We’re still X’ed off X. If you’ve been following the story, X, formerly Twitter, has silenced hundreds of LGBTQ+ profiles, including @GayDesertGuide, @ILoveGayPalmSprings, @ILoveGayCatCity – even the LGBTQ profile for …
Activism Communication LGBTQ Local Business Medical Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Jul 12-14, 2024
Activism Entertainment Gay Pride LGBTQ Movies Nightlife Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of Jul 8, 2024
X is making a concerted, top-level effort to silence the LGBTQ+ community! That’s a strong statement, but ironically, on July 4th, hundreds of X accounts were suspended in one fell …
Activism Communication Entertainment Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Restaurants Things to DoGay Desert Guide for Independence Day Weekend: Jul 4-7, 2024
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 …
Communication Events LGBTQ Local Business Things to DoGay 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 …
Activism Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Restaurants Things to DoGay 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 …
Communication Events LGBTQ Local Business Nightlife Things to DoGay 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 …
Activism Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Nightlife Things to DoGay 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 …
Activism Charities Entertainment Events Gay Pride Health LGBTQ Local Business Movies Nightlife Things to DoGay 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 …
Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Things to DoGay 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 …
Activism Charities Entertainment Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Nightlife Things to DoGay 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, …