The expanse of our beautiful Coachella Valley is on full display this Spring. It’s festival season, the flowers are in bloom and Desert X is wrapping up this month. It’s …
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Apr. 10, 2023
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Apr. 3, 2023
About the time my parents were born, the City of Palm Springs came into existence. And like my parents, it has aged gracefully – but not without some hard knocks …
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Mar. 31-Apr. 2, 2023
Andy Mills, our LGBTQ-friendly police chief in Palm Springs, made us feel safe when he addressed the Drag4Drag group at Hunters on Thursday night. He and his wife Kathy have …
Gay Desert Guide: Week of March 27, 2023
“Taking the Waters” was the term for bathing in the mineral springs coined by the Agua Caliente people who have been sharing them with visitors for over 130 years. The …
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Mar. 24-26, 2023
As the first international gay hockey tournament begins in Greater Palm Springs, there’s word of the Chicago Blackhawks caving to Russian anti-LGBTQ laws. Thursday night was the kickoff for the Palm …
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Mar. 10-12, 2023
Coco Peru is one of the godmothers of drag, performing in movies such as “Trick”, with the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles when I chaired the board, and in her …
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Mar. 6, 2023
The first shall be last and the last shall be first, to paraphrase a bible verse. The first Pride of the season happened over the weekend at Cathedral City, and …
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Feb. 27, 2023
Leslie Jordan was beloved for his roles in Del Shores’ movies as “Brother Boy”. His untimely death has prompted Shores and the cast to put together a tribute during Cathedral …
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Feb. 17-19, 2023
Out at the Fair comes to the Riverside County Fair for the first time this Saturday. After many successful fairs from Alaska to New Mexico, it’s our turn. I couldn’t …
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Feb. 13, 2023
Vacaya is celebrating five years of sailing the high seas – and other places around the world. You may remember that KGAY and GayDesertGuide were a part of their first …