B-r-r-r-r! It was 40 degrees cooler at the San Diego oceanfront where I visited last evening for Marc Shaiman at the Rady Shell highlighting his movie and Broadway music. I …

Gay Desert Guide for Independence Day Weekend: Jul 4-7, 2024

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Jul 1, 2024
Couldn’t come soon enough! It was a busy Pride Month, what with all the uplifting press coverage that we received at K-Gay Desert Guide and KGAY 106.5/92.1. Yes, I’m bragging …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Jun 28-30, 2024
I, like Jon Stewart, could only follow up the debate performances with “WTF!” There’s no spin that I have seen in the post-mortem of Thursday’s Presidential debate that can adequately …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Jun 24, 2024
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity” is a quote attributed to Roman philosopher Seneca. As we mark the last week of Pride month, I’m counting my lucky stars …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Jun 21-23, 2024
As a board member of the LGBTQ+ History & Archives of the Desert, we’ve been gathering remembrances and remnants of our past – from matchbooks to magazines – that relate …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Jun 17, 2024
Discothèque is French for a collection of records. It was co-opted and eventually shortened to “disco” by those of us in the gay and black communities in the 70s. How …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Jun 14-16, 2024
As June Pride month started, I wrote about my new favorite saying on a t-shirt I recently purchased: “Pride is a MARCH not a parade”. I received many positive comments …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Jun 10, 2024
Pride continues to be celebrated this June, but has been muted corporately after last year’s backlash against Target and Budweiser, among others. I was dismayed to read a Forbes article, …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Jun 7-9, 2024
Scott Griffin and I were on the phone together Monday night just after the release of our “American Dream” HGTV segment on Facebook. We giggled like school girls as we …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Jun 3, 2024
Local Author Ray Smythe advertises his books on personal loss and grief on KGAY and KMEE. When I first met him, his unbridled enthusiasm for life was ever-present. He comes …