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Port Huron Statement Part I<br />
WHERE DID YOU<br />
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COVER<br />
This may be the last<br />
summer with peace<br />
and stability in the<br />
world. We are facing<br />
an uncertain future.<br />
Climate change is<br />
coming as are political<br />
changes. Californians<br />
are, by accident or<br />
design, the beacon<br />
of the great gift or as<br />
Benjamin Franklin<br />
said "A republic, if<br />
you can keep it". The<br />
Constitution may not<br />
play as they say in<br />
Peoria but it's alive<br />
and well here. I am not<br />
worried about us, we<br />
have been blessed with<br />
entitlements, resources<br />
and strong minded<br />
people of all colors,<br />
leanings and pronouns.<br />
We are often called<br />
libers, San Franciscans<br />
or the left, but we also<br />
have the right and<br />
independents.<br />
And we do not let<br />
any group define us,<br />
show intolerance or<br />
otherwise unfairly act<br />
against us. Fairness and<br />
transparency is our<br />
guide posts in all we do.<br />
It allows this magazine<br />
to run, gay bars to<br />
operate and police to<br />
call. But we may need<br />
to help others.<br />
God help us if we let<br />
Benjamin Franklin<br />
down!<br />
10 QUESTIONS<br />
WITH VIC<br />
Vic Gerami is a<br />
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Volume 25, Issue 03<br />
July 17 - July 23, <strong>2019</strong><br />
8 Inside This Week<br />
16 Local Bars<br />
29 Business Dir.<br />
22 10 Questions with<br />
Vic<br />
24 AdamsArtExpose’<br />
34 Adrian’s Picks<br />
Directory page 33<br />
RESORTS PALM SPRINGS<br />
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BUSINESS SERVICES<br />
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ART GALLERY<br />
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COMPUTER SERVICE<br />
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32 Classifieds<br />
27 Featured Gay Resorts<br />
31 GROUPS/HELP<br />
32 Massage Directory<br />
37 Queer Otaku<br />
21 The Center Schedule<br />
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Prime Timers Mixer & Food Drive<br />
Monday, August 5th | 4:30 to 7:00 PM<br />
Hunters 302 East Arenas Road<br />
Palm Springs, CA 92262<br />
Come and join our special mixer gathering<br />
where we are asking our members to support<br />
The Community Food Bank<br />
INSIDER <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
BEST BET: LATE NIGHT BAR AND<br />
RESTAURANT RUNWAY RESTAURANT MEET<br />
Meet at the bar, sleep at the hotel!<br />
LGBTQ CENTER OF <strong>THE</strong> DESERT<br />
(760-416-7790)<br />
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK at the Center<br />
(760-416-7790)<br />
SCOTT HINES MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC at the<br />
CENTER (760-416-7899)<br />
SAVE <strong>THE</strong> DATE:<br />
July 18th – Legal Consultations (by<br />
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July 20th – Own Your Future – Preparing Your<br />
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July 24th – CENTER SOCIAL – Copa<br />
August 16th-18th – Authentic Dating –<br />
Intensive Weekend Workshop<br />
BEST BET: GAY SUNDAY BEVERAGE BUST<br />
Get together at The Barracks<br />
BEST BET: GAY <strong>THE</strong>ME NIGHTS at the<br />
Tool Shed Bar and The Barracks.<br />
BEST BET: Best bottomless<br />
Champagne Breakfast starter at<br />
Pinocchio's of the Desert<br />
BEST BET: EVERY DAY Breakfast, Lunch,<br />
and Dinner<br />
at Sunshine Cafe in Cathedral City.<br />
BEST FREE BET: THURSDAYS NIGHTS AT<br />
<strong>THE</strong> MUSEUM<br />
Lectures, conversations, collections and<br />
more! Thursday Nights feature a series<br />
of events and activities, as well as free<br />
museum admission from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00<br />
p.m., thanks to funding from the City<br />
of Palm Springs Public Arts Commission.<br />
BEST FREE BET: Village-fest Street<br />
Festival Thursday night street fair featuring<br />
arts, crafts, food, and entertainment! Its<br />
also fun to watch the gay community as you<br />
walk down Arenas Rd, the heart of the gay<br />
community. Downtown, Thursdays, 6pm-<br />
10pm<br />
BEST BETS: July 27 Still can't get<br />
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Celebration: Starring Marc Martel at The<br />
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY<br />
Bars & Restaurants<br />
FEATURED<br />
Pinocchio In the Desert<br />
Palm Springs breakfast and<br />
lunch bistro restaurant with a<br />
warm and welcoming, lively<br />
fun European Atmosphere.<br />
134 East Tahquitz Canyon<br />
Way, PS<br />
Rio Azul - Mexican Style Rest.<br />
& Bar<br />
Best authentic Mexican<br />
style restaurant in the valley.<br />
With patio and Bar. Home<br />
of an original and distinct<br />
interpretation of Mexican food<br />
.Longest running Sunday Drag<br />
Brunch.(760) 992-5641 350<br />
South Indian Cyn, PS,<br />
Eagle 501 Bar(Opening Soon)<br />
LEVI/LEA<strong>THE</strong>R bar in the<br />
heart of Arenas, Palm Springs<br />
301 E Arenas Rd , PS<br />
Runway Restaurant & Bar<br />
The valleys premier arts and<br />
entertainment. Featuring<br />
American Casual Dining<br />
Drinks & Drag at CCBC<br />
Resort Hotel.68300 Gay Resort<br />
Drive, CC<br />
Sunshine Cafe<br />
Nearly as perfect as it gets!<br />
Known as a local hole in the<br />
wall with a funky vibe and<br />
fantastic food, frequented by<br />
celebrities, politicians, word<br />
of mouth visitors from around<br />
