Live Aid turns 40 this weekend. Freddie Mercury and Elton John were just two of many icons who hit the stages at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia and Wembley in London. …
Activism Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: July 11-13, 2025
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Come From Away is the musical about the flights diverted on September 11th to a small town in Newfoundland. It shows the humanity of people caring for each other in …
Charities Entertainment Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Things to DoGay Desert Guide for Independence Day Weekend: July 4-6, 2025
Trump funk. That’s how I’d describe the mood in my small town of Hastings, Michigan, as residents celebrated the 4th of July. The pre-holiday concert drew a big crowd as …
Activism Charities Entertainment Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of Jun 30, 2025
Obergefell is not a name that rolls off the tongue. But Jim Obergefell’s name ten years on is one for the LGBTQ history books. June 26 marked the 10 year …
Activism Entertainment Events Gay Pride Local Business Nightlife TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of Jun 23, 2025
Pride month is coming to a close during a most tumultuous year in our LGBTQ+ history. World Pride events in Washington, D.C. have mostly ended and the major Pride in …
Activism Charities LGBTQ Local Business Nightlife TheatreGay Desert Guide Weekend: Jun 20-22, 2025
Supreme injustice. That’s how I would term the high court’s ruling this week on transgender care for youth. Fighting back is Thomi Clinton and her team at the Transgender Health …
Activism Charities Communication Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of Jun 16, 2025
What was your favorite “No Kings Day” protest sign? I’d see one, snap a photo and think it was brilliant. Then another would pop up. And so it went here …
Activism Events Gay Pride LGBTQ TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of Jun 9, 2025
FreedomFest showed up on the Gay Desert Guide calendar, the work of my editorial team. I know most everything coming to town well in advance and we are always vigilant …
Activism Entertainment LGBTQ Nightlife Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Jun 6-8, 2025
Waterbeds were a thing in the 1970s. We saw footage of Palm Springs first “gay” hotel, An Old Friend, at last week’s LGBTQ+ History and Archives home movies night. There …
Activism Charities LGBTQ Movies Protests Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Week of Jun 2, 2025
What were Pride parades like in the 1970s just after Stonewall? Pat Rocco documented them on film and later, video, in archives that live today due to the efforts of …