Number one on our hit parade this weekend is the “Pool Party for a Cause” benefitting the Palm Springs Animal Shelter. Just a few weeks ago, George Sinatra did a …
Activism Charities Events Gay Pride Health LGBTQ Movies Pool Party TheatreGay Desert Guide for Memorial Day Weekend : May 22-25, 2026
Activism Charities Entertainment Health LGBTQ Pool Party TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of May 18, 2026
Is Long Beach Pride’s cancellation a precursor to what’s to come? Has the Trump administration won? Let’s hope not. And I don’t mean to ring the death knell to LGBTQ+ …
Activism Charities Communication Entertainment Health LGBTQ Movies TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of May 11, 2026
The controversy surrounding a recent incident at Tool Shed with Honey Davenport has laid bare the cumulative weight of being a Black gay man in a city that markets itself …
Activism Charities Entertainment Gay Pride Health Movies TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of Feb 2, 2026
The morning headlines went from bad to worse. As I looked for fodder for this twice-weekly blog, a scan of The Desert Sun and LA Times did nothing for my morale. We’re now blockading …
Activism Charities Entertainment Health LGBTQ Local Business NightlifeGay Desert Guide Weekend: Jan 23-25, 2026
On a typical day, I barely have time to “invest” in social media. My gay friends have a few threads with photos and videos of varied flavors of hot men …
Activism Charities Entertainment Gay Pride Health LGBTQ Movies Sports TheatreGay Desert Guide Weekend: Jan 9-11, 2026
Plucked from obscurity. Our heartthrob stars of Heated Rivalry follow a string of rags to riches stories that dot the landscape of entertainment. Both Connor Storries and Hudson Williams were …
Activism Entertainment Food Bank Gay Pride Health LGBTQ TheatreGay Desert Guide Weekend: Oct 3-5, 2025
Traveling abroad — as I did recently — becomes a constant Lucy & Desi moment: “Lucy, you’ve got some ‘splainin’ to do!” And explain away I did. The Europeans I …
Charities Events Gay Pride Health LGBTQ Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Aug 1-3, 2025
Amsterdam Pride weekend is underway and I’m embedded with BearCruise.com for the celebration. This corresponds with another big event — the anniversary of me purchasing and hitting the reset button …
Charities Events Gay Pride Health LGBTQ Local BusinessGay Desert Guide: Week of July 7, 2025
Come From Away is the musical about the flights diverted on September 11th to a small town in Newfoundland. It shows the humanity of people caring for each other in …
Charities Entertainment Events Health LGBTQ Local BusinessGay Desert Guide Weekend: Feb 21-23, 2025
Half-way there! That’s the word from two separate fundraising efforts counting on private funding to get over the finish line. The Plaza Theatre will open in December, and the lineup …