May 20, 2015 Digital and Print, Gay Desert Guide to the Palm Springs Area, LGBT Desert Daily Guide

Please join event co-­‐chairs:

Democrats of the Desert and Democratic Headquarters of the Desert for a grassroots fundraiser in support of :

Congressman

Raul Ruiz, M.D.

Democratic Representative – California’s 36th District

Monday, June 8th 5:30pm –7:00pm

Studio One 11 67555 E Palm Canyon Dr #103 Cathedral City, CA This event is a grassroots fundraiser to help keep Dr. Raul Ruiz in office to continue his work fighting on behalf of our Democratic values. Your support at any level is greatly appreciated! Please consider supporting Raul as generously as you can:

Suggested Donations: Friend: $25 // Supporter: $50// Champion $100 // Founder $250

Though tickets are not required for this event we would appreciate RSVPs. You may call Democratic Headquarters at 760-­‐328-­‐9425 or Jordan Wood at 618-­‐780-­‐5772 to RSVP.

You may also make a contribution in support of Rep. Ruiz for this event online, by going to: secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/desertdems2015 THIS VENUE IS ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. PLEASE CALL (618) 780-­‐5772 AT LEAST 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS. WE WILL WORK WITH ALL PERSONS TO PROVIDE ANY REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION.

Printed in house. Labor donated.

Paid for and Authorized by Dr. Raul Ruiz for Congress

Memorial Day Weekend Barracks Thursday Thrust with the Thrust Boys and DJ Luis Cintron 9-2 Friday Cruise Noght with DJ Luis Cintron 10-2 Saturday Cruise Night with DJ Sir Doggie Sunday Beer bust -3 -6 Vendor fair featurin g Not So Innocent and the art of Micheal Allen 2pm -2am Tool Shed

Friday DJ Joe Saturday DJ Brad

Helios Saturday May 23 9pm to 2am Porn Star Pool Party DDG Movie Night MAy 24 Where the Boys are Pool Party CCBC Saturday May 23 BBQ and Pool Part Most Memorable Show and Contest Sunday Pool Party With DJ Corey Block Party Old Town La Quinta Event Lawn area on Saturday, May 23 FREE. Monday May 25 Memorial Day Memorial Day Flower Drop & Air Fair Palm Springs Air Museum, 745 N. Gene Autry Trail, Palm Springs, CA

Inside This Week’s Issue “Daily What’s Happening” Page 12 31 Business Directory 27 Classifieds 25 Desert Center For Sexual Awareness 32 Trending Locally NEW 34 Featured Bars, Resorts & Dining.

33 Gay Resorts 28 LGBT Groups 54 Jersey’s Journal 36 Leather Realm 38 Massage Directory 36 Quote of the week 04 Specials & Events 43 The Last Word 29 The Center Schedule 26 This Week NEW 43 Weekly Guide to Stars

Volume 20, Issue 47 May 20, 2015 to May 26, 2015

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND Desert Daily Guide is published by the

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Publisher: Will Paige Editors: Adrian Ayala, Justin Paige Writer/Photographer: Adrian Ayala

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National Representatives Rivendell Media (212) 242-6863 Contributing Writers Jersey Shore, Will Paige, Adrian Ayala George Zander, Dave Murdock, Adam Contributing Photographers Mike Thomas, Frank Failing,David Stanfield

Advertisers, or other interested persons may write to DDG Media Group, Activities and Entertainment Guide Division, Mailing and office address: 1717 E Vista Chino A7-480, Palm Springs, CA 92262 or call 888-743-3349 or 760-913-3340 or FAX 844-800-9700 Opinions expressed in the DDG columns do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the DDG, its staff, or its advertisers, with the exception of the Desert Daily Guide Editorial Staff. DDG is not responsible for claims made by its advertisers, or the products or services they offer. Listings, pictures, or advertisements in the DDG should not be construed to represent or reflect the sexual orientation of any business, its owners, or its staff. All events are subject to change without notice. Any omissions of events are not intentional. © 2015 DDG Media Group , Inc. All Rights Reserved. will@desertdailyguide.com

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DiGS (760) 321-0031 36-737 Cathedral Canyon Dr. , CC, CA Georgie’s Alibi (760) 325-5533 369 N Palm Canyon Dr , PS CA Studio One 11 (760) 328-2900 67555 E. Palm Canyon Dr. , CC, CA Chill bar (NEW) (760) 537-0172 217 E Arenas , PS, CA Hunters Palm Springs 302 E Arenas Rd , Palm Springs, CA Cafe Palette 315 East Arenas Road, PS, CA Bongo Johnny’s 214 East Arenas Road, PS, CA

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20TH

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THURSDAY, MAY 21ST

6:00 AM Score Happy Hour til 8 PM Score $4 Budweiser 25 ounce cans all day Sunshine Cafe Breakfast Special Carne Asada and Eggs $10.25, Lunch Special Meatloaf or Meatloaf Sandwich $9.75 7:30 AM Pinocchio Everyday Bottomless Champagne!

$2.50 Well Drinks & Martinis 10:00 AM Tool Shed Happy Hour until 8:00pm 11:00 AM Oscars 11a - 9 p 2:00 PM Barracks Happy Hour to 8PM Oscars Happy Hour to 7PM Legends of Palm Springs Happy Hour to 2-7 3:00 PM Sunshine Cafe Daily Dinner Special $9.95 5:00 PM Rio Azul Happy Hour from 5 PM To 7 PM Street Fair Crispy Tacos $2 6:00 PM Palm Springs Village Fest 7:00 PM Tool Shed 8-Ball Tournament 8:00 PM Barracks SPANK! Fetish Social Night Tool Shed Underwear Night 10:00 PM Barracks THRUST featuring Art with his men and DJ Mixtress Victoria 7:00 PM Hard Rock CafeF LIRT Bella da Ball-

FRIDAY, MAY 22ND

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3:00 PM Sunshine Cafe Daily Dinner Special $9.95 5:00 PM Rio Azul House Margarita $5 Hunters FUR 7:00 PM Barracks Fund Raisers & Cruise Night Spurline show tunes 8:00 PM Streetbar VJ Rob Roberts

SATURDAY, MAY 23RD

6:00 AM Score Happy Hour until 8 PM Sunshine Cafe Breakfast Special Pork Chili Verde Omelet or burrito $9.95 or salmon Benedict $10.95 7:30 AM Pinocchio Everyday Bottomless Champagne! $2.50 Well Drinks & Martinis 8:00 AM Oscars 8a -10p Brunch until 2 PM $5 Bloody Mary’s, $9 Bottomless Mimosas Tool Shed Happy Hour til 8pm; Rehab with Doctor Tom until 2 PM 11:00 AM Legends of Palm Springs Happy Hour from 11 to 7 PM Score12:00 Noon Bingo 1:00 PM Legends of Palm Springs $3 Holler - Beer, Hot Dog, & Chips till 5pm

2:00 PM Legends Bingo With Cowboy Steve Barracks Happy Hour to 8 PM DiGS MARM-A-RAMA Spin the Wheel Drinks 3:00 PM Sunshine Cafe Daily Dinner Special $9.95 5:00 PM Rio Azul House Margaritas $5 7:00 PM DiGS Country Western Roundup!

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SUNDAY, MAY 24TH

6:00 AM Score Happy Hour til 8 PM Score $4 Cucumber or Southern Mary all day 7:00 AM Sunshine Cafe Breakfast Special Eggs Benedict $10.25 7:30 AM Pinocchio Bottomless Champagne! $2.50 Well Drinks & Martinis. Get a Martini BURGER! 8:00 AM Oscars 8a - 2a Brunch til 2 PM $5 Bloody Marys, $9 Bottomless Mimosas Tool Shed Cheap Beer Day $1.75 16 oz. Bud or Bud Light Drafts From Open ‘Til Close, Happy Hour until 8pm 11:00 AM Legends of Palm Springs Happy Hour from 11 to 7 PM 1:00 PM Tool Shed 8-Ball Tourn.

