Happy Memorial Day! I’m taking the day off along with my team. While there’s plenty to write about happening in our crazy world, I’ll gather my thoughts for another blog. …
Activism Charities Entertainment Events Gay Pride Local Business Movies Restaurants TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of May 25, 2026
Activism Entertainment LGBTQ Local Business Movies Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: May 8-10, 2026
The Late Show has been an institution since Stephen Colbert took the reins from David Letterman in 2015. In July 2025, CBS announced it would be retiring the Late Show …
Activism Entertainment Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Movies TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of Apr 27, 2026
We’re getting to that place in the calendar when “final” or “last of the year” is in the description of events on our Gay Desert Guide calendar. Yes, we’ve mostly …
Activism Charities Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Movies Pool Party Restaurants TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of Apr 20, 2026
4/20 day starts off the week as a cannabis consumer’s high holiday. Not likely to gain federal status as an official holiday, the day has California origins dating back to …
Activism Charities Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Movies Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Apr 17-19, 2026
It’s easy to get caught up in the headlines of the day, most of which starts with “Trump…” It’s an exhausting exercise in vigilance that those of us in the …
Activism Charities Entertainment Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Movies Nightlife Pool Party Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Apr 10-12, 2026
April 9 and 10. Two adjoining days on the calendar. One memorialized for shouting from the rooftops; the other for silence. You may not have heard or seen much about …
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A court in Russia on Tuesday officially designated a prominent LGBTQ+ rights organization, Coming Out, as an extremist group. This action appears to further marginalize the country’s already vulnerable LGBTQ+ …
Activism Charities Entertainment Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Movies TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of Mar 2, 2026
Charity begins at home is a proverb suggesting that one should prioritize the needs of family, friends, and the local community before assisting those further away. Attributed to Sir Thomas Browne …
Activism Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Movies TheatreGay Desert Guide Weekend: Feb 27-Mar 1, 2026
We’ve had a week of great loss to our local LGBTQ+ community with the passing of two legends whose Venn diagram would show great overlap in fundraising, while going about …
Activism Charities Entertainment Local Business Movies Pool Party Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Feb 20-22, 2026
Our darkest days are behind us. I mean that both literally and figuratively. As I sat at my kitchen table early Thursday morning, I noticed light in the sky just …