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STARTS THIS WEEK THROWBACK THURSDAYS WITH JERSEY SHORE STARTS NEXT WEEK CONTINENTAL BATHS MOVIE NITE & TALENT CONTEST WITH ADRIAN
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Oscar’s Cafe & Bar Thursday, Friday, Saturday catch the Carnival Cabaret hosted by James GYPSY Haake (The new Palm Spring Follies) Doors Open 6:30 pm Show Starts at 8 pm Live In the Dining Room Chris Merrick Aug 2 from 11am - 2pm CCBC RESORT BEARS ON THE PROWL AUG 31ST BARRACKS SF Barechest Calendar Men Weekend Friday 8/21Fund Raiser By The Calendar Men Saturday 8/22 Not So Innocent Fashion Show with SF Calendar Men TOOL SHED O-69 Bingo Noon - 2 PM DJ Serge 10 pm - 2 AM TRYST BAR AND LOUNGE Palms Springs newest bar Karaoke Wednesday 9p
Events
Friday, August 7 @ 7:00 p.m. Palm Springs Women’s Club. Comedy For A Cause is an event held to support Make-A-Wish® Orange County and the Inland Empire raise awareness and funds to grant wishes to local children that have been diagnosed with life-threatening medical conditions. ocie.wish.org/comedy 4
Bloom in the Desert HOT AUGUST NIGHTS bloominthedesert.org All are welcome. August 14 @ 360 North Throwback Thursdays with Jersey Shore Returns August 6th The CAMP returns on Thursday, August 6th for a Special Summer Sing-A-Long Series beginning with the 50th Anniversary Celebration of “The Sound of Music”. Come dressed as your favorite character and be ready to sing! The 7th Annual Joshua Tree Gay Pride Festival Currently on hold WET ‘N’ WILD WEDNESDAY $10 adult pool party at wet ‘n’ wild Every Wednesday in July 21+ For grown-ups only. Every Wed. FREE Friday Pool Parties at the Hard Rock! The Saguaro Palm Springs Sunday FREE , Saturday $10 EVERY THURSDAY Village Fest downtown Palm Springs SPECIAL Exhibition through Nov. 8 Section 14 - The Other Palm Springs at the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum. Section 14 is a square-mile parcel of the reservation that is one block from the heart of downtown Palm Springs -- extending from Indian Canyon Drive to Sunrise Way and from Ramon Road to Alejo Road.
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Monday - from 8 PM to 2 AM $2 Well Vodka and $2 Well Bourbon Tuesday - 6 PM to 2 AM Free Pool, Leather Night $2 Bud or Bud lite Draft for those wearing leather Wednesday $3 Shots Jagermeister or Fireball All Day, O-69 Bingo Noon (Great Prizes!) Thursday Pool Tournament 7 PM (Cash Prizes), Underwear Night 10 PM Happy Hour Prices Sunday for those in underwear Beer Bust All Day $1.75 Bud/Bud lite Draft Saturday Pool Tournament 1 PM O-69 Bingo Noon to 2 PM Cash Prise! DJ Serge 10 PM to 2 AM
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Inside This Week’s Issue “Daily What’s Happening” Page 12 20 Anatomy of DUI NEW 31 Business Directory 16 Carl’s Real-estate tips 36 Classifieds 25 Desert Center For Sexual Awareness 32 Trending Locally 33 Gay Resorts 28 GayDGets & Threads 42 Jersey’s Journal 26 Leather Realm 35 Massage Directory 37 Naked () 31 Quote of the week 04 Weekender 43 The Last Word 35 The Center Schedule 42 Weekly Guide to Stars
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Volume 21, Issue 5 Aug 5, 2015 to Aug11, 2015 COMEDY FOR A CAUSE Y CHARITY MAKE-A-WISH PAGE 4 AND 22 BLOOM IN THE DESERT EVENT PAGE 22
