It's te – Palm Sprgs' gay muny and herage mak one of the most LGBT-iendly towns the world. But how did this happen?
Contents:
- IN GAY-IENDLY PALM SPRGS, AMERI'S FIRST ALL-LGBT ERNMENT IS NO SURPRISE
- YOUR GUI TO EVERYTHG GAY PALM SPRGS
- WHY PALM SPRGS IS THE GAYT TOWN AMERI
- PALM SPRGS GAY MEN’S CHOS HOSTS SCHOOL SUPPLI DRIVE
- GAY RORTS
IN GAY-IENDLY PALM SPRGS, AMERI'S FIRST ALL-LGBT ERNMENT IS NO SURPRISE
Trixie Mattel of “RuPl’s Drag Race” and the Gay Dert Gui's Brad Fuhr share their favore queer-iendly thgs to do the beloved sert town. * palm springs gay cities *
”The stggle for gay and transgenr rights, other words, has so triumphed this wealthy sert oasis se ltle remarkable about electg three gay men, a transgenr woman and a bisexual woman, all Democrats, to s five-member uncil. Roy Moore, Alabama’s feated Senate ndidate, threatened to brg an atavistic view of homosexualy to Washgton Sprgs, a 47, 000-strong muny which boasts fe dg, galleri and mid-century archecture, feels like a parallel universe. Photograph: Rory Carroll/The GuardianOnce bt known as a sert hangout for Hollywood’s 1960s rat pack, Palm Sprgs is now arguably the gayt town is ranked first California and the third the US among ci wh the most same-sex upl per 1, 000 hoeholds, acrdg to cens data analysis by the Williams Instute at the UCLA School of vatners flocked here recent s bee was discreet – what happened Palm Sprgs stayed Palm Sprgs – and many end up stayg.
YOUR GUI TO EVERYTHG GAY PALM SPRGS
Laidback and rort sual, Palm Sprgs is the Amerin epicenter of the LGBTQ muny. Boastg over 325 days of sunshe and a 50% gay populatn, rints here feel tly at home. * palm springs gay cities *
”The cy manager, who is gay, timated that about half of the members of neighbourhood anisatns were, the mayor, said that for s he had led a “reful, closeted” life as a naval officer and so cherished the fact that Palm Sprgs accepted an all-LGBT ernment as no big al. (Gee Wylol / For the Tim) Two of my iends have an ongog joke: If they’re the only ctomers a bar, that bar is now a gay same ethos n be applied sentially anywhere a cy as gay as Palm Sprgs: Any ffee shop or clothg store n be gay if someone queer lov, if you’re lookg for the bt queer-iendly thgs to do the place some ll the gayt town Ameri (when Palm Sprgs hered the natn’s first all-LGBT cy uncil, rints shgged), helps to ask the people who know the sert town’s LGBTQ+ muny timately.
For Brad Fuhr, the founr of Gay Dert Gui and owner of KGAY 106.
WHY PALM SPRGS IS THE GAYT TOWN AMERI
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Durg the two s that he’s spent visg and livg Palm Sprgs, Fuhr has watched the lol gay scene evolve. “For a long time, all the gay bars and lbian bars were Cathedral Cy, ” he said.
PALM SPRGS GAY MEN’S CHOS HOSTS SCHOOL SUPPLI DRIVE
”Trixie Mattel, the skny legend who graced the “RuPl’s Drag Race” nway for two seasons, fell love wh Palm Sprgs all s gay glory the first time she vised. M., and was adult gay men like, midcentury clothg drkg and dancg, ” she said. Between Fuhr’s expertise, Trixie’s mment to athetics and spicy margaras, and my own gay agenda, I’ve assembled this nonprehensive list of lol queer spots.
GAY RORTS
Some are LGBTQ-owned, some draw queer crowds, and some are gay the same way that iced ffee and walkg fast are gay: They’re gay if we believe they’re gay.