An Election of a Lifetime
By Christopher Astrala This year’s election is the most important in our lifetime. The decisions voters make in November will reverberate for a generation to come, through all three branches of American government and across the world. Given the president’s performance during his first term and his opportunities to cement and then expand those changes...
Palm Springs Pride 2020
Palm Springs Pride 2020 By Ron deHarte EXIST. RESIST. PERSIST. Pride Week will look and feel very different in Palm Springs but we have many opportunities to celebrate and be engaged. Our schedule of events will help you navigate what’s going on and connect in celebration. We come together under the theme “Exist. Resist. Persist.”...
The Show Must Go on…
By Jim R. Delfino Theatre is about human connection … that once in a lifetime moment of exchange between actor and audience. Simply, that’s what makes the COVID-19 pandemic so very difficult, particularly for the industry, because it has deprived this exchange that inspires performances. What will the post-pandemic stage look like? No one knows...
Dua Lipa & The Blessed Madonna
Remix Album Club Future Nostalgia Out today Club Future Nostalgia is a stellar collection of brand-new remixes and features from an incredible roll call of superstars, underground heroes and some of the world’s finest dance music talent. Featuring remixes handpicked by The Blessed Madonna, the mix tape also includes classic house and pop samples woven...
The Future of Sports
The Future of SportsBy John Stanford A month or more of staying inside your house with restrictions on your movements, and no live sporting action to follow on the TV or on the Internet. No scores to check, no adrenalin surge in anticipation of a much-awaited match, no spending hours post matches to discuss what...
Main Street Palm Springs
Main Street Palm Springs Receives Grant From Public Arts Commission By Bob Bogard Grant will fund local artists to transform benches into works of art. Main Street Palm Springs, the city of Palm Springs’ Downtown and Uptown Business Association, announced that it has received a grant from the Palm Springs Public Arts Commission to fund...
Nerdy Bear
Tom’s Got Game By Jacob Gomez Tom Goss’s sultry new R&B track, “Nerdy Bear,” is an ode to plus-sized gay men who enjoy super heroes and playing video games. The sexy crooner makes moves on the furred nerd in new summer jam “It would be hard to pinpoint what I love most about nerdy bears,”...
Travel and the New “Normal”
By Adam Martindale How we travel has definitely changed in the short term, this is fluid and being improved day by day and best practices are being shared by different companies. Many of the changes are for the best and will create a safer environment for everyone. I believe that some of these changes should...
Social Justice Programming
Here TV Highlights Social Justice Programming. By Michel Khordoc Here TV, America’s first and largest LGBTQ+ video channel, is celebrating Pride Month 2020 with an exclusive selection of LGBTQ+ programming, documentaries and films. Social Justice has represented a core value of Here TV’s mission since its launch in 2003 as the nation’s first LGBTQ television service. Here...
Take a Virtual Vacation
Leave the Passport in the Draw…Take a Virtual Vacation By Paloma Richards Normal travel, as we know it may be off the table for the foreseeable future, virtual escapism is open to anyone with Internet access. Some of the world’s leading galleries, museums and landscapes are at your fingertips. Here is a selection of the...
Pride Movement Stands up to COVID
By Steven Taylor Pride movement stands up to COVID with ambitious Global Pride event featuring music artists and world leaders. When Los Angeles Pride announced on March 12th that they were postponing their planned events for June, it confirmed what many Pride organizers across the world were fearing – that the COVID19 pandemic was going...
SAGE, Improving the Lives of LGBT Elders
By Jessica Rozycki SAGE is the country’s largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older people. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in New York City, SAGE is a national organization that offers supportive services and consumer resources to LGBT older people and their caregivers. SAGE also...