CONTINENTAL BATHS MOVIE NITE AUGUST 11 PAGE 17 THROWBACK THURSDAYS WITH JERSEY SHORE PAGE 21 AUGUST 6TH
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Featured Bars & Restaurants
Bongo Johnny’s Patio Bar & Grille 214 East Arenas Road, PS, CA Tool Shed - Leather Bar 600 E Sunny Dunes Rd , PS, CA (760) 320-3299 10:00 am – 2:00 am
The Barracks - Leather Bar 67625 E. Palm Canyon Dr. , CC,CA 2:00 pm – 2:00 am Score - Local Bar 301 E Arenas Rd , PS, CA (760) 327-0753 6:00 am – 2:00 pm
2100 N. Palm Canyon Dr. , PS, CA Streetbar (760) 320-1266 224 E Arenas Rd , PS, CA DiGS (760) 321-0031 36-737 Cathedral Canyon Dr. , CC, CA Georgie’s Alibi (760) 325-5533 369 N Palm Canyon Dr , PS CA Studio One 11 (760) 328-2900 67555 E. Palm Canyon Dr. , CC, CA Chill bar (NEW) (760) 537-0172 217 E Arenas , PS, CA Hunters Palm Springs 10AM - 7:00 PM 302 E Arenas Rd , Palm Springs, CA Cafe Palette 315 East Arenas Road, PS, CA
BINGO Score Sat. 12pm
Tool Shed Wed. 12PM 0-69 Bingo
Legends of Palm Springs - Local Bar 125 E Tahquitz Canyon Way , PS, CA (760) 656-8680 11:00 am – 12:00 am
Legends of Palm Springs Sat. 2PM Bingo With Cowboy Steve
Oscar’s Cafe & Bar - Inside/Outside 125 E Tahquitz Canyon Way, PS, CA (760) 325-1188 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
Tryst Wednesday 9pm
Pinocchio In the Desert - Rest. & Bar 134 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, PS, CA (760) 322-3776 7:30 am – 2:00 pm Rio Azul - Mexican Style Rest. and Bar (760) 992-5641 350 South Indian Cyn, PS, CA Sunshine Cafe - Family Style Rest. 36815 Cathedral Canyon Drive, CC, CA (760) 328-1415 6:00 am – 9:00 pm
More Bars & Restaurants SpurLine (760) 778-4326 200 S Indian Canyon Dr , PS, CA Toucan’s Tiki Lounge (760) 416-7584
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KARAOKE POOL
Tool Shed Free Pool 6pm-2am Tues. Thurs. 7pm & Sun. 3PM 8 Ball tournament Barracks Mon 7pm
HAPPY HOUR
Tryst Everyday til 8p Oscars - Mon-Fri 2p-7p Score - Everyday 6a-8p Tool Shed - Mon-Fri 10a-8p S&S 8a-8p Pinocchio - Everyday 7:30a-2p Rio Azul - Wed-Sun 4p-7p Barracks - Mon-Sat 2p-2p Sun Bev Bus Bongo Johnny’s Patio Bar & Grill 5$ Bottomless Mimosas w/food purchase
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WEDNESDAY, AUG 5TH
6:00 AM Score Happy Hour til 8 PM Score $2 Rolling Rock Bottles all day Sunshine Cafe Breakfast Special Chili Relleno & Eggs $9.75, Lunch Special Bacon Guacamole Cheeseburger $10.95 7:30 AM Pinocchio Everyday Bottomless Champagne! $2.50 Well Drinks & Martinis 9:00 AM Bongo Johnny’s 10:00 AM Tool Shed Happy Hour until 8:00pm; $3 Jager Shots All Day Long 12:00 PM Tool Shed The Original O-69 Bingo at 12 Noon 2:00 PM Barracks Happy Hour to 8PM Legends of Palm Springs 2-4-1 Happy Hour 2 to 7 PM 3:00 PM Oscars Happy Hour 3 7PM Sunshine Cafe Dinner Special Chicken Enchiladas $12.95 4:00 PM Legends of Palm Springs Trivia 5:00 PM Rio Azul Happy Hour 5-7 PM 6:00 PM Legends of Palm Springs Karaoke Jo 6 PM to 10 PM 8:00 PM Barracks Underwear Night 9:00 PM Tool Shed Wet Weds !$3 Jagermeister and fireball shots all day
