Holiday music droning from the grocery store speakers. Black Friday Sale emails. End of the year donation requests. Tis the season! As Thanksgiving week gets underway, you can participate in …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Nov 20, 2023

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Nov 17-19, 2023
This is a somber time of year for our community. We just marked Veterans Day, and now will commemorate those lost to a different war – the culture war. Our …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Nov 10-12, 2023
Earlier this year, Tom Swan Hernandez presented myself and John Taylor with AMVETS Post 66 Business of the Year award. We were grateful to Tom, whose tireless work to recognize …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Nov 6, 2023
Pics to share? If you have photos from Palm Springs Pride this weekend, we’d love to have you share them with us. Just use #ILoveGayPalmSprings in your posts or comments, …

Gay Desert Guide: Palm Springs Pride Weekend Nov 3-5, 2023
I’m going to keep it short and sweet today: There’s no excuse for you not to find community, marvel at our wonderful LGBTQ+ pride events and overall have a good …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Oct. 23, 2023
High above the white picket fences, tall hedges and block walls lies the history of Palm Springs. That history is only revealed on a double decker bus tour (or illegal …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Oct. 9, 2023
I’m Comin’ Out – Diana Ross once sang, and it became a gay anthem. Nile Rogers co-wrote the song after an experience in a prominent Manhattan transgender club, GG’s Barnum …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Oct. 6-8, 2023
Séc-he Spa was ground zero for our tourism industry in Greater Palm Springs. From their website: “As early as the late 1880s, Séc-he and its bathhouse became the first tourist …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Oct. 2, 2023
Had the writer’s strike not gotten resolved, many of you may have rediscovered live theatre productions to get your fix of entertainment. The valley has a rich tradition in theatre, …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Sep. 29-Oct 1, 2023
Dianne Feinstein’s death as we go into the weekend brings back the memory of my first exposure to her: Announcing the assassinations of San Francisco’s Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor …