Gay Travel California

WORLDWIDE: Discover the best gay bear events worldwide in 2025–26. From Bear Weeks to Prides, find dates, tips & destinations for your next LGBTQ+ bear travel adventure.

CALIFORNIA: Looking for gay-friendly hotels in Greater Palm Springs? Our 7 tips for LGBTQ+ welcoming resorts & boutique hotels in Greater Palm Springs.

CALIFORNIA: What is it like to stay at the famous Trixie Motel in Palm Springs? Our honest review of the Cowboy Suite during Palm Springs Leather Pride.

CALIFORNIA: Pioneertown in Southern California near Joshua Tree: Our gay-friendly stay at the historic Pioneertown Motel, exploring the famous Old West movie town.

PALM SPRINGS: Colorful & diverse: Leather Pride, parade, and LGBTQ+ community. Our personal impressions + travel tips for your Palm Springs Pride 2026 trip..

CALIFORNIA: Our gay couple’s guide for the Anaheim Disneyland Resort with tips, Lightning Lane experiences & vegetarian food spots for LGBTQ+ travelers.

PALM SPRINGS: Our review of Descanso Resort Palm Springs: a gay men-only, clothing-optional escape with poolside breakfast, mid-century rooms & spa vibes.

PALM SPRINGS: Our gay couple review of Santiago Resort Palm Springs: a relaxed, clothing-optional men-only hotel with large pool, garden fire pit & mountain views.

CALIFORNIA: Discover West Hollywood with our LGBTQ+ guide. Explore queer nightlife with our gay couple tips for restaurants, hotels, shopping, and more.

CALIFORNIA: Our gay-friendly stay at queer-owned El Dorado Oasis in Yucca Valley with tips for the LGBTQ+ High Desert community & Joshua Tree Park.

CALIFORNIA: LGBTQ+ travel tips for Big Bear Lake with gay-friendly accommodations, hiking recommendations, and queer-friendly experiences for your Southern California road trip.

USA: Get ready for our tips on the chicest gay-friendly hotels, hidden architectural gems, rejuvenating spa experiences, and the top gay hot spots to dance the night away.

USA: Intrigued by the possibility of a queer and gay-friendly escape in the USA just an hour’s drive north of Los Angeles, we packed our bags and headed up Interstate 5 to Santa Clarita.

USA: Our road trip around California, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada. Gran Canyon, Zion National Park, Yosemite, San Francisco and LA – join us on our trip to the land of opportunity.

USA: The Yosemite National Park in California was one of our top highlights we planned for our four weeks road trip around the South West of the United States of America.

The best of LA Pride in West Hollywood 2019. It was finally time for our first Gay Pride Festival in summer 2019. After our winter premiere in January at Whistler Pride in Canada, we’ve successfully attended Los Angeles Pride and its colorful queer parade through West Hollywood along Santa Monica Boulevard. And we have to admit, LA Pride in the South Western part of the USA was one of our best gay pride festivals ever! After attending Harvey Milk’s Castro Street Fair in San Francisco, we were overwhelmed by so much diversity, the amazing summer weather with blue sky and temperatures around 30 degrees Celsius as well as uncountable happy faces of the LGBTQ+ community and its allies marching peacefully side by side.

ANAHEIM: Our visit to Disney’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in Anaheim, California became reality! The Star Wars Universe arrived on planet earth. We were able to be among the first people (also known as Star Wars Nerds) to visit Galaxy’s Edge.

USA: Pete, a bearded ranger at Yosemite Lake Resorts, just outside the West Gate of Yosemite National Park, suggested the most photogenic Ghost Town of the Wild West in California.