As June Pride month started, I wrote about my new favorite saying on a t-shirt I recently purchased: “Pride is a MARCH not a parade”. I received many positive comments …
Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Jun 14-16, 2024
Activism Charities Entertainment Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of Jun 10, 2024
Pride continues to be celebrated this June, but has been muted corporately after last year’s backlash against Target and Budweiser, among others. I was dismayed to read a Forbes article, …
Activism Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Jun 7-9, 2024
Scott Griffin and I were on the phone together Monday night just after the release of our “American Dream” HGTV segment on Facebook. We giggled like school girls as we …
Activism Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Nightlife Restaurants Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of Jun 3, 2024
Local Author Ray Smythe advertises his books on personal loss and grief on KGAY and KMEE. When I first met him, his unbridled enthusiasm for life was ever-present. He comes …
Activism Charities Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: May 31-Jun 2, 2024
June is Pride month around the world. The history of commemorating this was born out of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York. The first Pride March took place on …
Activism Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Nightlife Self-care Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of May 20, 2024
Will there be a local “trifecta” of winners this week? Sunday gave us two pieces of good news: Abi Carter won American Idol in a nail-biting show that featured her …
Activism Entertainment Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Movies Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: May 10-12, 2024
I have a “Love-Like” relationship with L.A. Having lived there for nearly a decade before making roots in the Coachella Valley, I know it like the back of my hand. …
Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Nightlife Restaurants Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of May 6, 2024
On November 27, 1978, George Moscone, the mayor of San Francisco, and Harvey Milk, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, were shot and killed inside City Hall by …
Charities Entertainment Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Mar. 29-31, 2024
“Tenderful” is a new word I learned Thursday at the Senior Inspiration Awards. It means you’re ten times wonderful – “one” derful… The word came from honoree Father Charlie Ara, …
Activism Communication Entertainment Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of Feb 5, 2024
Coco Peru is comedic genius. She also gives us much to celebrate and much to ponder. Her shows at Fuego Events space (formerly a bank, as she jokes), sold out …