7:30 AM Pinocchio Everyday Bottomless Champagne! $2.50 Well Drinks & Martinis 9:00 AM Bongo Johnny’s 10:00 AM Tool Shed Happy Hour until 8:00pm 11:00 AM Oscars 11a - 9 p 2:00 PM Barracks Happy Hour to 8PM Oscars Happy Hour to 7PM Legends of Palm Springs Happy Hour to 2-7 3:00 PM Sunshine Cafe Daily Dinner Special $9.95 5:00 PM Rio Azul Happy Hour from 5 PM To 7 PM Street Fair Crispy Tacos $2 6:00 PM Palm Springs Village Fest 7:00 PM Tool Shed 8-Ball Tournament 8:00 PM Barracks SPANK! Fetish Social Night Tool Shed Underwear Night 10:00 PM Barracks THRUST featuring Art with his men and DJ Mixtress Victoria 7:00 PM Hard Rock CafeF LIRT Bella da Ball-
FRIDAY, AUG 7TH
6:00 AM Score Happy Hour til 8 PM Score $7 Belvedere Vodka all day Sunshine Cafe Breakfast Special California Chipotle Benedict $10.50, Lunch Special Fish and Chips $10.25 7:30 AM Pinocchio Everyday Bottomless Champagne! 6:00 AM $2.50 Well Drinks & Martinis Score Happy Hour til 8 PM 9:00 AM Bongo Johnny’s Score $4 Budweiser 25 ounce cans all day 10:00 AM Sunshine Cafe Breakfast Special Carne Asada Tool Shed Happy Hour til 8pm and Eggs $10.25, Lunch Special Meatloaf or 11:00 AM Meatloaf Sandwich $9.75 Visit us at desertdailyguide.com and Like usOscars on Facebook.com/desertdailyguide 13 11 - 10
THURSDAY, AUG 6TH
2:00 PM Barracks Happy Hour to 8PM Oscars Happy Hour to 7PM Legends of Palm Springs 2p - 7:30p 3:00 PM Sunshine Cafe Daily Dinner Special $9.95 5:00 PM Rio Azul House Margarita $5 Hunters FUR 7:00 PM Barracks Fund Raisers & Cruise Night Spurline show tunes 8:00 PM Streetbar VJ Rob Roberts
SATURDAY, AUG 8TH
6:00 AM Score Happy Hour until 8 PM Sunshine Cafe Breakfast Special Pork Chili Verde Omelet or burrito $9.95 or salmon Benedict $10.95 7:30 AM Pinocchio Everyday Bottomless Champagne! $2.50 Well Drinks & Martinis 8:00 AM Bongo Johnny’s Oscars 8a -10p Brunch until 2 PM $5 Bloody Mary’s, $9 Bottomless Mimosas Tool Shed Happy Hour til 8pm; Rehab with Doctor Tom until 2 PM 11:00 AM Legends of Palm Springs Happy Hour from 11 to 7 PM Score12:00 Noon Bingo 1:00 PM
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Legends of Palm Springs $3 Holler - Beer, Hot Dog, & Chips till 5pm 2:00 PM Legends Bingo With Cowboy Steve Barracks Happy Hour to 8 PM DiGS MARM-A-RAMA Spin the Wheel Drinks 3:00 PM Sunshine Cafe Daily Dinner Special $9.95 5:00 PM Rio Azul House Margaritas $5 7:00 PM DiGS Country Western Roundup! 8:00 PM Streetbar VJ Rob Roberts Spurline show tunes 10:00 PM
Toucans DJ GoGO Boys
SUNDAY, AUG 9TH
6:00 AM Score Happy Hour til 8 PM Score $4 Cucumber or Southern Mary all day 7:00 AM Sunshine Cafe Breakfast Special Eggs Benedict $10.25 7:30 AM Pinocchio Bottomless Champagne! $2.50 Well Drinks & Martinis. Get a Martini BURGER! 8:00 AM Oscars 8a - 2a Brunch til 2 PM $5 Bloody Marys, $9 Bottomless Mimosas Tool Shed Cheap Beer Day $1.75 16 oz. Bud or Bud Light Drafts From Open ‘Til Close, Happy Hour until 8pm 8:00 AM Bongo Johnny’s 11:00 AM Legends of Palm Springs Happy Hour from 11 to 7 PM 1:00 PM Tool Shed 8-Ball Tourn. Legends Karaoki Brunch 1-5pm SpurLine Beer Bust until 7:00 2:00 PM Barracks Beer Bust All Day Long 3:00 PM Sunshine Cafe Daily Dinner Special $9.95
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4:00 PM Oscars Sunday Funday Tea Dance 5:00 PM Rio Azul Happy Hour from 5 To 7 PM 7:00 PM Streetbar “Miss Fern” 8:00 PM Tool Shed $1.75 beer all day. Toucans The Playgirls bring you shows every Sunday at 8 and 10 PM.