Legends Karaoki Brunch 1-5pm SpurLine Beer Bust until 7:00 2:00 PM Barracks Beer Bust All Day Long 3:00 PM Sunshine Cafe Daily Dinner Special $9.95 4:00 PM Oscars Sunday Funday Tea Dance til 8 PM 5:00 PM Rio Azul Happy Hour from 5 To 7 PM

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MONDAY, MAY 25TH

6:00 AM Score Happy Hour til 8 PM $7 Belvedere Vodka all day Sunshine Cafe Breakfast Special Pork Chile Verde Omelet or Burrito $9.95 7:30 AM Pinocchio Everyday Bottomless Champagne! $2.50 Well Drinks & Martinis 10:00 AM Tool Shed Happy Hour until 8 PM 11:00 AM Oscars 11a - 9p Happy Hour All Day $7 Burgers & Fries 2:00 PM Barracks Happy Hour to 8 PM $1.50 Drafts All Day Legends of Palm Springs Happy Hour from 2 to 7 PM 2-4-1 cocktails 3:00 PM Sunshine Cafe Daily Dinner Special $9.95 5:00 PM Rio Azul Happy Hour from 5 PM To 7 PM 7:00 PM Barracks Free Pizza & Beer Bust Prices Hunters Service Ind. Night SpurLine Original One & Only Showtunes

TUESDAY, MAY 26TH

6:00 AM Score Happy Hour til 8 PM $2 PBR Tallboys and Free Pool all day Sunshine Cafe Breakfast Special 1/2 french toast w/ bacon, eggs $8.75, Lunch Special 1/2 sandwich/soup or salad $8.75

7:30 AM Pinocchio Everyday Bottomless Champagne! $2.50 Well Drinks & Martini 10:00 AM Tool Shed Happy Hour until 8pm 11:00 AM Oscars 11a 9p Happy Hour All Day Azul Bella da Ball Cabaret Variety Revue 2:00 PM Barracks Happy Hour until 8 PM Legends of Palm Springs Happy Hour 2 to 7 PM 3:00 PM Sunshine Cafe Daily Dinner Special $9.95 6:00 PM Tool Shed Free Pool 6 PM to 10 PM Hunters Trivia Tuesday!

11TH ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY AWARDS LUNCHEON State Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia has been selected as the 2015 “Elected Official of the Year.” The award will be presented on May 25th at 1:00 PM at Cimarron Golf Resort in Cathedral City. It will be the eleventh annual VFP Memorial Day awards luncheon. VFP has asked Occupy Coachella Valley to be a co-sponsor of the luncheon.

Eduardo Garcia has only been in the state assembly for a short period of time but has already made great progress in helping California families.

Monday May 25, 2015 at 1:00 PM Cimarron Golf Resort, 67603 30th Avenue Cathedral City CA Awards: ELECTED OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER EDUARDO GARCIA BUSINESS OF THE YEAR DESERT DAILY GUIDE ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR PROVIDENCE IN THE DESERT

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THIS WEEK With Will Its time for the Sumer edition.

As you can see, we have reverted back to our heavier paper. However, the print quality is now the same, but the paper is heavier and feels a lot better than news print. The only other changes are in the fact that the summer edition is smaller, but has all of the same information. As a cost cutting measure, we had considering closing for the summer, but we feel that our major advertisers deserve better. At the same time, we are acknowledging that, like global change, we are soon to be impacted by the internet. Yes, it may be true; the internet is not going to be a passing phase.

We are also starting a crowd funding program to buy in-house printing equipment, so there will be one place that has no issues with LGBT printed matters, I need not say anymore.

Last year, we spent over $80k on printing cost alone and never less than $60k a year since I have been in charge, and still, no can argue that the DDG does not still have a decent internet presence, which we spend less than $1000 a year to maintain, so it’s not that difficult to do that math. Internet devices are plentiful and so much easier to use, and not just handy, but clearly will be so fully integrated with the future that print will be all but forgotten in 10 or 15 years. This older generation, including the likes of myself, will no longer have a need for any earthly device beyond the Ouija board.

But it’s actually more than that, because these new devices are so much more fun to use and to watch evolve. When I came here 20 years ago, I was already developing touch screen kiosks, and put them all over Southern California. But at that time people were still afraid to touch them out of fear of breaking them, and equally afraid to have others know what they were watching or doing. The question for me became, okay, you made the magazine, and are only one of two locals, and the only weekly one. What next? It was on my mind when I started the development on the newly released Android Studio, released this year.

This year, or more accurately this summer, I decided to look around at digital. Now, I don’t mean some business directory and a few hundred rack cards to promote it. I made some strategic investments in marketing, not just to gauge the effectiveness but to curate who and how people are using the internet.

