Category Archives: Palm Springs Information
Best Gay Palm Springs with GED
GAY ENTERTAINMENT DIRECTORY (GED)
GED is the local LGBTQ publication (gedmag.com)
GED Magazine has a global web presence and high visibility at significant events (pride festivals, parades, LGBT gatherings, GED events) throughout California.
GED Magazine is 100% gay owned and operated and we believe that supporting one another in the LGBTQ+ community is key to a united voice in achieving equality for all . GED Magazine directly gives back through events, fundraisers and sponsorships, that bring our community together.
Since our inception, GED magazine has given back over $1,000,000 to the LGBTQ+ community through charities, non-profits and businesses that support and embody LGBTQ+ causes and principles.
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Best Gay Travel Guide to Palm Springs
From GAYETY.co –
Perhaps the gayest and most glamorous city to add to your itinerary, Palm Springs is a desert oasis world-renowned for its LGBTQ-friendly atmosphere. If you’re planning your gay Palm Springs vacation, look no further! This guide will cover everything, including the best resorts, restaurants, bars, clubs, events, and other attractions.
Out of at least 48,000 people in Palm Springs, approximately 33-50 percent of that population is LGBTQ – including the entire city council. This makes it home to arguably the largest LGBTQ community in California coming in at third place among US cities with the most gay and lesbian households. Check out their entire GUIDE. HERE!
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COOL Things to do in Palm Springs this Summer!
People from all over the world come to the Palm Springs area for rest and relaxation.
It has been a place for wellness and healing since its beginnings in the early twentieth century when visitors came for the natural hot mineral springs and warm dry climate. In today’s tech-obsessed times, when we are so often glued to our screens, it can be difficult to unplug.
Palm Springs is a great wellness getaway to recharge your mental and emotional batteries and also get the most out of your vacation. Here’s a round-up of some of our favorite spots in Palm Springs where you can focus on wellness and self-care.
(SEE MORE!! source: Visit Palm Springs/Wellness)
Enjoy the Wellness Park
If you’re wandering through Palm Springs neighborhoods, take a stroll through the Wellness Park. This five-acre spot at the corner of Via Miraleste and Tachevah Road is a serene area to relax and enjoy the outdoors. The space has fitness stations, trails, and a Healing and Fragrance garden that features plants with aromatic and medicinal qualities like lavender, peppermint and thyme. It’s a spot that locals love for its off-the-beaten-path location – and it makes a fantastic stretching and meditation spot if you’re out on a long run. Located adjacent to Ruth Hardy Park.
THE BEST!
Pool and Jacuzzi @ Inndulge
SPLASH HOUSE RETURNS THIS SUMMER!
October Art in Palm Springs
Columbus Day Weekend @ INNdulge! October 11-14, 2019
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Easter in Palm Springs
There is still time to make plans for Easter in Palm Springs!
Grab a room and make plans for Easter Brunch!
K Gay Radio The Pride of the Valley
This week brought the launch of Qchella Media Corporation and the new K-GAY 106.5 FM, The Pride of the Valley, which debuted its new music format.
K-GAY, as part of Qchella Media, is a new local radio station streamed worldwide on TuneIn Radio. The station serves the LGBTQ+ community with entertainment and information, including an on-demand podcasting platform bringing a wide variety of LGBTQ+ content to their audience in Palm Springs, the Coachella Valley and worldwide.
Besides their unique and diverse programming, what sets Qchella Media Corporation apart is that they are also a non-profit media organization, where every dollar raised through advertising and their members’ support is devoted to the content, allowing their team to
meet the needs of their diverse communities in the Coachella Valley.
Source Palm Springs Life. Read More!
