Florida’s draconian policies and laws are having an effect on travel and tourism in addition to the toll that they take on residents. Case in point: the IGLTA (International LGBTQ+ …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: June 16-18, 2023

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: June 9-11, 2023
Poet John Rondel posted a masterpiece to start June Pride month. It was shared on “the Facebook” by my mom via a long time family friend and former clergyman Mike …

Gay Desert Guide for Memorial Day Weekend: May 26-29, 2023
By all means we should have a nice, relaxing long holiday weekend to celebrate the beginning of summer. Boyz Night Out is back, pool parties abound, and the grill is …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of May 22, 2023
Even us dyed-in-the wool hard-core locals need to get out of the summer heat for a bit. I just made my plans for Gay Wine Weekend in July. We’ve been …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: May 19-21, 2023
Talk about British royalty! I had the pleasure of spending some time with UK journalists who are visiting Palm Springs on a “Fam” trip. Visit Palm Springs regularly hosts media …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of May 15, 2023
It was the summer of 1973 and I boarded my first airplane flight ever to attend Michigan Technological institute’s summer camp for geeky kids like myself. I was “into” electronics, …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: May 12-14, 2023
White Party grew out of an idea by the late Jeffrey Sanker to have a carefree 1989 Easter weekend here with his friends after a devastating decade of the AIDS …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: May 5-7, 2023
“It’s … with great hope that I declare Covid-19 over as a global health emergency,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said today during a news conference from Geneva. While the …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of May 1, 2023
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 …