The results might surprise you. I can assure you most of our current readers are not heavy internet users and would be underserved if we closed for the summer. But the basic information is that it’s a great time to be in business right now, because there are valid ways to validate every dollar spent on digital advertising while print, radio and TV remain stable but not necessarily climbing.

And that’s a lot, as the Desert Daily Guide sells out every week, month after month for 20 years. It’s a magazine that tells us that, yes, some things can remain untarnished. But it is still a bit tarnished, and by the very technology I helped to build for 35 or so years. And I watch and watch as the numbers change, and the value of print goes way up for some and way down for others. Even that new printing method we tried could not help us turn that corner. Also, if you hand your printing jobs over to a company that only prints, then they are just going to continue to eat away at your core profits.

So as we slide our marketing mixers to gain a larger share of the digital community, this message is to inform everyone that the DDG will remain in print for as long as an audience remains receptive to its maps, resorts, bars, gay friendly services, and others that really and truly want to reach and support the gay community.

And if you ever find that you cannot find a DDG, call us. We will have one waiting for you.

Will Paige is publisher and owner of the DDG. He has extensive experience as a consulting engineer for Toyota, Experian, MySpace, and others. E-mail him your love letters, hate mail, and general queries at will@desertdailyguide.com

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Wednesday, May 20th 7:00 - 8:00AM - Crystal Meth Anon 9:00 - 10:00AM - Beginning Tai Chi 10:00 - 11:00AM - Intermediate Tai Chi 10:00AM - 12:00PM - Beginning Drawing 11:00AM - 3:00PM - HiCap Medicare Counseling 11:30AM - 12:30PM - 50 + Fit 12:30 - 2:30PM - Drawing With Dennis 12:30 - 4:00PM - Open Play Bridge 5:30 - 6:30PM - Seated Wellness 6:30 - 8:30PM - Great Outdoors Club meeting 7:00 - 8:00PM - Narcotics Anon 7:00 - 8:30PM - Gay Rodeo Association

INNERFAITH SPIRITUAL CENTER 760-3183196 METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH 760 512-1700 PALM SPRINGS GAY MEN’S CHORUS 760219-2077 PALM SPRINGS LEATHER ORDER OF THE DESERT 760 272-5553 - www.pslod.org PALM SPRINGS PRIDE: 760-416-8711 www. pspride.org, PALM SPRINGS SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE: www.palmspringssisters.org PFLAG: 760 202-4430.

GAY RODEO ASSOCIATION www.palmspringsrodeo.org PRIME TIMERS T: 760-424-8014 SHALOM: LGBT 760 328-1003 THE LGBT CENTER; 760 416-7790

Thursday, May 21st 10:00AM - 12:00PM - Conversational Spanish 4:00 - 5:00PM - Gentle Yoga 5:00 - 6:30PM - Human Rights Campaign 5:30 - 6:30PM - AA Meeting 6:00 - 8:00PM - Food Bank 7:00 - 8:00PM - Co-Dependents Anon Friday, May 22nd 10:30AM - Men’s Chat Group 11:30AM - 12:30PM - 50 + Fit 1:00 - 4:00PM - HIV Rapid Testing 7:30 - 9:00PM - Crystal Meth Anonymous 7:30 - 9:00PM - Desert Fetish Authority Discussion Group Saturday, May 23rd 10:00 - 11:30AM - Crystal Meth Anonymous Sunday, May 24th 6:00 - 7:30PM - Crystal Meth Anon

Monday, May 25th 9:00 AM - 12:00PM - Open Play Bridge 9:30 - 10:30AM - 50 + Fit 10:30 - 11:30AM - Intermediate Tai Chi 11:00 - 12:00PM - Beginning Drawing 11:30AM - 12:30PM - 50 + Fit 12:30 - 2:30PM - Drawing with Dennis 1:00 - 4:00PM - Pinochle - Open Play 7:00 - 8:30PM - Spiritual Meditation and Mediumship Tuesday, May 26th 9:30 - 10:30AM - 50 + Fit 12:30 - 2:00PM - Writers Group 4:)0 - 5:00PM - Prostate Cancer Support Group 4:30 - 5:30PM - A Gentle Way to Yoga 6:00 - 7:00PM - A Gentle Way to Yoga

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TRENDING LOCALLY “The Little Dog Laughed” has its last three night run this weekend, at the Desert Rose Playhouse!