MONDAY, AUG 10TH
6:00 AM Score Happy Hour til 8 PM $7 Belvedere Vodka all day Sunshine Cafe Breakfast Special Pork Chile Verde Omelet or Burrito $9.95 7:30 AM Pinocchio Everyday Bottomless Champagne! $2.50 Well Drinks & Martinis 9:00 AM Bongo Johnny’s 10:00 AM Tool Shed Happy Hour until 8 PM 11:00 AM Oscars 11a - 9p Happy Hour All Day $7 Burgers & Fries 2:00 PM Barracks Happy Hour to 8 PM $1.50 Drafts All Day Legends of Palm Springs Happy Hour from 2 to 7 PM 2-4-1 cocktails 3:00 PM Sunshine Cafe Daily Dinner Special $9.95 5:00 PM Rio Azul Happy Hour from 5 PM To 7 PM 7:00 PM Barracks Free Pizza & Beer Bust Prices Hunters Service Ind. Night SpurLine Original One & Only Showtunes
$2 PBR Tallboys and Free Pool all day Sunshine Cafe Breakfast Special 1/2 french toast w/ bacon, eggs $8.75, Lunch Special 1/2 sandwich/soup or salad $8.75 7:30 AM Pinocchio Everyday Bottomless Champagne! $2.50 Well Drinks & Martini 10:00 AM Tool Shed Happy Hour until 8pm 11:00 AM Oscars 11a 9p Happy Hour All Day Azul Bella da Ball Cabaret Variety Revue 2:00 PM Barracks Happy Hour until 8 PM Legends of Palm Springs Happy Hour 2 to 7 PM 3:00 PM Sunshine Cafe Daily Dinner Special $9.95 6:00 PM Tool Shed Free Pool 6 PM to 10 PM Hunters Trivia Tuesday!
TUESDAY, AUG 11TH 6:00 AM Score Happy Hour til 8 PM
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The Anatomy of a DUI An Overview of Alcohol By Manuel J. Barba, DUI Defense Attorney In my last article I provided a brief overview of how alcohol is absorbed into the body. This article will focus on how the consumed alcohol distributes throughout the body. Distribution Once the alcohol moves from the stomach into the small intestine, it will absorb into the blood. Thereafter the alcohol is distributed throughout the body by the blood. Alcohol has an affinity for water. The blood will carry the alcohol to the various tissues and organs of the body, and will deposit the alcohol in them in proportion to their water contents. Brain tissue has a fairly high water content, so the brain receives a substantial share of the distributed alcohol. Muscle tissue also has a reasonably high water content and thus also gets alcohol. Fat tissue however contains very little water; thus very little alcohol will be deposited in the drinker’s body fat. This is one factor that differentiates alcohol from certain other drugs, notably PCP and THC, which are very soluble in fat.
