While we’re watching the forecast maps for the weekend’s weather, I’ve been looking at two maps that affect our LGBTQ+ safety when travelling outside our Palm Springs bubble and our …
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My body hurts from a weekend of lifting, hugging and standing. Oh, and some dancing too. DJ Modgirl’s closing set on Sunday night gave me some time to reflect on …
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Remember the hope we had just one year ago going into the election? Kamala Harris was to be our savior from the orange alternative. We were going into Palm Springs …
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The confluence of Halloween and Leather Pride in Palm Springs is a once in a blue moon occurrence. And yet, here we are. There’s a great exhibition by the LGBTQ+ …
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Read a good book lately? That anachronistic term was something that we used to ask as common conversation-starter before the internet turned us into scrolling zombies. This weekend, book reading …
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The timing could be better. As over 750 worldwide travel professionals from IGLTA wrap up their idyllic week in Palm Springs, we gather on Friday evening to dedicate the Arenas …
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Over the last 12+ years, our website has evolved. But in looking back at our initial design, it’s function hasn’t changed much. Today when you click on the GayDesertGuide.com website, …
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This has been a year of retrospection for me. I’ve been looking back at my 50+ year career in radio and journalism that started at my hometown radio station and …
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In the halcyon days of Radio, I held my third class FCC license which I first received in 1972. I was just a young punk who wanted to run the …
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hilling effect was taught to me as a teenage college student studying broadcasting and journalism at Central Michigan University. Back then, it was mostly FCC policy such as aging laws …