On Friday, we memorialized William “Bijou” Perez and those who have gone before. Today we highlight those who make a difference in our community contemporaneously. They are the people who …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Sep 30, 2024

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Sep 27-29, 2024
It’s been 55 years since the Stonewall uprising and many of the people who were there are no longer with ‘here’. We lost another one this week when Drag Performer …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Sep 20-22, 2024
The birthday greetings started Wednesday when I stepped on my bathroom scales. After it calculated my weight (which I’m not happy about), the LED display wished me HBD — even …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Sep 6-8, 2024
#VisitHotterPalmSprings isn’t exactly a hashtag that we want to see shared on Instagram or TikTok. But the heat is a fact of life this summer and fall across the West, …

Gay Desert Guide Labor Day Weekend: Aug 30-Sep 2, 2024
Eleven is this week’s number. Today (Aug. 30th as I write this) is the 11th anniversary of GayDesertGuide.LGBT hitting the interwebs. I used the Wayback Machine to take a look at …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Aug 19, 2024
Marie Curie gave her life for science unwittingly by being exposed to high levels of radiation before knowing the consequences. In fact, her notebooks are so radioactive that they are …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Aug 9-11, 2024
As my summer vacation with Brandg draws to a close, this week’s Top 3 has a special meaning from the trip. As a teen, the song “Vincent” by Don McLean …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Aug 5, 2024
Just prior to leaving for Amsterdam Pride and the Brandg Vacations river cruise, I made a major life change. After 11 years at my condo in south Palm Springs, I’m …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Aug 2-4, 2024
It was the summer of 1978 and I was a 19-year-old kid whose parents let him go to Europe for the summer. I was traveling with my “fag-hag” friend, Cheryl, …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Jul 26-28, 2024
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 …