en and men. Pound for pound, the typical female’s body contains a good deal less water than does the typical man’s. This is because women have additional fatty tissue, designed in part to protect a child in the womb. The typical male body is about 68% water, and the typical female body is only about 55%. Thus, when a woman drinks, she has less fluid -- pound for pound -- in which to distribute the alcohol. If a woman and a man who weigh exactly the same drank exactly the same amount of alcohol under the same circumstances, her blood alcohol concentration (BAC) would climb higher than his. When we couple this to the fact that the average woman is smaller than the average man, it becomes apparent that a given amount of alcohol will cause a higher BAC in a woman than it usually will in a man. In the next part of this article, I will discuss how the body eliminates alcohol. Stay tuned… and until then, be safe. DUI Defense Attorney Manuel J. Barba can be reached at 760-770-3377 or 951-6809125. For more information visit www. BarbaLawyer.com.
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Join Richard Weiss (National Lampoon, Weiss Cracks comic strip, Winner Coachella Valley Comedy Festival), Tom Clark (Comedy Central, Premium Blend, The Late Show), Carl and Buzz (Emmy Winner, Married With Children, Funny People), Allison Ehret (Flappers, Improv), Victor Vega (Ice House, The Comedy Store). The event will take place at the Palm Springs Women’s Club at 314 South Cahuilla Rd. Palm Springs, CA 92262.Ticket price is $50 ncludes beer, wine and refreshments. To purchase your non-refundable ticket please visit ocie.wish.org/comedy or 714-573-9474 ext. 234. 22 Your weekly LGBT Gay Desert Guide. View our Free Digital Version on-line.
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Made In The USA!
ASK FOR DETAILS EXPIRES 8/11/2015
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UPCOMING EVENTS: 8/11, SMART RECOVERY 6:30 PM - 8 PM 8/12, GAY MEN’S SEXUAL HEALTH GROUP 10 AM - 11:30AM PLEASE CALL DCSA FOR TIMES & MORE INFO.
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LEATHER REALM by Dave Murdock A while ago I spent a very pleasant evening at Streetbar and met a really interesting couple from Australia. They had never been to the bar before, in fact one of them, the big muscle bear, had never been to Palm Springs before. They were both very comfortable with themselves, each other and the environs, and made friends with the locals very easily. Both of them got up onstage to sing karaoke, even though one of them had never sang in front of an audience before. That turned into a touching moment because the one not onstage was rooting him on, giving him encouragement and basically telling him to “Sing out Louise!”, which he did and he had everyone in the audience rooting for him and when he finished the audience gave him a huge round of applause! By the end of the evening they both had their pictures taken onstage while they were singing, they both made fun and flirtatious remarks to the bartender, (in fact one even blushed, a rare event in and of itself) and all of them joked about going home together. They bought rounds, other people they’d met bought rounds, shirts came off on the patio and everyone had a great time. “OK” I hear you ask “So what’s the big deal? Everything you’ve describing happens pretty regularly in every gay bar in the universe.” Well, yes it does, but in this case the “couple” was straight and married (not to each other)! And today as I was thinking about what I was going to write about for this column they came to mind. 28