the world. 36815 Cathedral<br />
Canyon Dr. CC<br />
(760) 328-1415 6:00 am<br />
The Barracks<br />
LEVI/LEA<strong>THE</strong>R No matter<br />
your fetish, if you’re in the<br />
mood for some great cruising<br />
or just listening to some sexy<br />
music while you have a cigar<br />
and conversation at the largest<br />
patio bar in the desert.<br />
67625 E. Palm Canyon Dr. CC<br />
Tool Shed<br />
LEVI/LEA<strong>THE</strong>R In the Warm<br />
Sands District in central Palm<br />
Springs.<br />
600 E Sunny Dunes Rd , PS<br />
(760) 320-3299<br />
10:00 am – 2:00 am<br />
Tryst Bar and Lounge<br />
Eclectic mix of straight and<br />
gays of all ages, AMI Video<br />
Jukebox - Pool -Darts- Air<br />
Hockey - Giant Jenga.<br />
Everyone is Welcome at Tryst<br />
21+ 188 S Indian Canyon Dr<br />
Palm Springs, CA<br />
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More Gay & Gay Friendly<br />
Bars and Restaurants.<br />
Cathedral City<br />
AJ Sports<br />
Roost<br />
Trunks<br />
Studio One 11<br />
Desert Hot Springs<br />
Playoffs Sports Bar<br />
Palm Springs<br />
Toucan’s<br />
Streetbar<br />
Oscar’s<br />
Chill bar<br />
Hunters<br />
Stacy’s<br />
BlackBook<br />
QUADZ<br />
RetroRoom Lounge<br />
Phoenix<br />
Charlie's<br />
Dick's Cabaret<br />
Kobalt Bar<br />
Pat O's<br />
Stacy's<br />
Inland Empire<br />
The Menagerie<br />
VIP<br />
Alibi East<br />
Hook-Up<br />
340 Restaurant & Nightclub<br />
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Mixer & Food Drive<br />
Monday, August 5th | 4:30 to 7:00 PM<br />
Come and join our special mixer gathering where we are<br />
asking our members to support The Community Food Bank @<br />
The Center currently in need of the following items:<br />
Cereals (All sizes)<br />
Breakfast items (oatmeal, bars)<br />
Nutritional or Protein shakes<br />
Crackers & Chips<br />
Dry beans (1 lbs. bags)<br />
Pasta<br />
Canned meat<br />
Baking products<br />
The Community Food Bank @ The Center is a flagship initiative<br />
that provides nutritional choices, including fresh produce,<br />
baked goods, meat, canned goods, dairy and more to lowincome<br />
Riverside County residents in need of food assistance<br />
Where:<br />
302 East Arenas Road<br />
Palm Springs, CA 92262<br />
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Port Huron Statement Part I<br />
Fair Use copyright (c) 1993 by the Author or by<br />
Viet Nam Generation, Inc., all rights reserved.<br />
a 1962 political manifesto of the American<br />
student activist movement Students for a<br />
Democratic Society (SDS)<br />
Introduction: Agenda for a Generation<br />
We are people of this generation, bred in<br />
at least modest comfort, housed now in<br />
universities, looking uncomfortably to the<br />
world we inherit.<br />
When we were kids the United States was<br />
the wealthiest and strongest country in the<br />
world; the only one with the atom bomb, the<br />
least scarred by modern war, an initiator of<br />
the United Nations that we thought would<br />
distribute Western influence throughout<br />
the world. Freedom and equality for each<br />
individual, government of, by, and for the<br />
people--these American values we found god,<br />
principles by which we could live as men.<br />
Many of us began maturing in complacency.<br />
encounter and resolution.<br />
While these and other problems either directly<br />
oppressed us or rankled our consciences and<br />
became our own subjective concerns, we began<br />
to see complicated and disturbing paradoxes in<br />
our surrounding America. The declaration "all<br />
men are created equal..." rang hollow before<br />
the facts of Negro life in the South and the big<br />
cities of the North. The proclaimed peaceful<br />
intentions of the United States contradicted its<br />
economic and military investments in the Cold<br />
War status quo.<br />
We witnessed, and continue to witness, other<br />
paradoxes. With nuclear energy whole cities<br />
can easily be powered, yet the dominant<br />
nation-states seem more likely to unleash<br />
destruction greater than that incurred in all<br />
wars of human history. Although our own<br />
technology is destroying old and creating new<br />
forms of social organization, men still tolerate<br />
meaningless work and idleness. While twothirds<br />
of mankind suffers under nourishment,<br />
our own upper classes revel amidst superfluous<br />
abundance. Although world population is<br />
expected to double in forty years, the nations<br />
still tolerate anarchy as a major principle<br />
of international conduct and uncontrolled<br />
exploitation governs the sapping of the<br />
earth's physical resources. Although mankind<br />
desperately needs revolutionary leadership,<br />
America rests in national stalemate, its goals<br />
ambiguous and tradition-bound instead of<br />
informed and clear, its democratic system<br />
apathetic and manipulated rather than "of, by,<br />
and for the people."<br />
As we grew, however, our comfort was<br />
penetrated by events too troubling to dismiss.<br />
First, the permeating and victimizing fact<br />
of human degradation, symbolized by the<br />
Southern struggle against racial bigotry,<br />
compelled most of us from silence to activism.<br />
Second, the enclosing fact of the Cold War,<br />
symbolized by the presence of the Bomb,<br />
brought awareness that we ourselves, and our<br />
friends, and millions of abstract "others" we<br />
knew more directly because of our common<br />
peril, might die at any time. We might<br />
Not only did tarnish appear on our image<br />
