PALM SPRINGS -- We continue on with The Dinah 2012 Wrap, with Friday night, March 30, 2012 laid out in front of us.

Pool-goers beat-feet pretty early Friday afternoon, to get ready for the big evening ahead (see photo at left). And what a night it was! After a relaxing day of mass check-ins and lounging around the pool, the evening started out with something completely different for Dinah veterans.

San Diego Gay & Lesbian News Assistant Editor is immersing herself among thousands of women in Palm Springs this weekend at The Dinah. Check in daily to read the happenings. You might start a drinking game to coincide with all her name dropping.

PALM SPRINGS -- It is Friday in this beautiful desert oasis and already it seems like there isn't enough time in one day to take everything in.

(Editor's Note: This is the third of a three part series on the Queer Queens of Qomedy event to benefit HRC.)

SAN DIEGO -- Be in store for some crazy and fearless fun this Saturday, March 24, 2012, when Gina Yashere headlines the Queer Queens of Qomedy show at the Birch North Park Theater.

When Yashere (pronounced "Ya-sher-ay") decided to leave her native Britain five years ago, she had but "two suitcases and a pocketful of dreams" and was in search of the ultimate source of vitamin D: the sun.

She headed straight for Los Angeles and hasn't looked back.

SAN DIEGO -- As a performer, you never forget your flops. Luckily, for lesbian comedian Poppy Champlin, only one from her stand-up career -- which has now lasted almost 30 years -- truly stands out.

That flop was many years ago in a Manchester, N.H. bar, where drag queen shows were the norm and mirrored walls were all the rage. She later recognized the audience just wasn't "invested" in her act; it just wasn't her demographic. "Sometimes a bad memory can be a good thing," she said.