Here were two straight people, probably both fifty-ish, having a fantastic time in a gay bar, and, in turn, we were all having a great time with them. And today, as I was reflecting on that I thought “Hey, you know why we had such a great time? Because a) they were great people b) no one reacted to stereotypes. And that’s the point of all of this really. How do we react when we meet someone whose life experience, body type, skin color, etc. is different than our own? Do we run and hide? Do we turn our backs on “them” thinking we can have nothing in common? Do we turn our noses up because they don’t meet our criteria? And I’m not just talking straight vs. gay here, although that certainly would fit one stereotype. I’m talking about our own community. How many times have we missed out on great conversation and meeting good people because they’re not in our milieu, or not to our tastes? If a Leatherman meets a drag queen or a twink I think the automatic response is “We’ll have nothing in common.”, and move on to someone more like ourselves, because “they” couldn’t possibly meet our criteria. Well, speaking “ex-cathedra from my belly button”, as one of Heinlein’s characters puts it, I think it’s because of fear. That’s right, fear. We’re afraid we won’t fit into their circle, or afraid we’ll be made fun of by our peers for talking with “someone not like us”. After all, the basis for all discrimi- Continued on page 45
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TODAY ADULT BOOK STORE Hidden Joy 760 328-1694 ADULT FETISH AND TOYS Gear Leather & Fetish 760 322-3363 Not So Innocent 760 322-0999 ATTORNEYS Joseph Rhea 760 322-3001 Manuel Barba 760 770-3377 AUTO DEALERSHIP Volkswagen Palm Springs N8 760 770-1100
Quote of the Week “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls” - Pablo Picasso
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BLINDS, SHUTTERS & DRAPES Pat Nyman 951 924-0033 CEMENT CONTRACTOR Dave May Concrete 760 327 4849 FURNITURE MJ Custom Furniture 760 779-0303 HAULING & MOVING Red’s Hauling J3 760 288-6956 GYMS WorkOUT Gym 760 325-4600 Leather Repair Custom Gear Leather and Fetish 760322-3363 gearleather.com 650 E. Sunny Dunes 760-778-2798 MATRIMONY SPIRITUALITY Rev. Terry Scott, Minister iamrevterry@yahoo.com Bloom In the Desert Ministries 760 327-3802 PAINTERS Jeff Larsen 760 902-0175
GAY PALM SPRINGS EVENTS Group on FaceBook Homo Estas? Latinas Hosted by Fabeyonce 10:15pm every Friday, At Alibi Azul Carnival Cabaret Hosted By James “Gypsy” Haake August 22nd, 7pm The Hard Rock Hotel Ballroom Monday Latin Nights at Toucans Tiki Lounge every Monday. Drink specials and a fantastic all Spanish Drag Show at 10pm SUNDAY!!! IT’S GETTING HOT IN HERE! Toucan’s Tiki Lounge presents TOMMI ROSE & THE PLAYGIRLS Get your Leather Pride VIP or individual event tickets today! Palm Springs Leather Pride 2015 October 29 Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert in Palm Springs, California FOR MORE INFORMATION JOIN GAY PALM SPRINGS EVENTS ON FACEBOOK
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8042 RESORT PALM SPRINGS STYLE How many Rooms? CASITAS LAQUITA (LESBIAN) 760 416-9999 “The number of available U.S. hotel rooms topped 5 million for the first DESERT ECLIPSE 760 325-0655 time ever,” claims STR Global - Hotel Market Data & Benchmarking. DESERT PARADISE 760 320-5650 “June demand (more than 109 EAST CANYON 760 320-1928 million room nights sold) was also the highest for any June, the month’s EL MIRASOL VILLAS 760 327-5913 occupancy was a June record and the ESCAPE 760 325-5269 highest monthly occupancy this year.” HACIENDA 760 327-8111 ACE TRIVIA with Bella da Ball Come test your wit at Ace Trivia hosted by Bella da Ball, every Monday 9pm in the Amigo Room, and join some of the desert’s greatest minds for minutiae. Put on your team shirts and come flex that big sexy brain of yours in pursuit of hot prizes and legendary fame. Sign up and go for the glory.