deliberately ignore, or avoid, or fail to feel all of American virtue, not only did disillusion<br />
other human problems, but not these two, for occur when the hypocrisy of American ideals<br />
these were too immediate and crushing in their was discovered, but we began to sense that<br />
impact, too challenging in the demand that what we had originally seen as the American<br />
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Age was actually the decline of an
era. The worldwide outbreak of revolution<br />
against colonialism and imperialism, the<br />
entrenchment of totalitarian states, the menace<br />
of war, overpopulation, international disorder,<br />
supertechnology--these trends were testing the<br />
tenacity of our own commitment to democracy<br />
and freedom and our abilities to visualize their<br />
application to a world in upheaval.<br />
seem to have weakened the case for further<br />
change.<br />
Some would have us believe that Americans<br />
feel contentment amidst prosperity--but might<br />
it not better be called a glaze above deeply felt<br />
anxieties about their role in the new world?<br />
And if these anxieties produce a developed<br />
indifference to human affairs, do they not as<br />
well produce a yearning to believe that there<br />
is an alternative to the present, that something<br />
can be done to change circumstances in the<br />
school, the workplaces, the bureaucracies,<br />
the government? It is to this latter yearning,<br />
at once the spark and engine of change, that<br />
we direct our present appeal. The search for<br />
truly democratic alternatives to the present,<br />
and a commitment to social experimentation<br />
with them, is a worthy and fulfilling human<br />
enterprise, one which moves us and, we hope,<br />
others today. On such a basis do we offer this<br />
document of our convictions and analysis: as<br />
an effort in understanding and changing the<br />
conditions of humanity in the late twentieth<br />
century, an effort rooted in the ancient, still<br />
unfulfilled conception of man attaining<br />
determining influence over his circumstances<br />
of life.<br />
Our work is guided by the sense that we<br />
may be the last generation in the experiment<br />
with living. But we are a minority--the vast<br />
majority of our people regard the temporary<br />
equilibriums of our society and world as<br />
eternally functional parts. In this is perhaps the<br />
outstanding paradox; we ourselves are imbued<br />
with urgency, yet the message of our society is<br />
that there is no viable alternative to the present.<br />
Beneath the reassuring tones of the politicians,<br />
beneath the common opinion that America<br />
will "muddle through," beneath the stagnation<br />
of those who have closed their minds to the<br />
future, is the pervading feeling that there<br />
simply are no alternatives, that our times have<br />
witnessed the exhaustion not only of Utopias,<br />
but of any new departures as well. Feeling<br />
the press of complexity upon the emptiness<br />
of life, people are fearful of the thought that<br />
at any moment things might be thrust out of<br />
control. They fear change itself, since change<br />
Tom Hayden December 11, 1939 – October 23,<br />
might smash whatever invisible framework<br />
2016<br />
seems to hold back chaos for them now. For Anti-war, civil rights, and radical intellectual<br />
most Americans, all crusades are suspect,<br />
activist in the 1960s, authoring the Port Huron<br />
threatening. The fact that each individual<br />
Statement and standing trial in the Chicago<br />
sees apathy in his fellows perpetuates the<br />
Seven case.<br />
common reluctance to organize for change.<br />
The dominant institutions are complex enough "Freedom Rider" Freedom Riders were civil<br />
to blunt the minds of their potential critics, rights activists who rode interstate buses into<br />
and entrenched enough to swiftly dissipate the segregated southern United States in 1961<br />
or entirely repel the energies of protest and and subsequent years to challenge the nonenforcement<br />
of the United States Supreme<br />
reform, thus limiting human expectancies.<br />
Then, too, we are a materially improved<br />
Cour t decision to desegregate public buses<br />
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PRESS RELEASE<br />
Desert Stonewall Democrats, the<br />
only chartered LGBTQ Democratic<br />
Club in the Coachella Valley, held<br />
a public forum designed to feature<br />
the Democratic Candidates running<br />
for election in the newly created<br />
Palm Springs City<br />
Council District Elections. Over<br />
100 people attended the forum,<br />
which was held Tuesday, July 16th<br />
at Mizell Senior Center. Prior to the<br />
forum each candidate was asked to<br />
complete a questionnaire regarding<br />
their background and views on<br />
issues and were interviewed by the<br />
members of Stonewalls Political<br />
Action Committee.<br />
At the forum each candidate was<br />
given time for an opening and<br />
closing statement about their<br />
candidacy. The audience then<br />
submitted questions that gave each<br />
candidate an opportunity to express<br />
their views on a wide variety of<br />
issues from homelessness to vacation<br />
rentals to dealing with the closures<br />
on Indian Canyon caused by the<br />
weather. The audience was able to<br />
gauge the depth of the knowledge<br />
of the candidates and evaluate their<br />
varying views on how to solve some<br />
of the complex issues facing the City<br />
of Palm Springs.<br />
Immediately following the candidate<br />
