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2022 Review

2022 Review

The Standard Magazine: A Look Back to 2022 Compiled By Jeremy Faust As we look forward to a New Year, we would like to revisit some of the articles featured on the pages of The Standard Magazine, highlighting excerpts from articles from each month that deserve a second gander. You can read the complete article...
2022 Holiday Gift Guide

2022 Holiday Gift Guide

By Ethan Thorpe Although it may not feel like it, but the holiday season is upon us and we’re guessing you have no clue what to get those certain special people in your life? While it may seem like the holidays are a long way away, as always, they’ll be sneaking up on us before...
“SAY GAY” Palm Springs Pride 2022

“SAY GAY” Palm Springs Pride 2022

By Tom Jimenez Palm Springs Pride announced the 2022 theme ‘Say Gay’ as a challenge to fight extremism at the ballot box this November. Palm Springs Pride president and CEO Ron deHarte said, “Say Gay” is a theme, it’s a political statement, it’s a call to action. Mobilize your friends, family, neighbors, and workplace to...
In A League Of Their Own

In A League Of Their Own

Sha-wing Batter! Queer Facts About America’s Favorite Pastime by Mikey Rox The boys of summer are back – and you know what that means: All them butts! Aside from gawking at your baseball favorite players’ posteriors in form-fitting pinstriped pants, there are plenty of queer cheers to give for America’s national pastime. Batter up! Glenn...
Trailblazing LGBTQ Sports Figures

Trailblazing LGBTQ Sports Figures

By Joseph Majors The LGBTQ community has been historically under-represented in the sporting world. Nowadays – and while there’s still a long way to go – the sports world is opening up, and this is thanks in part to some of the great LGBTQ ambassadors, who have broken barriers and shattered stereotypes. There are obviously...
2022 Food Trends

2022 Food Trends

What’s On YOUR Plate? 2022 Food Trends By Chris Astrala Remember when kale was the new lettuce, quinoa the new rice and cauliflower the new mashed potato? We are constantly looking for that latest thing to tickle our taste buds and savor the next new thing to please our culinary whims. We’ve run down the...
Kristine W

Kristine W

Kristine W: The Queen of Club Music By Carlos Astrala Named by Billboard Magazine as the #8 Greatest Dance Artist of All Time, Kristine W has proven herself a lasting talent. Through more than twenty-five years in music, she has consistency delivered songs that touch hearts and souls and compel bodies to find the mighty...
Madonna

Madonna

Madonna, Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones By Ryan Turrin Madonna made history once again when she topped the Dance Club Songs chart for the 50th time, making her the first and only recording artist to have 50 #1 hits on any single Billboard chart. New career-spanning compilations celebrate the icon’s record 50 #1 club...
TRAVEL 2022 TOP LGBTQ+ DESTINATIONS

TRAVEL 2022 TOP LGBTQ+ DESTINATIONS

By Dominic Ellis LGBTQ travelers have been waiting to get back on the road and discover new destinations as well as reacquaint themselves with some old favorites. 2022 is supposed to be when traveling will be back in high gear. Coming out of such a long period of constraints and limitations, 2022 will be the...
White Party Palm Springs

White Party Palm Springs

The Return Of The Legendary Desert Music Festival By Greg Stanton White Party Global (WPG) announced the long-awaited return of White Party Palm Springs, the largest and most well-known gay dance music festival in the world, which will take the desert by storm April 29 – May 1, 2022. “It is an honor to continue...
Gala Like Never Before! DAP Health Announces New Vision For 'The Chase'

Gala Like Never Before! DAP Health Announces New Vision For ‘The Chase’

By Steven Henke Dap Health announces the 2022 Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards ‘The Chase’ returns as an all in-person event on April 9, outdoors, at the Palm Springs Convention Center. DAP Health is making it safer to come together for this yearly tradition, timing it for some of the season’s most ideal evening weather. To...
Modernism Week 2022

Modernism Week 2022

Modernism Week is the largest celebration of midcentury and modern architecture, design, and culture. It started out as a collaborative, grass-roots community effort comprised of a few home tours, cocktail mixers and educational events that were planned to coincide with the Palm Springs Modernism Show & Sale occurring in Palm Springs, CA each February since...