Obergefell is not a name that rolls off the tongue. But Jim Obergefell’s name ten years on is one for the LGBTQ history books. June 26 marked the 10 year …
Activism Charities Entertainment Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of Jun 30, 2025
Activism Entertainment Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Nightlife TheatreGay Desert Guide Weekend: Jun 27-29, 2025
The newspapers were late today. So my morning routine at Living Out was disrupted: grab an early morning cup of Coachella Valley Coffee from the lounge, have MeTV reruns on …
Activism Entertainment Events Gay Pride Local Business Nightlife TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of Jun 23, 2025
Pride month is coming to a close during a most tumultuous year in our LGBTQ+ history. World Pride events in Washington, D.C. have mostly ended and the major Pride in …
Activism Events Gay Pride LGBTQ TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of Jun 9, 2025
FreedomFest showed up on the Gay Desert Guide calendar, the work of my editorial team. I know most everything coming to town well in advance and we are always vigilant …
Activism Communication Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide for Memorial Day Weekend: May 23-26, 2025
Giving seems to be in our LGBTQ DNA. The practice of helping others — whether financially, socially or in volunteerism — is something we just do, most of the time …
Activism Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Movies Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of May 5, 2025
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 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 …