Don’t forget to vote for the Queen of the Desert! Pick your fan favorite and vote! Vote until the event on May 27th!

Win a pet gift basket and pet T-shirt by liking and sharing the Scratch’N’Sniff page, found on Gay Palm Springs Events! Winner to be announced Friday, May 22nd!

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QUEEN OF HEARTS RESORT (LESBIAN) 760 322-5793

BEARFOOT INN 760-699-7641

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CANYON CLUB HOTEL 760 7788042

SKYLARK HOTEL 760 322-2267

CASITAS LAQUITA (LESBIAN) 760 416-9999 DESERT ECLIPSE 760 325-0655 DESERT PARADISE 760 320-5650 EAST CANYON 760 320-1928

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LEATHER REALM by Dave Murdock As you read this Clifton Tatum, Mr. Palm Springs Leather 2015, will be on his way to Chicago to compete in the International Mr. Leather Contest. Cliff has done a fantastic job so far, raising around $9000.00 for his youth-oriented LGBT charities, and he’s only half way through his title year! Have a great time in Chi-town Cliff, Palm Springs is rooting for you!

In Part 1 of this series I talked about responsibilities of a Top/Dominant to your submissive/bottom/boy and in Part 2 I began a discussion on how to have a great time in a scene. This week we’ll pick up where I left off, with, arguably, one of the most important aspects of play (and probably life too).  Communication!

There’s two ways to communicate, the obvious way is verbally. Talk with the sub/ bottom/slave/pup/boy and LISTEN to what they are saying. Make sure it’s what THEY are saying and not what you want to hear.

Before you start a scene find out what they are expecting out of it. The worst thing that can happen is that they are expecting a mild bondage scene and end up getting a heavy flogging. Talk about turning someone off to the experience forever… And you can do this in the course of conversation, making it hot and steamy if you want to, it’s part of the fun. The discussion doesn’t have to be dry and clinical. One very important thing to find out is if they have any physical or mental limitations. Before you do an electrical scene

it might be nice to know if they have an implanted TENS unit or a pacemaker. Likewise you may need information about childhood trauma’s. If, for example, someone had been trapped in a chimney for 8 hours when they were a child, unable to move and scared silly, you may not want to start off with a bondage scene. You may not find out the mental issues until during or after a scene, so you have to be prepared for anything to happen.

And, finally remember that communication goes both ways. You have a responsibility to communicate to your play partner also. If they ask you to do something and you’re not comfortable doing it, for whatever reason, you have a perfectly right to say NO. OK, so talking is the easy part. One thing you will probably have to train yourself on is non-verbal communication. Learn to watch body language. One of my favorite “tells” is the toes and fingers, are they clenched or open? Are they curling in pain or ecstasy?

You have to learn the difference, virtually with everyone you play with, because no two people are alike. But the more you do it the easier it becomes. It’s not extremely difficult unless you’re dealing with a stoic. Their mind set is “I will not flinch, I will stand/ sit/lay here and take anything that’s dished out.” Many times they think that’s what the Top expects, but I’ll tell you something, it makes the Top’s job very hard, and it also gets boring quickly. Let me see your physical reaction so I can gauge what I’m doing, and the same goes for verbal reaction. You can also check in by touchContinued on page 41

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Confident is a better word, and yes, there is a difference between the two. Do I really need to spell it out? For your sake, I will.

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Check the pulse rate (make believe your restraining his wrist) and the skin temperature (especially around any area that’s restricted, like wrist and ankle restraints.) Finally, listen to the sounds they’re making. Are they moans of pleasure or screams of agony, it’s not always easy to tell.

OK, I hear you ask (I have very good hearing), when does the communication stop?

And the honest answer is certainly not during a scene, and not for a while afterwards while they get their feet back on the ground, and the endorphins have time to dissipate.

And guess what, it may never stop. Your sexual relationship may have ended, but if you’ve had a serious relationship with a boy/slave/ bottom/whatever, the paternal relationship may never end. You will always (unless you screw up) be looked to for guidance and advice, and that’s as it should be. Even if it’s just a one-night stand, you’ve taken on a responsibility (there’s that pesky word again) and it’s one that you should not shirk lightly. I have played with several partners over the years that started out as just fun one-nighter’s, but became something much more because my partner had a breakthrough during play.

