Drag Isn’t Dangerous. True is that! The well-named benefit live telethon will hit home the point that this anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment is held by a minority of people. But those loud …
Gay Desert Guide: Week of May 1, 2023
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Apr. 28-30, 2023
I serve on the LGBTQ+ Archives of the Desert board and you may have seen our projects to preserve the history of our community around Palm Springs Pride or the recent …
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Apr. 24, 2023
Coachella provides hope that – as Whitney Houston once sang – “children are our future”. Concert goers of all ages tramped around the polo grounds, but it’s a young person’s …
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Apr. 10, 2023
The expanse of our beautiful Coachella Valley is on full display this Spring. It’s festival season, the flowers are in bloom and Desert X is wrapping up this month. It’s …
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Apr. 7-9, 2023
There’s a time capsule buried on Arenas Road that has been in place for just over 22 years. This weekend the City of Palm Springs celebrates its 85th birthday. That …
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Mar. 31-Apr. 2, 2023
Andy Mills, our LGBTQ-friendly police chief in Palm Springs, made us feel safe when he addressed the Drag4Drag group at Hunters on Thursday night. He and his wife Kathy have …
Gay Desert Guide: Week of March 27, 2023
“Taking the Waters” was the term for bathing in the mineral springs coined by the Agua Caliente people who have been sharing them with visitors for over 130 years. The …
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Mar. 24-26, 2023
As the first international gay hockey tournament begins in Greater Palm Springs, there’s word of the Chicago Blackhawks caving to Russian anti-LGBTQ laws. Thursday night was the kickoff for the Palm …
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Mar. 10-12, 2023
Coco Peru is one of the godmothers of drag, performing in movies such as “Trick”, with the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles when I chaired the board, and in her …
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Mar. 6, 2023
The first shall be last and the last shall be first, to paraphrase a bible verse. The first Pride of the season happened over the weekend at Cathedral City, and …