Bottom Line (Palm Springs, CA) Publications

The Bottom Line was a gay nightlife magazine which began publication in 1978. The magazine was published in Palm Springs, California, and also referred to itself as "the magazine of the Desert Area gay & lesbian community." Although it reported primarily on local nightlife, it also covered political issues within the LGBT community, and included content such as a 2002 interview with then-Mayor William G. Kleindienst after he was accused of being anti-gay. The magazine was owned and edited by Jim Suguitan, and its business manager was prominent California entertainment journalist Bruce Fessier. It also contained a controversial political column from Crusader (formerly Andrew Exler), a gay activist who sucessfully sued Disneyland in 1980 after being kicked out for dancing with a male friend.