presentations, the members of Desert<br />
Stonewall Democrats in attendance<br />
were asked to vote by ballot on<br />
the Political Action Committee<br />
endorsement slate. A 60% vote was<br />
required for endorsement.<br />
We are pleased to announce that<br />
80% of the membership voted for<br />
the following endorsements:<br />
District 1: Dual Endorsement – Les<br />
Young and Grace Garner<br />
District 2: Dennis Woods<br />
District 3: Geoff Kors<br />
Receiving an endorsement from<br />
the members of Desert Stonewall<br />
Democrats has traditionally included<br />
support in the form of financial<br />
contribution to each candidate,<br />
campaign volunteer assistance from<br />
the membership, and mail pieces to<br />
Democratic voters. “We are anxious<br />
to offer our support and expertise to<br />
this outstanding group of endorsed<br />
candidates who have expressed an<br />
incredible understanding of the<br />
issues facing the City<br />
continued on page 36<br />
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VA DOCTORS CREDIT REP. RAUL RUIZ<br />
FOR FIRING OF LOMA LINDA HOSPITAL<br />
DIRECTOR<br />
By Tom Swann Hernandez<br />
Officially she resigned. On the record she was<br />
ready to stop working for the U.S. Department<br />
of Veterans Affairs. However VA doctors at<br />
the hospital in Loma Linda California who<br />
spoke on the condition of anonymity told me<br />
this matter. Ruiz spoke to the hospital director<br />
who defended herself by saying the VA staff at<br />
Loma Linda was not working as hard as they<br />
should be working. Ruiz looked into the matter<br />
and found that statement was untrue. The VA<br />
hospital staff told Ruiz the director was solely<br />
responsible for the cutback in services. Ruiz<br />
somehow had the director put into a position<br />
that she either resign or be fired. We do not<br />
know what channels at the VA Ruiz used<br />
but we assume he spoke to the VA Secretary<br />
or someone high up at the Department of<br />
Veterans Affairs. Doctors say a new director<br />
who they describe as “Asian-American” is<br />
restoring the cutbacks in services to veterans.<br />
As a result staff morale at Loma Linda VA<br />
hospital has returned to normal.<br />
this week that Rep. Raul Ruiz had the hospital<br />
director fired because he determined she was<br />
incompetent.<br />
These VA doctors tell the story in this manner.<br />
The hospital director began a large cutback in<br />
services to veterans. Veterans complained to<br />
the office of Rep. Raul Ruiz. One of the most<br />
outspoken critics of the hospital administration<br />
the past few months was AMVETS Post 66<br />
First Vice Commander Chad Shipley. Shipley<br />
accused the hospital administration of saying<br />
falsehoods about their actions to reduce his<br />
services. The VA hospital is not located in<br />
Rep. Raul Ruiz’s 36th Congressional District.<br />
However Rep. Ruiz veteran constituents are<br />
served at that hospital on a regular basis. Rep.<br />
Ruiz took the time to research and investigates<br />
I do not believe Rep. Ruiz is going to write a<br />
press release on this subject. And I doubt if his<br />
staff will offer any quotes to the news media.<br />
But VA doctors insist the director was “fired by<br />
Ruiz because she was incompetent.”<br />
This demonstrates that Rep. Raul Ruiz is the<br />
“real deal” and the “genuine McCoy.” He is<br />
a full-time Member of Congress who meets<br />
with his constituents, listens to their concerns,<br />
researches and investigates, asks tough<br />
questions and then makes bold decisions that<br />
improve the quality of life of his constituents.<br />
Ruiz replaced former Rep. Mary Bono--<br />
Mack in the 2012 election. Elections have<br />
consequences. Bono-Mack would never have<br />
had the courage to take this bold action. For<br />
example Bono-Mack originally replaced her<br />
late husband Sonny on the House Armed<br />
Services Committee and the sub-committee on<br />
military personnel. This means it was her subcommittee<br />
that voted that active duty military<br />
who became infected with HIV could not<br />
re-enlist in the continued on page 26<br />
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AdamsArtExpose’ ART<br />
The Northeastern Native American<br />
Tribes encompass an area reaching<br />
from Main to Wisconsin on the north<br />
to as far south as South Carolina and<br />
over to Illinois. The women of these<br />
Tribes made clothing, basketry, and<br />
many tools. They also planted and cared<br />
for most of the agricultural crops and<br />
typically caught or harvested most of the<br />
food used by a Tribal group. Men built<br />
houses, hunted and fished and made<br />
most of the tools used for this. They<br />
also participated in warring and holding<br />
councils.<br />
AdamsArtExpose’<br />
NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS -<br />
NOR<strong>THE</strong>ASTERN TRIBAL EXAMPLES<br />
which were used in cold weather and<br />
made from leather. The clothing wasn't<br />
runway styling but made for utilitarian<br />
use and efficient in design for everyday<br />
purposes. Moccasins were worn by<br />
both men and women which were also<br />
made from leather and frequently had<br />
designs with beading sewn into them.<br />
When European explorers came to this<br />
geographic region they found that there<br />
were belonging groups in this area. They<br />
associated with linguistic groups from<br />
the Algonquian, Iroquoian o Siouan<br />
language groups.<br />
The clothing fashions of the Northeastern<br />
