Letter from the Editor: The Summer Issue
Summer asks us to stay visible, connected, and engaged beyond Pride Month. This issue is about what we do next.
By PCOM Perspectives
Editors
Summer Issue · July 2026 · 2 min read
Pride Month ends, and the flags come down, and the city keeps moving. That's the moment this issue is written for.
The Summer Issue of PCOM Perspectives is about staying visible, connected, and engaged after June. It's about allyship as a year-round practice, civic engagement as a habit, local culture as a shared inheritance, youth as a present tense, wellness as a summer project, history as an honest reckoning, and the community spaces that keep Baltimore Baltimore.
You'll find a queer day out for the newcomer and the seventh-generation Baltimorean alike. You'll find a serious look at what allyship actually asks of us. You'll find a plain-English explainer on the SAVE Act and voter access. You'll find a historical spotlight on Grace Wisher, whose fingerprints are on a national symbol you already know by heart. You'll find our Pride 2026 recap — a homecoming worth remembering — and a preview of what our contributors, outreach team, and youth voices are bringing next.
Thank you for reading. Thank you for showing up.
— The Editors