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REAL ESTATE Berrington Properties H13 760 408-4102 San Diego Metro Properties 619-702-2400 RESORTS ALL WORLDS CCBC 760 324-1350 Helios 760 323-2868 Chaps INN 760 327-8222 Blue Bird Cottage Inn. Idyllwild 951 659-2696 RESTAURANTS Pinocchio’s of the Desert K8 760 322-3776 Oscars Cafe and Bar K8 760 325-1188 36
Vet Notes: VETERANS FOR PEACE OCCUPY COACHELLA VALLEY Monday August 10. 2015 Invites you to attend A fundraising dinner to pay travel costs for the Peace pole dedication ceremony at the National Congressional cemetery in Washington DC Held at Crystal fantasy 268 N. Palm canyon drive Palm springs ca. 5:00 – 6:30 Pm $10 Per person Music For more information contact Tom Swann at (760) 324-5670 Help Lines The following help line phone numbers may provide further assistance for Veteran issues: Please keep these in your phone. Veterans Crisis Line: 1(800) 273-8255 National LGBT Crisis Line: 1(888) 8434564 Veteran Care Line: 1(800) 455-0057 If you have a Vet issue for this column please call the DDG today at 888-743-3349 LGBT and housing Youth Trevor Lifeline 866-488-7386 Youth homless (800) 308-2145 Housing Discrimination 800-669-9777
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NAKED (HISTORY)! NOT LENNY KRAVITZ This hot historic photo taken right after this solider completed his heroic act. Naked. Photo taken by Horace Bristol (1908-1997). In 1941, “…we got a call to pick up an airman who was down in the Bay. This solider stripped off his clothes and jumped in to bring him aboard. Just after that the plane took off without time to dress. Original title: PBY Blister Gunner, Rescue at Rabaul, 1944 Lenny’s pic is on page 42.
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Wednesday, August 5th 7:00 - 8:00AM - Crystal Meth 9:00 - 10:00AM - Beginning Tai Chi 10:00 AM - Intermediate Tai Chi 11:30AM - 12:30PM - 50 + Fit 1:00 - 4:30PM - Open Play Bridge 7:00 - 8:00PM - Narcotics Anonymous 7:00 - 9:00PM - Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert
4:00 - 5:00PM - Gentle Yoga 6:00 PM - Food Bank 7:00 PM - Co-Dependents Anon 7:00 - 8:30PM - Desert Fetish Authority Idea Lab Friday, August 7th 10:30AM - 12:00PM - Men’s Chat Group 7:30 - 9:00PM - Crystal Meth Anonymous Saturday, August 8th 10:00 AM - Crystal Meth Anon 1:00 PM - Creative Writing Group Sunday, August 9th 4:00 PM - Improv at the Center 6:00 PM - Crystal Meth Anon
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JERSEY’S JOURNAL by Jersey Shore People continuously seem to amaze me. I am not the sanest person walking the earth, but at least I have a grasp on reality. How do you not tell the difference between a fake fur and a real one? Unlike a fur coat that is an inanimate object, people walk and talk and express themselves, so spotting a fake should be fairly easy in the long run as they are moving. But yet, once again, I am encountering people who can’t see what’s in front of their faces. It could be a serial killer or a box of cereal and in their mind they see dollar signs and their best friend standing in front of you while stabbing you in the back. Well, these days I see you with that knife, ready to plunge it in my back, but you can’t penetrate me. The knife becomes one of those trick rubber knives and as much as you stab away with that psycho music playing in the back ground, nothing happens. It can’t hurt you if you let it. I’m at that point in my life that I don’t even acknowledge that there is anyone remotely near me with a knife. You can’t get stabbed in the back by a non existent crazy person. The second you do me wrong, I cut you out of my life. If I cut you out of my life, well....you don’t exist. Things that don’t exist can’t hurt you. Instead of acknowledging the knife dwellers, start acknowledging the good people in your short lifespan and start making 44
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nation is fear. Fear of the unknown is the major cause of bigotry if we stop to think about it. The young Adonis basking in his own masculinity may not go up and talk to an old person, or a fat person or an ugly person, or vice-versa. How many times are we, the guilty parties, missing out on a good thing because we react to stereotypes? If the couple I described in the beginning of this article reacted that way we would have all been the poorer for it. But they didn’t, and we accepted them for who they were, and vice-versa, and a good time was had by all. So I’m challenging you. The next time you walk into a bar, leave your fears behind and go up and talk to someone you might not have thought about talking to before. Even if it’s nothing more than walking up to them and saying “Hi, how are you doing tonight?”. Maybe nothing will spark, maybe you won’t get into a great conversation, but so what? You’ll never know until you try, will you? -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------If you have any questions about the Leather scene, or would like to see an article about a specific topic or event, please send an email to
Transgender Notes
American Idol Assholes of the week! This show has reportedly, shamelessly exploited the transgender bandwagon! 21-year-old musician Ryan Cassata -- a transgender singer, songwriter and activist claims he was solicited by a casting director after initially being rejected by the show. Presumably because of transgender status only, In a YouTube video and an impassioned note posted to his Facebook page last week, Cassata derided the show for exploitation:
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THAT IS FUNNY Did you hear about the homosexual letter? Only came in male boxes. I think my neighbor is stalking me as she’s been googling my name on her computer. I saw it through my telescope last night. I named my hard drive “dat ass” so once a month my computer asks if I want to ‘back dat ass up’. My husband and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met. That awkward moment when you leave a store without buying anything and all you can think is “act natural, you’re innocent”. A recent study has found that women who carry a little extra weight live longer than the men who mention it.