Tribes were similar within most of the<br />
Tribes. For men, clothing consisted of<br />
a breechcloth consisting of a strip of<br />
leather drawn between the legs and held<br />
in place by a belt at the waist. Kind of an<br />
early form of the athletic supporter only<br />
probably more prone to chafing. For<br />
running through forests and weeds they<br />
also had leggings which were like two<br />
tubes of leather covering the legs and also The primary sport of the Northeastern<br />
attached at the waist belt. For women Tribes was the game of Lacosse played by<br />
they a skirt also with leggings and a most of the Tribes.<br />
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It consisting of a stick with a net or pocket<br />
type of device which was used to catch a<br />
softball made of deerskin. The rules of<br />
the game varied from Tribe to Tribe and<br />
by geographic area. The game was later<br />
adopted and modified by the Europeans<br />
and is now played as a college competitive<br />
sport.<br />
Questions, comments, suggestions,<br />
contact - adamsartexpose@gmail.com or<br />
adamsartexpose@desertdailyguide.com<br />
The materials used for the creation of arts<br />
and crafts of the Northeastern Tribes was<br />
primarily organic found materials such as<br />
corn husks, hide, clay, shells, stone, and<br />
bone. After the arrival of the Europeans,<br />
they included glass, cloth, and metal into<br />
their arts. In following articles there will<br />
be descriptions of the arts of Tribes of<br />
other geographic areas primarily in the<br />
U.S. which will compare the designs and<br />
materials used by these Tribes.<br />
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military. Her sub-committee was in charge of<br />
the ban on open LGBTQ in the military.<br />
In November 1999 Bono-Mack was scheduled<br />
to speak before the Riverside County Veterans<br />
Advisory Committee at the former Rock<br />
Garden Café in Palm Springs. Former County<br />
Veterans Services Officer Bili Densmore<br />
invited me to attend as President of the Palm<br />
Springs Gay Veterans. Some of our members<br />
like Daryl James, Fred Bilodeau and Charlie<br />
Sharples attended. When Densmore told the<br />
staff of Rep. Bono-Mack that gay veterans<br />
were planning to attend the breakfast meeting<br />
her Public Affairs Officer (Frank Cullen)<br />
came to the meeting and said Bono-Mack<br />
had mysteriously suddenly been called back<br />
to Washington DC. As a result Bono-Mack<br />
was the only Riverside County Member of<br />
Congress or state legislator that never spoke<br />
before the veteran’s advisory committee whose<br />
members are appointed by the County Board<br />
of Supervisors. Bono-Mack requested that<br />
she be reassigned off of the Armed Services<br />
Committee to the Energy Committee.<br />
There are many other such stories about Bono-<br />
Mack that can be shared at another time. Her<br />
record on gays in the military was both positive<br />
and negative. In the final vote to repeal “Don’t<br />
Ask, Don’t Tell” Bono-Mack voted with the<br />
Democrats to repeal that policy.<br />
The former hospital director met with me in<br />
person and did in fact provide me with some<br />
assistance at the hospital. Rep. Ruiz did not<br />
give me permission to share this story about<br />
his superb work for veterans. However VA<br />
hospital staff are very grateful to him and<br />
they have asked me to share this story not to<br />
embarrass the former hospital director (whose<br />
name we are not mentioning). Instead they<br />
want to make sure the veterans in his district<br />
know that he accomplished something very<br />
important that helps the hospital staff serve<br />
our veterans. So AMVETS Post 66 salutes<br />
Rep. Raul Ruiz and we still wish to present him<br />
with an award plaque that we had to cancel on<br />
Memorial Day 2017 due to my sickness.<br />
And we also want to alert Ruiz staff that<br />
World War II Navy veteran Daryl James<br />
(who appeared as an endorser of Ruiz on TV<br />
commercials in his 2012 election campaign)<br />
is in serious poor health. The former hospital<br />
director that was fired cut back the aid and<br />
assist services that the VA headquarters<br />
promised to provide Daryl. We request that<br />
the staff of Rep. Ruiz contact the new hospital<br />
director and ask him to expedite restoring the<br />
promised aid and assist services to Daryl who<br />
is 93 years old and lives alone in Palm Springs.<br />
We trust Rep. Ruiz will help Daryl prolong his<br />
life.<br />
Regular contributer Thomas A. Swann<br />
A Vietnam era veteran who served in<br />
the United States Marine Corps; founder<br />
of AMVETS Post 66, District 9 AMVETS<br />
Commander; member of The American<br />
Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the<br />
Disabled American Veterans; the Blind<br />
Veterans of America, founding Chairman of<br />
the California Democratic Party's Veterans<br />
Caucus, Past President of Palm Springs Gay<br />
Veterans, member of the California State<br />
Democratic Party's Central Committee.<br />
A local champion of veterans rights, workers<br />
rights, civil rights, sexual orientation/<br />
identity rights, AIDS awareness, and Health<br />
Maintenance Organization accountability.<br />
Tom Swann - Proud Gay Veteran and Author<br />
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY<br />
DID YOU KNOW, Palm Springs is<br />
only 90 minutes to the ocean!<br />
BUSINESS DIRECTORY<br />
LGBT AND LGBT FRIENDLY<br />
RESORTS PALM SPRINGS STYLE<br />
