Santa Maria Sun / Special Issue

Pride Issue 2019

Pride Issue 2019

On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn uprising, the city of Santa Maria gets to participate in its third annual Pride Celebration and Resource Fair on June 28, 2019, hosted by the House of Pride and Equality (HOPE). In the couple of years since HOPE first started, the voice of the LGBTQ community in Northern Santa Barbara County has been growing with organizations popping up in the Five Cities and Lompoc, and Vandenberg Air Force Base having its own Pride celebration. For the Sun’s second annual Pride issue, we bring you stories about the Central Coast’s gay bar scene (or lack thereof); the new LGBTQ group creating a community in Lompoc; and the Pride After Party.