It’s been difficult to watch the news since election day. You may be among the many I talk to who — like the proverbial wreck on the freeway — just …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Dec 2, 2024

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Nov 25, 2024
Bragging rights are defined as “the opportunity to speak proudly because you have done something impressive”. So today our rights are front and center as KGAY and KMEE land top …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Nov 15-17, 2024
Gay Men of Palm Springs is an influential voice through their social media page on Facebook. It boasts over 15,000 members and is curated with love by Raymond Lafleur. I …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Nov 4, 2024
Be You was the theme for Palm Springs Pride this year – and it lived up to its theme. I love the free expression of gender identity, kinks, fetishes and …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Oct 28, 2024
Marriage Equality is back on the ballot. This time it should be an easy layup for enshrining the repeal of Prop 8 into our state constitution. That’s unlike the 2008 …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Oct 25-27, 2024
Blanche DuBois’ famous line in Tennessee Williams play, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” resonates as I get ready to depart Japan for Palm Springs. “I have always depended on the kindness …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Oct 21, 2024
And so it begins! “Season” as we call it. And the Gay Desert Guide events calendar is chocked full of things to do from now until the cows come home. …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Oct 18-20, 2024
Banned Book Week took place late last month, and many of the titles that the right vilifies are those by LGBTQ+ authors. That’s why this weekend’s Pride on the Page …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Oct 14, 2024
As Seen on TV. Those words emblazoned the Popeil Pocket Fisherman, Chia Pets and many more schlocky items from out youth. But now Greater Palm Springs is about to be …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Sep 30, 2024
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 …