CCBC Resort 760 324-1350 See page 2<br />
68-300 Gay Resort Drive<br />
CCBC is the largest clothing optional Gay<br />
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Located just a few minutes from downtown<br />
Palm Springs, Our 3.5 acre fantasy<br />
playground is perfect for weekend getaways<br />
and extended stays.<br />
ccbcresorthotel.com<br />
Chaps Inn 760 327-8222 See page 18<br />
Don’t stay where the boys are ….. stay<br />
where the men are! Swim in or laze by<br />
the heated salt water pool, enjoy the spa,<br />
cool misting system and steam room! Play<br />
in the outdoor sling or Saint Andrew’s<br />
cross. Chaps Inn is a clothing optional 10<br />
room resort owned and operated by two<br />
British transplants and life partners, Stuart<br />
and Ian. chapsinn.com<br />
TRIANGLE INN 760-322-7993<br />
555 E. San Lorenzo Rd<br />
92264 Palm Springs CA<br />
Romantic and relaxing or fun and frisky. At<br />
the Triangle Inn Palm Springs, the choice<br />
is yours. This award-winning, and historic<br />
Palm Springs Resort is a feast for all your<br />
senses, with a special flair for Southern<br />
(California) hospitality. triangle-inn.com<br />
INNdulge 760 327 1408 See page 9.<br />
601 S Grenfall Rd, Palm Springs<br />
Considered one of the best gay hotels<br />
and gay resorts in Palm Springs Located<br />
in the heart of warm sands area and<br />
walking distance to Sunny Dunes gay<br />
bars and shopping and down town.<br />
Amenities include free wifi, daily<br />
continental breakfast, evening social<br />
hour, complimentary local gym access,<br />
air conditioning, on-site guest laundry,<br />
outdoor misters and assistance with<br />
restaurant and activity bookings<br />
inndulge.com<br />
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BUSINESS SERVICES<br />
ATTRACTIONS/ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Cabot’s Pueblo Museum 760-329-7610<br />
McCallum Adobe 760-323-8297<br />
Ruddy’s General Store Museum 760-327-2156<br />
Indian Canyons 760-323-6018<br />
Palm Springs Aerial Tram 760-325-1449<br />
Palm Springs Air Museum 760-778-6262<br />
Palm Springs Art Museum 760-325-7186<br />
Sunnylands 760-328-2829<br />
Patton Memorial Museum 760-227-3483<br />
Joshua Tree National park 760-367-5500<br />
ADULT BOOK STORE<br />
*Hidden Joy 760 328-1694<br />
ADULT FETISH AND TOYS<br />
*Gear Leather & Fetish 760 322-3363<br />
*Hidden Joy 760 328-1694<br />
ART GALLERY<br />
Sebastian’s Gallery Appraisals - Antiques Fine<br />
Art - Estate sales and liquidation<br />
69930 Hwy 111 Rancho Mirage . Nudes | Art<br />
760-202-0582<br />
ATTORNEYS<br />
*Joseph Rhea legal criminal law human rights<br />
760 322-3001<br />
BARBER SHOPS<br />
Tim Piper 760 218 0806<br />
180 E. Andreas at North Palm cyn.<br />
BUSINESS DIRECTORY<br />
CONCRETE<br />
GYMS<br />
*WorkOUT Gym 760 325-4600<br />
GENERAL SERVICES<br />
Patriot Services<br />
LIC General Contactor<br />
Handyman | Flooring | SHOWERS<br />
PLUMBING | ELECTICAL<br />
760-327-9619<br />
Hauling<br />
Red’s Hauling. We remove trash and unwanted<br />
items. Garage clean outs. Call Red at<br />
760-288-6956<br />
SHOPPING<br />
LEA<strong>THE</strong>R GEAR TOYS<br />
*Gear Leather and Fetish 760-322-3363<br />
gearleather.com 650 E. Sunny Dunes<br />
Computer Service<br />
CONCIERGE-STYLE COMPUTER<br />
SUPPORT I AM NOT MAC-PHOBIC!<br />
Desktops, laptops, Internet/wireless connectivity,<br />
virus remediation. Catering to locals &<br />
resort/out-of-town guests. Reasonable rates<br />
Call Ed Lefkowitz sunnyDconsulting (760)<br />
483-3115. sunnydconsulting.com<br />
Leather Repair<br />
Off Ramp Leathers 760-778-2798<br />
www.offrampleathers.com New and used<br />
leather and fetish/BSDM gear. Alterations<br />
and repairs from saddle-patching your<br />
well-loved Levis to refurbishing your prized<br />
leathers. Or get measured for a new custom<br />
leather outfit handmade by Paul. Great<br />
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY Continued from page 29<br />
selection of consignment items. 650 E.<br />
Sunny Dunes Rd., Unit 3, Palm Springs,<br />
CA 92264<br />
PAINTERS<br />
MATRIMONY SPIRITUALITY<br />
Bloom In the Desert Ministries<br />
760 327-3802<br />
REAL ESTATE<br />
*Berrington Properties 760 408-4102<br />
TRAVEL<br />
Idyllwild<br />
LIVING FREEANIMAL SANCTUARY<br />
Living Free rescues dogs & cats from public<br />
shelters. We're a no-kill nonprofit - with<br />
spay/neuter, pet adoptions, animal welfare.<br />
Tax-deductable Visitors Welcome! OPEN<br />
DAILY 11:00am to 4:00pm CLOSED<br />
WEDNESDAYS. We are NOT licensed to<br />
take animals from the public and rescue<br />
from local shelters only.<br />
54250 KEEN CAMP ROAD MOUNTAIN<br />
CENTER, CA 92561<br />
Idyllwild Guest House<br />
Escape desert temperatures for cool<br />
breezes. Visit Idyllwild Guest House<br />
for spectacular sunsets and beautiful<br />
mornings. Relaxing private location<br />
with hot tub and clothing optional sundecks.<br />
Idyllwildgayguesthouse.com<br />
Mark Lonsbury 760-406-9699<br />
Idyllwild Attractions<br />
Idyllwild Nature Center The center provides<br />
an array of environmental education<br />
programs, guided tours, and field study<br />
trips. 25225 CA-243, Idyllwild, CA 92549,<br />
Phone: 951-659-3850<br />
Idyllwild Park is a popular park measuring<br />
a little over two hundred acres for hiking<br />
rock and rustic camping.<br />
MOVING HERE?<br />
Gas 800-427-2200<br />
Water 760-323-4971<br />
Electric 800-990-7788<br />
Trash 800-973-3873<br />
Recycling 760-327-1351<br />
Free Trolley Buzz<br />
760 260-8104<br />
