{"id":255753,"date":"2026-06-04T22:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T22:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/255753\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T22:18:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T22:18:00","slug":"pride-is-alive-queer-speed-dating-out-in-stem-and-central-coast-drag-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/255753\/","title":{"rendered":"Pride is alive: Queer speed dating, out in STEM, and Central Coast drag queens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">June means one thing for the LGBTQ-plus community across the Central Coast and beyond: It\u2019s 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 Chlo\u00eb 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">Camillia Lanham, editor<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newtimesslo.com\/queer-speed-dating-sessions-at-two-broads-ciderworks-is-also-about-finding-community\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quick connection: Queer speed dating sessions at Two Broads Ciderworks is also about finding community<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BY BULBUL RAJAGOPAL<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newtimesslo.com\/queer-cal-poly-students-find-community-and-career-support-through-ostem\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Out in STEM: Queer Cal Poly students find community and career support through oSTEM<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BY CHLO\u00cb HODGE<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newtimesslo.com\/the-stories-behind-the-drag-queens-performing-at-drag-shows-for-june-pride\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Behind the character: The queens behind San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties\u2019 drag shows\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BY KATY CLARK<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newtimesslo.com\/collections\/pride-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the rest of the issue here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newtimesslo.com\/collections\/pride-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pride 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>Local News: Committed to You, Fueled by Your Support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local news strengthens San Luis Obispo County. Help New Times continue delivering quality journalism with a contribution to our journalism fund today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June means one thing for the LGBTQ-plus community across the Central Coast and beyond: It\u2019s Pride Month! That&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[49192,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-255753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-cover-story","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}