June means one thing for the LGBTQ-plus community across the Central Coast and beyond: It’s Pride Month! That translates to events in San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria that celebrate the season, including drag shows. For our annual Pride issue, Staff Writer Bulbul Rajagopal speaks with queer speed dating attendees, Staff Writer Chloë Hodge talks to a student about what it means to be out in the science, tech, engineering, and math world, and intern Katy Clark writes about a trio of Central Coast drag queens and why they do what they do.
Camillia Lanham, editor
BY BULBUL RAJAGOPAL
Out in STEM: Queer Cal Poly students find community and career support through oSTEM
BY CHLOË HODGE
Behind the character: The queens behind San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties’ drag shows
BY KATY CLARK
Read the rest of the issue here.
This article appears in Pride 2026.