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GROUPS/ORG/HELP<br />
LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER OF <strong>THE</strong><br />
DESERT 1301 North Palm Canyon, 3rd<br />
Floor PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262<br />
760-416-7790 www.thecenterps.org<br />
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY 800-<br />
227-2345<br />
AMVETS: 760-324-5670<br />
BLOOM IN <strong>THE</strong> DESERT MINISTRIES:<br />
760-327-3802<br />
Coachella Valley Sexual Assault Services<br />
Rape Crisis Center (760) 568-9071<br />
DEMOCRATS OF <strong>THE</strong> DESERT<br />
desertdemocrats.org<br />
democratsofthedesert@gmail.com<br />
DESERT LEGAL AID: 760-832-9770<br />
DESERT STONEWALL DEMOCRATS:<br />
www.desert-stonewall.org<br />
DESERT WINDS 760 776-2700<br />
FRONTRUNNERS psfr.org<br />
GAY ARTISTS - 760 835-0727<br />
Gay Book Club of PS—write to bookclubofps@yahoo.com<br />
Transgender community transcc.org<br />
PALM SPRINGS GAY MEN’S CHORUS<br />
760-219-2077<br />
PALM SPRINGS LEA<strong>THE</strong>R ORDER OF<br />
<strong>THE</strong> DESERT 760 272-5553<br />
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Prime Timers of the Desert 760-424-8014.<br />
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(760)218-0234 [0801]<br />
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Richard: 310-871-7879. [0910]<br />
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Programs and services @ The Center are<br />
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Tuesday evening, come by The Center for<br />
Trans Tuesdays. Please feel free to wear<br />
what makes you comfortable. NO COST<br />
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GAYDGETS & THREADS<br />
ADRIAN’S PICKS FOR <strong>THE</strong> MAN THAT<br />
NEEDS EVERYTHING.<br />
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#1 San Diego Comic Con<br />
Toucan Funko Pop<br />
#2 Batman80 SDCCbag POP<br />
$15.00 SDCC X FUNKO BOOTH<br />
#100 – WALL O’ TOUCANS<br />
Funko has the hardest exclusives to<br />
get at San Diego Comic-Con — but<br />
they’re also some of the best, with<br />
a huge array of licenses and cool<br />
variants. In order to gain access to<br />
the Funko Booth #5341, you will<br />
need to gain access through the<br />
Online Exclusives Portal, which is<br />
now open.<br />
New this year, they will also have a<br />
second 30×10 SDCCxFunko Booth<br />
#100 which will sell Funko and<br />
Comic-Con merchandise exclusives.<br />
This booth will ONLY be selling the<br />
SDCC exclusive Toucan Pop! and<br />
Pez, and the Batman with the Comic-<br />
Con bag. The other booth – Booth<br />
#5341 – will be home to all other<br />
items.<br />
win the lottery for both the SDCC x<br />
Funko booth and the Funko booth.<br />
#3 Hello Kitty Deluxe Gift Set<br />
$30.00 Monogram International<br />
Booth #3645<br />
A great assortment of special Hello<br />
Kitty merchandise. Includes: one<br />
Hello Kitty 3D figural bag clip, a<br />
3 pc enamel pin set, and a lanyard<br />
with a red bow charm. The enamel<br />
pin set is in a special coin purse<br />
shaped packaging in reference to the<br />
original 1974 Hello Kitty coin purse.<br />
In celebration of the iconic kitty’s<br />
45th anniversary of world-cuteness<br />
domination!<br />
#4 SDCC Conan FunkO's<br />
$15.00 Funko Booth #5341<br />
Bring home your favorite late-night<br />
talk show host as a San Diego Comic-<br />
Con exclusive FunkO’s featuring<br />
Super Conan as the mini-mascot and<br />
a shared GameStop exclusive 25th<br />
Anniversary Conan O’Brien (fully<br />
clad in Team Coco Orange).<br />
If you want to gain access to ALL of<br />
Funko’s exclusives, you will need to<br />
IMAGE OF <strong>THE</strong> <strong>WEEK</strong>.... Adrian at the Anime Expo with a cosplayer<br />
Adrian travels the globe looking for the coolest trends in fashion and toys.<br />
If you would like to have your product featured in this column send a note<br />
to: adrian@desertdailyguide.com<br />
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and have all exhibited a positive<br />
outlook for their future involvement<br />
in its success.” stated Ginny Foat,<br />
Political ActionCommittee Chair For<br />
further information please contact:<br />
Miguel Navarro – (760) 567-1266;<br />
info@desert-stonewall.org<br />
About Desert Stonewall Democrats<br />
Desert Stonewall Democrats<br />
achieved official recognition in<br />
February 1999 as a chartered club<br />
by the California Democratic Party<br />
and immediately set to work to elect<br />
LGBT and LGBT-friendly candidates<br />
to local and State office.<br />
Desert Stonewall Democrats is proud<br />
to bear the name of the event that<br />
sparked a revolution and strives<br />
still today to achieve what those<br />
rebellious Stonewall Inn patrons<br />
fought for then - equal treatment<br />
under the law.<br />
Desert Stonewall Democrats thrives<br />
and grows today, in our 20th<br />
anniversary year, as an active and<br />
influential voice in regional politics,<br />
pursuing its mission of equality for<br />
all people:<br />
To advance equal rights for<br />
all people, regardless of sexual<br />
orientation or gender identity;<br />
To support the Democratic Party and<br />
Democratic candidates who support<br />
our mission;<br />
To educate the LGBTQ community<br />
and people who are supportive of it<br />
about the vast differences that exist<br />
between the two major parties on the<br />
issues of concern to our community;<br />
To lead our party to improve its<br />
record on issues of importance to<br />
our community, and to work for<br />
