While it’s a honor to be honored, it’s a little tough to think of myself as an “LGBTQ+ elder pioneer”. That’s the official designation of my S.A.G.E. award being given …
Activism Communication Entertainment Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of Mar 24, 2025
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Lesbians have a history of mothering that is built into their DNA. During the AIDS crisis, many brought comfort, care and compassion to gay men who were dying by the …
Activism Boycot Communication Events LGBTQ Local Business Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Feb 28-Mar 2, 2025
HATE EMBOLDENED is the cover story in the March issue of the Coachella Valley Independent. In it, Publisher Jimmy Boegle’s team outlines a spate of incidents that have bedeviled our …
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Not a year goes by that the Red Dress/Dress Red Party helps me to make new “best friends”. And in talking to The Center’s staff at Wednesday’s Center Social that we sponsored, the same …
Activism Communication Events LGBTQ Local Business Movies Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of Dec 30, 2024
Trepidation is “a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen.” And 2025 will bring plenty of that! But before we turn the page on 2024, I wanted …
Activism Communication Entertainment Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Dec 20-22, 2024
Is it live or is it Memorex? Remember that advertising slogan? We of a certain age certainly do as “tape” recordings made it possible for recorded music to thrive and propagate …
Activism Charities Communication Events LGBTQ Local Business Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Dec 6-8, 2024
Emotions ran high Wednesday evening at the Palm Springs Convention Center as community members gathered to express concerns over Trump’s election. For our allies and those who supported the new …
Activism Communication LGBTQ Local Business Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of Nov 18, 2024
Today’s front page headlines confirm the tumultuous Trump times we’re living in. LA Times: “Trump poses Threat to California’s Transgender protections, experts say” and The Desert Sun splashes on Page …
Activism Communication Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Things to Do VotingGay Desert Guide: Week of Sep 16, 2024
Our KGAY/KMEE family is proud to be nominated again this year for the two “Best of” competitions that coincidentally both start voting this week. When I created KGAY 106.5/92.1 and …
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Rarely do “the ends justify the means”, but in the case of the Palm Springs AIDS Memorial, I may make an exception. Artist Phillip K. Smith III went back to …