TRAVEL: Cities ignore politics to campaign for Palm Springs' gay and lesbian tourism dollars. Palm Springs has been on to something. Since ushering out college-aged spring breakers in the 1980s and welcoming gay tourists, the city has earned a gay-friendly image and part of the estimated $65 billion spent nationwide by gay travelers every year. This weekend alone, the city expects 20,000 gay men to gather for the annual White Party, bringing $4 million with them. That kind of spending has brought some unlikely gay and lesbian suitors to the table and given Palm Springs bigger-budgeted competitors. Dallas just launched...