WEEKLY GUIDE TO THE STARS ARIES: March 20 - April 18: Emotions aren’t things to be ignored. A tiff could turn into something much more complicated if left unaddressed. TAURUS: April 19 - May 19: You may find yourself in deep, but you’re not a person that crumbles. Endure it as best you can. GEMINI: May 20 - June 19: Did you get all your documents in order? Loose ends could still exists and cause delays. CANCER: June 20 - July 21: Try not to be so sensitive Things that lie beneath the surface may very well pays off in a good way. Avoid looking to deep into good luck. LEO: July 22 - Aug. 21: He is here. The sooner you look, the faster you’ll end that single streak.
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VIRGO: Aug. 22 - Sept. 21: This is your time to play in the deep end of the pool. Still waters run deep and your thoughts need time to be sorted. Don’t hurry complicated issues. LIBRA: Sept. 22 - Oct. 21: This is not your week for relationship building. Don’t try too hard or the one you want might run. SCORPIO: Oct. 22 - Nov. 20: You luck may change this week if your eyes are wide open. Take time to study all things that come your way. The one that seems too good might be the best option. SAGITTARIUS: Nov. 21 - Dec. 20: Don’t let people step on your plans this week. You have a trip that will include an unexpected bonus.
CAPRICORN: Dec. 21 - Jan. 18: Some one is following you so watch and follow back. There is a problem your not addressing and its causing back strain. AQUARIUS: Jan. 19 - Feb. 17: Keep a problem to yourself if its the other person, if its impacting you let it out. You are the big truck to help everyone else but few can help you, conserve some energy for you. PISCES: Feb. 18 - March 19: Wow last week was a tailspin right? But you hung in there and got it all done. Try to remember this the next time it all seems hopeless because now you know Scarlet, tomorrow in another day!
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THE LAST WORD by George W. Zander Since the first time there was a discussion in January, at Palm Springs City Council, about getting results by forming a Homeless Task Force, a there was actually on July 22 was a first meeting. Hooray!! Some leaders in the community around helping the Homeless folks in our city joined the Task Force. Arlene from Well in the Desert, Joy from Crystal Fantasy/Main Street; PSPD Community Officer Barron Lane, Bergett from Safe House of the Desert, and some from Riverside County Mental Health, Coachella Valley Rescue Mission, and Roy’s. Ginny Foat pulled the group together. There were sub-committees formed to reach out on the issues of Housing, Health, and Youth. Folks jumped on board. I was appointed as a member of the Youth Sub-committee, largely because of Equality California working on the issue. It is estimated that nearly 40% of homeless kids on the street in California are LGBTQ.
Now we have a start. At least we are on the way to get more money and more solutions to this challenge for our community and city government. Though it took way too long-welcome to government; we are now on the way to doing important work for all the residents of the city. Too many in our city, and I hope you are not one, look down upon this population. Homelessness is a tapestry of everywhere in the world, most of these folks are not criminals. I see an improvement already with the Task Force and Community organizing beginning! Watch this space.
In my fabulous and wonderful neighborhood of Warm Sands you cannot go anywhere without seeing these kids. The business owners especially the folks at Starbucks and Jack in the Box are all very supportive.
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