney’s exhibit Perspective Should Be Reversed, has one final day at the Palm Springs Art Museum. I’m a bit embarrassed to say that this will be the first and …