the nomination of Democratic<br />
candidates from the local to national<br />
level, including qualified openly<br />
LGBTQ candidates who will be fully<br />
supportive of our fight for equality;<br />
To encourage our community to<br />
support and vote for Democratic<br />
candidates who are committed to<br />
defeating homophobia and prejudice.<br />
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<strong>2019</strong> Comic-Con International: San Diego<br />
July 18 -21 comic-con.org<br />
Comic-Con’s Quick Guide publication takes<br />
all of the most important information about<br />
the show and puts it into one, full-color<br />
publication that’s easy to read and carry.<br />
This indispensible magazine features maps<br />
of the Comic-Con layout at the Convention<br />
Center—including the huge, foldout Exhibit<br />
Hall map—and the "Comic-Con Campus"<br />
map, featuring the official programming<br />
rooms with CCI events. It also features the<br />
entire Programming Schedule in an easyto-read,<br />
daily grid format, and a complete<br />
list of exhibitors, featuring booth numbers.<br />
This year's Quick Guide features maps and<br />
info on all of our programming areas, plus<br />
a Restaurant Guide to downtown San Diego<br />
and Gaslamp establishments!<br />
The Quick Guide is given FREE to all<br />
attendees (while supplies last), and is<br />
available exclusively at the event. You can<br />
find it at registration areas in the Sails<br />
Pavilion upstairs and alongside our onsite<br />
daily newsletter, Comic-Con Today, at<br />
locations throughout the Convention<br />
Center.<br />
Pick up your copy—along with the Comic-<br />
Con <strong>2019</strong> Souvenir Book and Events<br />
Guide—in the Sails Pavilion, along with<br />
your lanyard and bag!<br />
Some Helpful Badge Information<br />
Comic-Con <strong>2019</strong> Toucan Tips<br />
Here’s some important information to help<br />
you get into Comic-Con and pick up your<br />
Bag, Books, and Lanyard (BBL)!<br />
Badge Pick-Up<br />
Picking up your badge onsite? You’ll need to<br />
bring two things: your badge confirmation<br />
and a valid photo ID. Bring both upstairs<br />
to Registration Area in the Sails Pavilion at<br />
the San Diego Convention Center to receive<br />
your badge. Please visit www.comic-con.<br />
org/cci/badge-pickup for hours.<br />
Your badge confirmation should be in the<br />
email account associated with your Comic-<br />
Con Member ID.<br />
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<strong>THE</strong> LAST WORD<br />
IMIGRATION<br />
VS. RACISM<br />
When someone complains, it's a gift.<br />
Let us be factual, immigration to the<br />
United States is the international movement<br />
of non-U.S. nationals in order to reside<br />
permanently in the country. This is an<br />
occupancy issue then and not one human<br />
right should be abridged. Still, we must<br />
remember that the white immigrants still<br />
complained that the slaves below them were<br />
too loud.<br />
The gift helps to make things better.<br />
We once called us the melting pot, where all<br />
things merged. Today, we are more a tossed<br />
salad but some still want it to be like "thye<br />
old days", that somehow got enshrined in<br />
our history books. Where perception ruled<br />
like an invisible, but controlling hand. But<br />
it was not true fore all. Many people are<br />
told they have a lane. As the grandson of<br />
an immigrant that came here, not knowing<br />
our language at 14 and was detained alone<br />
for at least 3 months, ended up owning one<br />
of the largest walnut farms in California.<br />
But corporations used the invisible hand to<br />
shut her out and take her land. So you can<br />
trust me, when people complain, it's usually<br />
because they are denied something they<br />
deserve.<br />
counter to what is just, we bear the charge of<br />
theft. Albeit a new idea, a better change and<br />
a better world. You have stolen something of<br />
value from anther person.<br />
Racism is never a gift, it is criminal theft,<br />
because if you value life, then its penalty<br />
should be severe. But sometimes we feel<br />
it's just a harmless thought or a minor<br />
oversight. But it's not. It's like watching a<br />
friend rob another. Silence = Complicity.<br />
When you really listen, you're exchanging<br />
great gifts.<br />
This is a nation of laws, but really, there<br />
are two major divisions, civil and criminal.<br />
Often things can be both, like spanking<br />
your child. Nearly all research suggests<br />
that immigration to the United States is<br />
beneficial to the U.S. economy. But we have<br />
labeled it bad. "Why?" should be the bigger<br />
question. If immigration created the greatest<br />
nation on earth, won't making immigration<br />
bad make our nation worse again?<br />
When you act, you're are using that gift.<br />
Today, we are faced the bigger question<br />
justice asks. Is this fair? Civil and criminal<br />
laws that are not fairly applied are not just<br />
bad, they break many other laws. They<br />
invite corruption, lawlessness and despair.<br />
Racism allows some people to overlook<br />
despair, as some seem more deserving then<br />
others. As does all other forms of theft<br />
because you now you are taking it without<br />
consent.<br />
Each gift has different values, but the same<br />
worth.<br />
Being PC or kinder and gentler is no excuse<br />
When we act in a way that allows anything to ignore theft. It's like being gay, even if<br />
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