Pride

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 […]

Beginning a Pride celebration for a city that has never had one is a big deal, especially for its LGBTQ population. Local nonprofit the House of Pride and Equality (HOPE) brought Santa Maria’s first Pride festival to life in 2017, and this year’s event on June 30 is slated to be even bigger and better. […]