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 Entertainment Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Movies TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of Apr 27, 2026
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 …
Activism Charities Entertainment Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business TheatreGay Desert Guide Weekend: Mar 6-8, 2026
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 …
Activism Charities Entertainment Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business TheatreGay Desert Guide Weekend: Feb 6-8, 2026
Bad Bunny will take the halftime stage at this year’s Super Bowl from San Francisco. I’m on my way to the city by the bay as you receive this email and …
Activism Charities Entertainment Food Bank Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Movies TheatreGay Desert Guide Weekend: Jan 30-Feb 1, 2026
Our LGBTQ+ community is ever-changing here in the Coachella Valley. Businesses come and go. Big tent events like The Dinah and White Party — once dominant national forces — fade away. In their place, …