20,000 lesbians in the desert: welcome to the Dinah, a world without men

theguardian.com ^ | 4/7/16 | Arwa Mahdawi

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

20,000 lesbians in the desert: welcome to the Dinah, a world without men

For five days in Palm Springs, Arwa Mahdawi entered an alternate reality where gay women celebrate each other with pool parties, dancing and debauchery

Every year at the end of March, 20,000 lesbians from around the world fly into the Californian desert for five days of debauchery, and I’m one of them. It’s my second time at the Dinah, also known as the largest girl festival in the world. I’m staying at the Hilton in Palm Springs, which is hosting the famous Dinah pool parties, and the hotel feels like a homosexual harem.

It’s a surreal experience: for a few days the world is turned upside down, the minority is suddenly the majority. Everywhere you look, lesbians are smiling, drinking, dancing, kissing. There are a few men around – staff working the event and guys who have been dragged along by lesbian friends – but they are hard to spot. It’s basically entirely queer women in attendance.

The party is named after the Dinah Shore golf tournament, started in 1972 by the eponymous entertainer. Dinah Shore wasn’t a lesbian (she’d be doing somersaults in her grave if she knew what her moniker was attached to now), but golf seems to attract a lot of lesbians. A sapphic scene sprouted up around t

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

I bet Hitlery wishes she was there with Huma. Well maybe next after she wins the election thanks to the GOP-E.

[ronnie raygun]

20,000 in about 90 years will be 0

[Drew68]

20,000 in about 90 years will be 0

Are lesbians going to somehow magically disappear?

[manc]

sounds more like a bunch of perverts having a massive orgy while practicing witch craft.

[cincinnati65]

Don't know about 20,000 "lesbians". I was watching an episode of "Naked and Afraid" last night, which featured a girl who said she was a lesbian. In her on camera time, she said her partner was really concerned for her, because her partner knew she was still attracted to men.

At their first encounter, she admitted all she could do was stare at the guy's man parts. Lesbian???

[major-pelham]

Of course - they can’t reproduce.

[V_TWIN]

I think what was meant because of the headline “a world without men” was one gender cannot survive with out the other.

[liberalh8ter]

Last picture at link....Butches for Bernie....ughhhhh.

[Drew68]

Of course - they can’t reproduce.

They have ovaries. They most certainly can.

[varyouga]

With fairly simple technology, they can and will reproduce.

Even if all males are gone, it’s now possible to create a fertilized egg from two females

[Vinnie]

Saw the pool pic. Reminded me of a whale pod.

[golux]

GOLUX'S (yes that is gramatically correct) RULES FOR DINAH

"When scouting first check for subtle conservative or preppie attire. Top-siders are a tell as are college rings, etc.

These say: I am only here for fun - and it's fun - but I need something these clowns cannot provide. In the future my dalliances will excuse you to have your own, which - trust me - you'll want."

"Outnumbered? More like a target rich environment."

"Surrounded? That simplifies our problem."

[New Perspective]

Of course - they can’t reproduce. They have ovaries. They most certainly can.

Really now, with only women. Well then

[WorkingClassFilth]

Man oh man! I wish I had the concession that sells truck driver’s chain wallets or hair wax for mullet cuts.

[MrEdd]

Not in a world without men.

[Carriage Hill]

[IronJack]

Good time to have the flannel-shirt-and-sensible-shoes concession. In your wife’s name, of course ...

[ClearCase_guy]

Just think of all the sammiches with could be making me!

[manc]

saw that and she is no homosexual woman, she is going through a faze thinking it is cool, but is obviously attracted to men.

[Rummyfan]

Critical concentration of estrogen. I can’t imagine the clean-up.