Gay Palm Sprgs;: How Came to Be the Dert

Contents:

• WHY PALM SPRGS IS THE GAYT TOWN AMERI
• GAY BARS GREATER PALM SPRGS
• IN GAY-IENDLY PALM SPRGS, AMERI'S FIRST ALL-LGBT ERNMENT IS NO SURPRISE
• GAY RORTS
• THE GAY AGENDA
• HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE GAYT TOWN THE WORLD?
• WE’RE SO GAY
• ‘WE’RE STILL HERE’: HISTORIC GAY BARS PALM SPRGS SEE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
• PALM SPRGS GAY-FRIENDLY VATN GUI
• PALM SPRGS GAY MEN’S CHOS HOSTS SCHOOL SUPPLI DRIVE

WHY PALM SPRGS IS THE GAYT TOWN AMERI

(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. Durg the two s that he’s spent visg and livg Palm Sprgs, Fuhr has watched the lol gay scene evolve.

”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. 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. 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.

Try changg or rettg your filtersShowg PlacePlac Stay at the maximalist haven that is the Trixie Motel Riversi Hotel There are plenty of gay plac to stay Palm Sprgs, cludg the clothg-optnal ns that draw men om near and far and the lol Margaraville that hosts the lbian mec known as the Dah Shore the Trixie Motel is a bright pk bean, filled wh mpy, lorful wallpaper and imag of Trixie drsed up as lol ins — cludg a photo of Trixie as Marilyn Monroe that hangs above one lucky of the motel’s seven rooms has a different theme, rangg om a Yeehaw Cowgirl sue to an tergalactic Atomic Bombshell room. Read AllRead Ls More Info Grab a spicy margara and a hot chicken sandwich at Blackbook Riversi Bar Blackbook, loted on Palm Sprgs’ popular gay strip known as the Arenas District, is one of Trixie Mattel’s favore plac to eat while she’s town.

GAY BARS GREATER PALM SPRGS

“I mean, ’s a gay bar, but whenever I’m there now, people are eatg — ’s like they accintally beme a rtrant bee their food is so good. It’s a b strange to wonr if you’re the only gay uple a drag bar, but sometim that’s how the okie cmbl.

)My partner and I walked out of here wh a se of Drag Queen Seltzer, a bar of dark cholate, a lip balm and a bottle of Kylie Mogue’s hard-to-fd rosé — tly, what’s gayer than that? Palm Sprgs is a hip oasis for gay travelers wh signature LGBTQ events like Pri November and Dah Shore September, a five-day lbian mic ftival. Go hikg the sert, vis the farmer’s market, check out the latt rtrant opengs, or party the gay bars and clubs along buzzg E.

IN GAY-IENDLY PALM SPRGS, AMERI'S FIRST ALL-LGBT ERNMENT IS NO SURPRISE

And for those fun-lovg e-gays, the rort also has electric vehicle chargers on the property.

This clothg optnal gay men’s rort clus 32 rooms, eight wh private pats and eight wh full kchens. This is a fun 12-room boutique clothg optnal rort suated the historic Warm Sands neighborhood and wh walkg distance to an array of spired gay bars, and upsle rtrants.

Wh gay culture on their md, the owners signed the rort su to pay homage to popular gay ins like Judy Garland, Bette Midler, and Madonna jt to name a few. This Palm Sprgs gay men’s rort the Warm Sands neighborhood is one of the first gay clothg optnal rorts Palm Sprgs. For the discerng gay travelers, their secret garn sanctuary is a place to celebrate life and love and personal eedom every day.

GAY RORTS

Relax at this Spanish style Palm Sprgs gay men’s rort ntled the Warm Sands neighborhood. This popular and well known Palm Sprgs gay men’s rort the heart of Warm Sands, where clothg optnal is forever optnal.

THE GAY AGENDA

This Palm Sprgs gay rort featur extensive grounds wh lh foliage and Southwtern plantgs, 10, 000 feet of Saltillo-tiled pats and walkways highlighted by a Japane water feature and large multi-tiered gurglg founta. So e and disver why this sunny village is such a popular statn for gay travelers om all over the globe. Greater Palm Sprgs, wh s large and vibrant lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny, is well-known as a welg LGBTQ+ travel statn.

HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE GAYT TOWN THE WORLD?

Greater Palm Sprgs has long been regard as a top LGBTQ+ iendly statn for travelers, and you’ll fd several welg gay rorts and hotels that ter specifilly to the LGBTQ+ muny.

I polled my dience of Instagram followers and asked them what they thought were the gayt plac the world. Dpe not beg at the top of md for my Instagram dience, ’s te – Palm Sprgs is one of the gayt ci the world, even wh ls than 50, 000 rints.

Palm Sprgs’ gay muny has always been polilly active and LGBT members have nsistently been part of their lol ernment.

WE’RE SO GAY

Though the cy may be a gay mec today, for many years a nservative “old guard” led this rort town, sistg the pleasure pursus of “alternative liftyl” (as they were once lled) stay hidn out of sight.

‘WE’RE STILL HERE’: HISTORIC GAY BARS PALM SPRGS SEE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

So how did a dty ltle outpost at the base of the San Jacto Mountas bee an ternatnally known statn for gays and lbians?

In his book, A Cy Com Out: How Celebri Ma Palm Sprgs a Gay & Lbian Paradise, thor David Wallace tri to separate fact om fictn.

PALM SPRGS GAY-FRIENDLY VATN GUI

A longtime rint of both New York and Los Angel, he now ris Palm Sprgs, teachg memoir wrg and givg lectur on gay and lbian history at the LGBT Communy Center of the Dert. Even as gay liberatn entered the mastream, the mayor and cy uncil sisted that gay bars and clubs terg to “those people” be relegated to unrporated areas south of town toward Cathedral Cy. He was known lolly for his generosy, and also for his sexual proclivi — an open secret he went so far to fend that he sued a Brish tabloid that claimed he was gay (and he won!

Key Wt, Tel Aviv, and Mykonos might have the beach but wh over 40% of the permanent populatn intifyg as part of the LGBTQ+ muny, is fair to say that Palm Sprgs is one of the gayt plac on Earth. A haven for all those who love love and want to jt be themselv, ’s no wonr Palm Sprgs is such a popular gay place to live. Palm Sprgs has the hight per pa gay populatn the cy vers approximately 94 square are more than 50, 000 pools the Sprgs is home to more than 100 golf Sprgs has one of the greatt meral water aquifers the world.

PALM SPRGS GAY MEN’S CHOS HOSTS SCHOOL SUPPLI DRIVE

The gay Chamber of Commerce, the Dert Bs Associatn is a work of gay and gay-iendly bs that offer a variety of rourc to the muny.

A fixture of the gay scene around Palm Sprgs, ’s a great place to hang out and grab some drks before headg out for a night and do both great snack food or more fillg optns. The are jt a few of the reasons why this dty ltle outpost at the base of the San Jacto Mountas has bee one of the most famo statns the world for gays and lbians.