PROUD MOMENT 2023 Cal Poly grads Anusha (front) and Advaitha celebrated their graduation with the help of Cal Poly Pride Center’s Lavender Commencement for students. Credit: Cover Courtesy Photo by Komo Assi, Courtesy Of Angel Garcia Badillo

With this year’s annual Pride issue, we are taking a little time to focus on support systems for the LGBTQ-plus community—what exists and what needs to exist.

Overdue breakthrough

The Pride in Mental Health Act hopes to make accessible mental health care services for LGBTQ-plus youth the law

BY BULBUL RAJAGOPAL

Connection, socialization

Pacific Pride Foundation’s Lavender Elders program is designed to bring older LGBTQ-plus folks together

BY TAYLOR O’CONNOR

Elbow room for all

Cal Poly’s Pride Center moved from a space the size of a closet to a large community room in the Student Center

BY SAMANTHA HERRERA

Read the entire issue here.

This article appears in Pride 2024.

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