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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 />

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EDITORIAL<br />

DDG IS<br />

PUBLISHED <strong>WEEK</strong>LY BY<br />

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Marko Russell, Mike Thomas,<br />

Frank Failing, David Stanfield<br />

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Opinions expressed in the DDG<br />

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its staff, or its advertisers.<br />

DDG is not responsible for<br />

claims made by its advertisers,<br />

or the products or services<br />

they offer. Listings, pictures,<br />

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owners, or its staff. All events are<br />

subject to change without notice.<br />

Any omissions of events are not<br />

intentional. © 2017 DDG Media<br />

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will@desertdailyguide.com<br />

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 />

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24 AdamsArtExpose’<br />

34 Adrian’s Picks<br />

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27 Featured Gay Resorts<br />

31 GROUPS/HELP<br />

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37 Queer Otaku<br />

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SIGNATURE DATES<br />

SPECIAL ELECTION City of Cathedral City, CA -<br />

Municipal Government<br />

Nomination Period for District 1 City Council<br />

Seat Nomination Period for candidates will<br />

close on May 30, <strong>2019</strong>.<br />

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 />

appointment)<br />

July 20th – Own Your Future – Preparing Your<br />

Will<br />

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 />

enough of Queen? The Ultimate Queen<br />

Celebration: Starring Marc Martel at The<br />

Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa.<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 />

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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 />

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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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Continued from page 23<br />

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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Continued from page 16<br />

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 />

men’s resort in Southern California.<br />

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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Continued from page 27<br />

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 />

Continued on page 30<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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Texting "FOOD" to 877-877 will give you a<br />

nearby location where free meals are available<br />

for children during the summer.<br />

Almuerzo gratis para niños este verano. No<br />

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955-4900 TTY: 951-955-5126<br />

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ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project 212-549-<br />

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The (FCC) reserved the 211 dialing code<br />

for community information and referral<br />

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GAYDGETS & THREADS<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 />

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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 />

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$15.00 Funko Booth #5341<br />

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Con exclusive FunkO’s featuring<br />

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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 />

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continued from page 22<br />

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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