No region in America concentrates more LGBTQ+ residents, visitors, businesses and civic power per square mile than the Coachella Valley. Partner with Pink Media for the most comprehensive yet targeted reach into a hometown market, a tourism market, a retirement market and a global event stage — all at once, all year long.
The Opportunity
There are a variety of ways in which we can market to the LGBTQ+ Palm Springs community — from the resident market where an estimated one-third to one-half of the city identifies as LGBTQ+, to the winter-season visitors, one of America's premier LGBTQ+ 50+ audiences, the women's community that fills The Dinah, the circuit and pool-party crowd, and the nine Coachella Valley cities that make up the greater market. Partner with Pink Media for the most comprehensive yet targeted reach into the highly-coveted LGBTQ+ consumer, with a focus on LGBTQ+ Palm Springs. Our campaigns are two-fold.
First, we focus on getting your message and story out to a hyper-targeted LGBTQ+ audience online via traditional online advertising, mobile apps, video advertising, and more — geo-targeted down to the ZIP code across Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert and the rest of the valley, plus the Los Angeles corridor two hours west. Second, we get your message out via strategically-placed social media posts, both organically and utilizing paid social media advertising — on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, X and more.
This includes both social media hyper-targeted advertising and our #ILoveGay Network — now reaching over 1.5 million LGBTQ+ followers, with #ILoveGayPalmSprings as the city-level presence in that network. Our success metrics are based on the visibility and performance we provide: impressions, reach, click-throughs, and engagement.
Our Campaign Framework
A comprehensive strategy that reaches LGBTQ+ Palm Springs through paid advertising channels AND organic social amplification — simultaneously, and across every month of a calendar that never really goes dark.
We focus on getting your message and story out to a hyper-targeted LGBTQ+ audience online via traditional online advertising, mobile apps, video advertising, and more.
On the programmatic ad exchange, we layer interest and lifestyle data selects — including travel, resort, wellness and 50+ signals — onto LGBTQ+ websites and apps, and geo-target down to the ZIP code across all nine valley cities plus the Southern California and national feeder markets.
For advanced placements, we utilize Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) technology — serving your brand films inside LGBTQ+ households on all smart devices, including Connected TVs (CTV), across the valley and the drive markets that fill it.
We tap into the online conversations and communities on your brand's behalf — amplifying your desert story, properties, sponsorships and events within LGBTQ+ communities on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, X and more.
This includes both social media hyper-targeted advertising and our #ILoveGay social media network — now reaching over 1.5 million followers, with #ILoveGayPalmSprings carrying the valley conversation, including the podcast that bridges directly into the local media ecosystem.
From Greater Palm Springs Pride and The Dinah to Splash House, Cinema Diverse and Leather Pride, we help your brand show up where the community already gathers — and this market notices the June-and-November-only brands.
America's gayest city, mapped for marketers — and the first title in the series. Our editorial summary covers the demographics and civic firsts, the media anchors in Gay Desert Guide and KGAY, the valley's equality scorecards, DAP Health and the wellness anchors, the Desert Business Association, and the year-round Pride and circuit calendar — with a full 13-chapter report available to buy or subscribe.
Targeting Capabilities
Pink Media's programmatic platform comes ready with built-in features that go far beyond standard LGBTQ+ advertising — and in a valley this concentrated, the question is never whether the audience is there.
Targeting based on a wide variety of data selects & interests — layered onto the highest per-capita LGBTQ+ concentration in America, including one of its premier 50+ audiences.
Target and report by any region — country, state, DMA, ZIP code, or hyperlocal radius around downtown Palm Springs, Cathedral City, a specific resort, or a festival footprint.
Integrations with most major data providers — including L2, TargetSmart, i360, Tunnl, Aristotle, and more. Layer on exactly the right audience signals.
Built-in campaign feature to adhere to the Digital Advertising Alliance's (DAA) rules & regulations — compliant by default.
Real-World Targeting Examples
These examples illustrate a sampling of what we can offer. Campaigns are monitored and custom-tailored to remove underperforming placements and double down on what's working.
The Map
"Palm Springs" here means Greater Palm Springs — nine Coachella Valley cities, promoted by two destination marketing organizations, with the highest per-capita LGBTQ+ concentration of any American market.
Roughly 45,000 residents, an estimated one-third to one-half LGBTQ+, with a perfect Municipal Equality Index score year after year. In December 2017 it seated the nation's first all-LGBTQ+ city council, and it keeps a dedicated LGBTQ+ liaison — equality here is the operating system of local government, not a June proclamation.
Cathedral City holds its own perfect MEI score with strong marks for LGBTQ+ youth, senior, HIV and transgender services, while Rancho Mirage and Palm Desert sit at or near perfect. There is no other region in America where the floor of municipal LGBTQ+ policy is this high.
One of America's premier LGBTQ+ 50-plus markets — affluent, loyal, heavily Medicare-age, and wildly underserved by youth-obsessed creative. The valley's health ecosystem is already fluent in LGBTQ+ patients, which makes this the rare market where campaigns just need to show up and sustain.
Institutional anchors across the valley include DAP Health — founded 1984 as the Desert AIDS Project and now a Federally Qualified Health Center — Desert Oasis Healthcare, Eisenhower Health, Desert Regional Medical Center, the LGBTQ Community Center of the Desert, and the Desert Business Association, one of the oldest LGBTQ+ business organizations in the country.
The Data Behind LGBTQ+ Palm Springs
A snapshot from the LGBTQ+ Palm Springs Regional Guide — the market where the policy floor is higher than most cities’ ceilings.
Local and industry estimates place the LGBTQ+ share of the population between a third and a half — the highest per-capita concentration of any American city, in a city of roughly 45,000 that behaves like a market many times its size.
In December 2017 Palm Springs seated the nation’s first all-LGBTQ+ city council — including the first out transgender person elected to non-judicial office in California. The city has since declared itself a sanctuary for transgender people and drag performers.
Greater Palm Springs Pride reaches its 40th year in November 2026 under the theme “Be Included” — the region’s defining brand moment and its single densest media day.
Sources: HRC Foundation Municipal, Corporate and Healthcare Equality Indexes; the City of Palm Springs; Gay Desert Guide, KGAY and Visit Greater Palm Springs. For the full picture, read the LGBTQ+ Palm Springs Regional Guide.
The Palm Springs Calendar
One of the densest LGBTQ+ event schedules in the world — and one that never really goes dark. The question isn't when to show up; it's whether you'll still be here in the off-season.
Commit past Pride. The brands that win the desert are the ones still here in July — on the radio, in the directory, at the gala table. Pink Media builds Palm Springs campaigns that run 24/7, 365.
Pink Media brings 30 years of LGBTQ+ marketing expertise to the Coachella Valley — reaching residents and visitors across all nine cities, 24/7, 365 days per year. Campaigns start at $1,500 per month, scaled to your goals.
From the Blog
Market data and strategy from Matt Skallerud and the Pink Media team — written for brands, destinations and nonprofits reaching the LGBTQ+ desert.
From ILoveGay.NET
Coverage of the LGBTQ+ desert from the #ILoveGay network — including our own reporting on why Palm Springs is the blueprint, not a niche.
Ready to Connect?
One partner. A clear plan. Real results. Tell us about your campaign goals and let's build a strategy that reaches the right LGBTQ+ audience across Greater Palm Springs — in season and out.