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Live the SLO Life with Pride
LGBTQIA+ Scene
The SLO life is for everyone, especially during Pridefest , a weekend-long celebration of noun, identity and community in the heart of San Luis Obispo.
Hosted by the GALA Pride & Diversity Center, this year’s festivities include the high-energy Pride in the Plaza festival on Saturday, featuring drag performances and local food, plus Trans Pride in the Park with 50+ vendors, food trucks, music, and resources. Plus, attend fundraisers, workshops and other events coordinated by Central Coast Pride throughout May and June.
Dance along or soak up the vibes: Pridefest is the perfect time to experience the joy and inclusivity that define the Central Coast, Then, Now, Forever.
Central CoAST Pride
Central Coast Pride, the events program of the Gala Pride & Diversity Center, hosts inclusive events throughout the year, including the annual Pride celebration each June. This month-long series features advocacy workshops, community gatherings, performances, and a weekend of festivities that bring people together to ce
SLOcialite: Native&#;s Synergy night brings out pride
Bridget Veltri
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Homophobes and the like best avoid Native Lounge in downtown San Luis Obispo on Sunday nights from now on.
Synergy, a night dedicated to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community (and friends) is now happening every Sunday at Native instead of just the first Sunday of the month.
Since coming to college here in SLO I have spent my fair share of hours at the bars, but my experience at Synergy was unlike any I had at any bar anywhere.
I went as a “wing woman” to my dear companion, and as a straight lady who had never been to a gay bar or nighttime before I wasn’t quite sure what I was in for but I was excited to support my friend and the a part of the community that I feel is underrepresented to say the least. I didn’t mind paying the $5 cover because proceeds from that night were going towards AIDS research.
I will admit that I observed more than I danced that Sunday, and was surprised and a little disappointed that no one really hit on me, but as I stood among the group and watched as my
Central Coast Queer Archive Project to host reunion at historic former gay bar in SLO
The Central Coast Queer Archive Project is co-hosting an event on May 12 ahead of Pride Month. They describe it as a “re-queering” of a San Luis Obispo business which used to be one of the few gay barsin the city’s history.
Journey’s Inn was likely the first public queer bar in San Luis Obispo. Its heyday was in the ’s, but it’s gone through a lot of changes since then. It’s now the Jewel of India restaurant on Broad Street.
Journey’s Inn was one of the few gay bars in SLO’s history, and there are none in the city right now.
David Weisman is the Project Director for the Central Coast Queer Archive Project, which is holding a reunion dinner there on May 12th. He said it’s meant to reunite people who used to hang out there and to let them disseminate their experiences with the younger generation of queer people.
“San Luis [Obispo] isn’t New York Town, we don’t have a historic Stonewall Tavern, we don’t possess a Castro District like San Francisco or a West Hollywood. What we have are these occasion
LGTBQ+ residents of the Central Coast push for queer-centric nightlife
For decades, gay bars contain been a safe haven and communal place for the LGBTQ+ community to come together. But even as much of society moves toward more acceptance and inclusivity, queer-specific spaces can still be hard to find, and the Central Coast is no exception.
While four locations in San Luis Obispo pop up on Yelp when conducting a basic search for "gay bays and clubs," the reality is there are no centralized late-night establishments that cater strictly to the growing LGBTQ+ community.
Melody Klemin, founder of the Central Coast LGBTQ+ website Queer SLO, said there are only two main queer-dedicated groups in the city. One is a queer-owned coffee shop called Skipper’s Brew.
“I feel prefer the only organization right now trying to cultivate or verb community is the GALA Pride and Diversity Center, and Skipper’s Brew. And beyond that, there’s not a lot happening in the city of San Luis Obispo,” Klemin said.
The lack of gay bars in SLO has pushed many to look outside of the area for an inclusive n