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 Weekend: Nov 15-17, 2024

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Nov 11, 2024
A Needed Distraction. Sunday’s taping of “LIVE with Kelly and Mark“, arranged by Visit Greater Palm Springs, was a much needed break from the news cycle I’ve been experiencing since election …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Nov 8-10, 2024
“The light of America’s promise will always shine bright”. Kamala Harris’ words to us in her concession speech Wednesday help take the sting away just a bit. We are in …

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 Weekend: Oct 11-13, 2024
Talk about a confluence of events! On the weekend that the orange one is descending on our valley, Randy Rainbow is in town. And near the site of his rally, …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Oct 7, 2024
Coming Out Day started in 1988, when I was not yet out of the closet myself at age 30. I didn’t know about such a day until many years later. …