Whether it’s social security, the arts, veterans benefits, SCORE, trans rights in the military, homeless services, women’s reproductive rights, the park service — it’s a time of alarm. For many …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of May 12, 2025

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: May 9-11, 2025
A Bridge Over Troubled Waters. That’s the way to describe Thursday’s Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast held annually to celebrate the life of the first openly gay elected official in California. …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of May 5, 2025
When I started Gay Desert Guide, the Desert Business Association was one of the first organizations I partnered with. As one of the nation’s oldest LGBTQ+ chambers of commerce, DBA …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: May 2-4, 2025
One hundred Trump days has seemed like 100 years IRL. We’ve been watching this slow motion trainwreck play out in ways that has changed America not for the better and …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Apr 28, 2025
“Meet the Palm Springs Radio Station Mixing Pleasure and Politics”, the Fodor’s headline reads. This article published over the weekend has quite the different tone from the one appearing in …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Apr 25-27, 2025
Disney’s movie magic transcends race, skin color, gender identity and even species from mouse to man. Disney’s music runs the gamut from soulful ballads to whimsical ditties. Combine the two …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Apr 21, 2025
Conclave, the movie, will play out in real life soon following the death of Pope Francis overnight in Rome. While the Catholic church has been decried for its policies over …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Apr 14, 2025
X (Twitter) first flexed its anti-LGBTQ muscles on July 4th. That’s the day when @GayDesertGuide and hundreds of @ILoveGay profiles were canceled by Musk’s minions. When our partners at Pink …

Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Apr 11-13, 2025
Shelter in Place! That will be the mantra for some of our locals over the next three weekends as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and its country-bumpkin cousin, …

Gay Desert Guide: Week of Apr 7, 2025
A bit dog-eared and slightly faded, I have a memento of a Pride mixer from 2018 when D.E.I. was a thing. US bank was holding a DBA mixer at its …