Awards season isn’t just for Hollywood! We’re proud to come out on top of many of the “Best of Desert Awards” announced over the weekend by The Desert Sun. I’d …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Dec 16, 2024

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Dec 6-8, 2024
Emotions ran high Wednesday evening at the Palm Springs Convention Center as community members gathered to express concerns over Trump’s election. For our allies and those who supported the new …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Nov 25, 2024
Bragging rights are defined as “the opportunity to speak proudly because you have done something impressive”. So today our rights are front and center as KGAY and KMEE land top …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Nov 18, 2024
Today’s front page headlines confirm the tumultuous Trump times we’re living in. LA Times: “Trump poses Threat to California’s Transgender protections, experts say” and The Desert Sun splashes on Page …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Nov 11, 2024
A Needed Distraction. Sunday’s taping of “LIVE with Kelly and Mark“, arranged by Visit Greater Palm Springs, was a much needed break from the news cycle I’ve been experiencing since election …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Nov 8-10, 2024
“The light of America’s promise will always shine bright”. Kamala Harris’ words to us in her concession speech Wednesday help take the sting away just a bit. We are in …

Gay Desert Guide: Palm Springs Pride Weekend Nov 1-3, 2024
Election Day can’t come soon enough! As we fret and stew over ads so vile that Fox had to air a disclaimer and campaign rhetoric that makes us afraid for …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Oct 28, 2024
Marriage Equality is back on the ballot. This time it should be an easy layup for enshrining the repeal of Prop 8 into our state constitution. That’s unlike the 2008 …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Oct 25-27, 2024
Blanche DuBois’ famous line in Tennessee Williams play, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” resonates as I get ready to depart Japan for Palm Springs. “I have always depended on the kindness …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Oct 21, 2024
And so it begins! “Season” as we call it. And the Gay Desert Guide events calendar is chocked full of things to do from now until the cows come home. …