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And guess what, the scene stopped, we went to bed where we cuddled and talked for hours, and we became extremely close. If I had just bulldozed my way through the flogging that never would have happened, and may have turned him off to flogging forever, maybe even to the entire Leather scene. So, stop, look, touch, listen. Believe me you’ll be glad you did.

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TAURUS: April 19 - May 19: The punishment may outweigh the crime, but you’re not in a position to appeal. Endure it as best you can.

GEMINI: May 20 - June 19: Double-check to make sure that a penalty fee was taken care of. It may not have been and you could still be held accountable.

CANCER: June 20 - July 21: Your sensitivity to what lies beneath the surface pays off today when you sidestep a potentially thorny issue.

LEO: July 22 - Aug. 21: Pay up.

The sooner you do, the more solvent you’ll be.

VIRGO: Aug. 22 - Sept. 21: It always pays to re-read the fine print. You could unearth a rarely invoked clause that you can use to your advantage.

LIBRA: Sept. 22 - Oct. 21: You knew what you were getting into to begin with and now you have to keep your end of the bargain.

This also gets mental wheels turning as to how to get out of it.

SCORPIO: Oct. 22 - Nov. 20: You have an opponent to rights and they know it. Don’t zero in for the kill right away. You’re in a position to issue a list of requests and to see all of your wishes granted.

SAGITTARIUS: Nov. 21 - Dec. 20: Don’t let people take advantage of your good conscience. Say no to guilt-trips.

CAPRICORN: Dec. 21 - Jan. 18: You didn’t know if a certain tangent was worth following but today you will see that it is. Enjoy your journey off the well-trodden path.

AQUARIUS: Jan. 19 - Feb. 17: Somehow somebody else’s problem becomes yours. It’s annoying to have to pull other people’s fat out of the fire, but do it. It saves your butt in the end.

PISCES: Feb. 18 - March 19: That guy who let you down tries wooing you back. Tell him thanks, but no thanks. You’ve been through this yo-yo affair too many times and you don’t need the empty emotional calories.

THE LAST WORD by George W. Zander On May 13, AJR 16, authored by Assemblymembers Richard Bloom, Eduardo Garcia and Evan Low and sponsored by Equality California, was introduced in the State Assembly in response to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) new blood donor guidelines that continue to discriminate against gay and bisexual men. The new proposed FDA guidelines would continue to prohibit blood donation from all sexually active gay and bisexual men.

Specifically, all men who have had sex with another man within the past 12 months would be prohibited from donating blood. The resolution calls on President Barack Obama to encourage the Secretary of Health and Human services to direct the FDA to develop science-based guidelines that focus on risk-assessment of individuals instead of the arcane and discriminatory standards that continue to discriminate against gay and bisexual men.

“We are extremely disappointed that the FDA continues to pursue a path of pretend reform.

Equality California stands alongside and thanks Assemblymembers Richard Bloom, Eduardo Garcia and Evan Low in urging the FDA to repeal its current blood donation guidelines that continue to stigmatize and discriminate against gay and bisexual men,” said Rick Zbur, executive director of Equality California. “The proposed one-year deferral policy still prohibits all sexually active gay and bisexual men from giving blood based on their sexual orientation. So a gay man who has repeatedly tested negative for HIV and who is in a monogamous relationship is prohibited from giving blood, while others who engage in high risk behaviors are allowed to donate. This is simply unfair.

The FDA should change course and do the hard work to develop risk-based blood donation policies based on modern science and individual behavior.”

“The 12 month deferral policy for gay and bisexual men to donate blood is ridiculous and not even based on science,” said Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia. “Our resolution is about equality and that every single Californian should be treated fairly when donating blood to help save lives.”

Equality California has advocated that the FDA replace antiquated blood donation guidelines that focus on sexual orientation with modern science-based guidelines that focus on risk factors associated with individual behavior.

Outside of the United States, countries like Spain, Italy, Russia, Mexico and Portugal have adopted blood donation policies that utilize assessments of risk of an individual’s behavior, instead of the sex of a person’s sexual partners.

“These guidelines would continue to prevent countless gay and bisexual men from making life-saving donations to the nation’s blood supply,” continued Zbur. “Equality California is redoubling its efforts to change this unfair policy, and we thank Assemblymember Bloom, Garcia and Low for standing with us and for their important leadership.”

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