Sitting at the throne of the San Jacinto Mountains, Palm Springs proudly wears its crown as the ultimate destination for queer luxury vacation and leisure.
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty/Courtesy Photos“I’m a Dinah Virgin,” a T-shirt proclaims, worn by first-time visitors to the five-day annual party in Palm Springs, attended by 15,000-plus queer women from all over the world keen to party, dance, drink, and meet others under the blazing sun around a buzzy swimming pool. Mariah Hanson, who founded The Dinah (full name, the Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend) in 1991, laughed when asked what the first-time visitor to the mul