Winter in Gay Palm Springs
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Palm Springs International Film Festival
January 3, 2019 – January 14, 2019
Now entering its 30th year, the Palm Springs International Film Festival is one of the largest and most well-respected film festivals in North America. Its culturally diverse program of 200± stellar films from more than 60 countries …
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Desert Arts Festival
January 12, 2019 – January 13, 2019
The Desert Arts Festival, a four day show, will feature numerous artists presenting their original work in all mediums of two and three dimensional fine art, including paintings in acrylic,&…
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Tour de Palm Springs February 9, 2019
The Tour de Palm Springs has raised over $3,000,000 for Coachella Valley charities since 1999. Tim Esser had an idea on January 31, 1998. He would hold a bike event in Palm Springs that would allow local cyclist to …
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Modernism Week 2019 February 14, 2019 – February 24, 2019
Location: Multiple locations in Palm Springs Information: www.modernismweek.com/ Description: This is a ten day event focusing on mid-century modern design and architecture that makes Palm Springs so unique. Over 75 events including Palm Springs …
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LGBTQ Palm Springs City Council
I first came to Palm Springs in the late 90’s…it was already a gay getaway in the desert with lots of LGBT businesses.
Over the years it has GROWN! I have had so many friends move here! And now the entire city council is LGBTQ!~
Local Government Elects All-LGBTQ City Council
A California city council made history Tuesday night, when voters added two more LGBTQ politicians—making the entire five-person body comprised of LGBTQ membes for the first time. Lisa Middleton, a transgender woman, and Christy Holstege, who identifies as bisexual, won seats on the Palm Springs City Council, joining three current councilmembers, Geoff Kors, J.R. Roberts and…
Seniors Give Gay Advice
You Tube sensation Davey Wavey chatted with Seniors recently and the gay history and advice to young people.
LGBT Community Center of the Desert.
611 South Palm Canyon Dr, Ste 201 Palm Springs, CA 92264
760.416.7790
Palm Springs Gay Pride
.Palm Springs Pride 2014, Nov. 7-9, is offering free festival admission as it moves to a new location in downtown Palm Springs.
PS Pride will also introduce a new parade route and is offering an unprecedented number of performers and attractions with a diverse lineup of performers gathered to celebrate equality, freedom and diversity in the desert’s LGBT community.
Parties Parties Parties! Beach Party, 5k Walk, Pool Parties, ladies parties – it’s all here this year!
Music, celebrities and more!
GET THE WHOLE SCHEDULE HERE
Palm Springs Gay Pride and Parade to be moved this Fall
Pride in Palm Springs will never be the same. We’ve worked several years to get to this point and on Wednesday night the Palm Springs City Council unanimously approved moving the Pride Festival to Palm Canyon Dr. in Downtown.
This year’s event logo featuring the palm tree lined Palm Canyon Drive leading directly to Palm Springs Pride couldn’t be more fitting. We are beyond thrilled with the news.
The road would close at 11 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7, and reopen at 3 a.m. Monday, Nov. 10.
Additional road closures would be held for the Pride Parade, which will be held on Nov. 9.
Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet said the event has a “fabulous, wonderful energy” and that it would inevitably provide a boost to the city’s shops and restaurants.
“The move downtown will have a bigger impact than we realize,” Pougnet said.
Gay Palm Springs Photo Contest
VISIT GAY PALM SPRINGS PHOTO CONTEST
Enter the Visit Gay Palm Springs Photo Contest for gay travelers and you could be on your way to a 5 day/ 4 night vacation in sunny Palm Springs, California!
* Palm Springs Hot Fashion – club, pool party, drag, or even your pet in a cute Palm Springs outfit.
* Palm Springs Hot Footage – mountains, palm trees, pool scene, club event, hiking, etc.
* Palm Springs Hot Fun – be creative, have fun, but keep it clean.
Upload your Palm Springs inspired photos then get your friends and family to vote. The entry with the most votes wins! Are you packed and ready?
Could the Palm Springs Aerial Tram be the 8th World Wonder?
