The morning headlines went from bad to worse. As I looked for fodder for this twice-weekly blog, a scan of The Desert Sun and LA Times did nothing for my morale. We’re now blockading …
Activism Charities Entertainment Gay Pride Health Movies TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of Feb 2, 2026
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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, …
Activism Entertainment Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Movies Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Jan 16-18, 2026
Ihave a number of “self-help” books on my shelves that have been a part of my life for many years. One of the early finds was One Door Closes, Another Door …
Activism Charities Entertainment Gay Pride Health LGBTQ Movies Sports TheatreGay Desert Guide Weekend: Jan 9-11, 2026
Plucked from obscurity. Our heartthrob stars of Heated Rivalry follow a string of rags to riches stories that dot the landscape of entertainment. Both Connor Storries and Hudson Williams were …
Activism Entertainment Gay Pride LGBTQ Movies Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Nov 21-23, 2025
If there is one video that deserves to go viral this week, it’s the one I’m going to highlight today. No, it’s not a crypto get-rich-quick scheme endorsed by a …
Charities Entertainment Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Movies TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of Aug 11, 2025
My alarm went off just before 5 am today. Sometimes I’m up that early, but today it was appointment listening to my hometown radio station in Hastings, Michigan, where my …
Activism Charities LGBTQ Movies Protests Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Week of Jun 2, 2025
What were Pride parades like in the 1970s just after Stonewall? Pat Rocco documented them on film and later, video, in archives that live today due to the efforts of …
Activism Communication LGBTQ Local Business Movies Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of May 19, 2025
At 10:49 AM, sitting in my office, I heard a massive boom. My Saturday morning — and weekend was turned upside down as was that of our entire community. My …
Activism Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Movies Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of May 5, 2025
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 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 …