When I started Gay Desert Guide, the Desert Business Association was one of the first organizations I partnered with. As one of the nation’s oldest LGBTQ+ chambers of commerce, DBA …
Activism Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Movies Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of May 5, 2025
Activism Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Movies Protests Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: May 2-4, 2025
One hundred Trump days has seemed like 100 years IRL. We’ve been watching this slow motion trainwreck play out in ways that has changed America not for the better and …
Communication Community Conversations Gay Pride LGBTQ Movies Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of Apr 28, 2025
“Meet the Palm Springs Radio Station Mixing Pleasure and Politics”, the Fodor’s headline reads. This article published over the weekend has quite the different tone from the one appearing in …
Activism Events Gay Pride Local Business Movies TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of Apr 14, 2025
X (Twitter) first flexed its anti-LGBTQ muscles on July 4th. That’s the day when @GayDesertGuide and hundreds of @ILoveGay profiles were canceled by Musk’s minions. When our partners at Pink …
Activism Charities Events Fitness LGBTQ Local Business Movies Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Apr 4-6, 2025
We got up close and personal with two people this week who are very different parts of the front lines. The amazing stamina of Sen. Cory Booker put a lump …
Activism Entertainment Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Movies TheatreGay Desert Guide Weekend: Mar 21-23, 2025
Influencers are typically thought of as younger peeps, particularly those in Gen Z and early Millennials. So when I got an invite to a “mingle” for the new Mid-Century Modern …
Activism Communication Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business MoviesGay Desert Guide: Week of Mar 3, 2025
Lesbians have a history of mothering that is built into their DNA. During the AIDS crisis, many brought comfort, care and compassion to gay men who were dying by the …
Activism Entertainment Events LGBTQ Local Business MoviesGay Desert Guide: Week of Feb 10, 2025
Tequila or THC. Which is worse for you? With all the political turmoil, it’s tempting to numb the “pain” with alcohol or drugs. (We won’t know how usage rates went …
Charities Communication Entertainment Events Fitness Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business MoviesGay Desert Guide Weekend: Jan 24-26, 2025
Not a year goes by that the Red Dress/Dress Red Party helps me to make new “best friends”. And in talking to The Center’s staff at Wednesday’s Center Social that we sponsored, the same …
Activism Charities Events LGBTQ Local Business Movies Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of Jan 13, 2025
The “Best of Fest” at the Palm Springs International Film Festival is both a marathon and a sprint. You could spend all day today viewing the top films of the …