Aboard the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, World’s Largest Rotating
Tramcar, you will experience a breathtaking journey up the sheer cliffs
of Chino Canyon.
elevation 2,643 ft. and end at the Mountain Station – elevation 8,516
ft. No matter what the season, whether you are enjoying spectacular
views or hiking in a pristine wilderness, a one-of-a-kind experience can
be had by all.
the north edge of Palm Springs – about two hours by car from Los Angeles
and San Diego – did not just happen. It required foresight, planning,
financing and, most of all a vision. For years, it was the dream of a
young electrical engineer named Francis F. Crocker to “go up there where
it’s nice and cool”.
Crocker’s dream began in 1935 while he was on a trip to Banning,
California, with newspaper publisher Carl Barkow. Mopping his brow in
the heat of the day, Crocker gazed on longingly at the still snow-capped
peak of Mt. San Jacinto 10,834 feet high. At that moment, “Crocker’s
Folly,” as it was soon dubbed by one newspaper woman, was born – a
tramway up the sheer cliffs of Chino Canyon.
Palm Springs 12 Days of Christmas
12 Days of Dining for a Cause
This holiday season, leave the cooking to someone else. From chef-owned bistros to elegant eateries, the restaurants of Palm Springs invite you dine for a cause while enjoy special holiday deals and gifts. During the first twelve days of December, participating restaurants are offering diners an exclusive bottle of Gerard Bertrand Cremant Brut 2008 or Zardetto Convento Prosecco for only $5.00 a bottle, which is perfect for gift giving too! For every bottle sold, the restaurant will donate $1.00 to the Boys and Girls Club of Palm Springs.
PLUS Celebrate the “12 Days of Christmas”
in Palm Springs, December 1-12, 2011 with quintessential holiday
performances, celebrity tree lightings, holiday shopping and dining
specials. Signature events include the Festival of Lights Parade with
special guest, Carol Channing as Celebrity Grand Marshal, and the “Walk
of the Inns,” a self-guided tour of historic and boutique inns decorated
for the holidays.
Get the whole schedule online!
WHERE TO STAY??
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The Land for Planned Gay Retirement Home in Palm Springs is Foreclosed On
The recession has hit the housing market hard, including planned communities for retirees.
That is no less true when it comes to housing for GLBT seniors.
Across the country, planned communities for retiring gays and lesbians have been on the drawing board, but have had a hard time getting underway.
One such project, undertaken by RainbowVision California LLC, has suffered a setback with the land intended for a planned retirement community catering to the silver GLBT set reverting to a lender for the project.
The lender, Senior Housing Partners III, retook the land in a foreclosure auction, reported the Palm Springs newspaper The Desert Sun in a Dec. 17 article.
The planned community had enjoyed promotion by tennis star Billie Jean King, the article said, but the economic realities of the situation forced the project to stall.
The article quoted RainbowVision president Joy Silver, who said, “The only thing stopping us is the economy–the fact that banks have not been in a position to make construction loans.
“We plan to move forward as soon as the economy allows.”
RainbowVision has already laid claim to the nation’s first GLBT retirement community, which is up and running in Santa Fe, NM.
Other retirement communities for older gays and lesbians have followed suit, such as The Palms of Manasota in Florida, and Birds of a Feather in Pecos, NM.
But the delay in the construction of the Palm Springs community is also not unique: the development of Boston’s LGBT retirement project Stonewall Communities was put on hold earlier this year.
The new community in Palm Springs was designed to include nearly 200 units, along with community amenities such as a nightclub, pool, spa, club house, and café, as well as athletic facilities.
The company hopes that once the economy recovers, RainbowVision will be able to buy the land back once again and proceed with construction.
Meantime, some of the seniors interested in the Palm Springs community have decided to relocate to Santa Fe instead, to the already-operating GLBT retirement community there.
“The GLBT retirement community model works; we know it,” said Silver of the Santa Fe location.
“We’re seeing a rise in occupancy there.”
The Best of Gay Palm Springs and the New Gay Travel Guide
