This month marks the sixth Black August in Honolulu, a month-long observance started by Black activists in the 1970s to commemorate fallen political prisoners, educate the community about conditions in US prisons, and to honor the long traditions of resistance and liberation of Black people around the world. The Popolo Project is taking the month … Continue reading Black August

Gay Island Guide produces, hosts and promotes events for Hawai'i's LGBTQ+ community including pool parties, drag and burlesque performances, fetish nights and more; often as fundraisers for local LGBTQ+ nonprofits. They also provide a guide on their website to LGBTQ+ nightlife, bars, shows and other events and services of interest to the community. Learn more … Continue reading Gay Island Guide Events

A picnic, then a gender-swapped Shakespeare play at a historic site? Sign us up! $25 per ticket, and picnic time beforehand for socializing! Time to see a gender-bent modernization of Taming of the Shrew. Performances will be live, in-person at Hawaiian Mission Houses (following CDC guidelines). In recent years, public sentiment has transformed Shakespeare’s Taming … Continue reading Even Queerer Night- BYOPicnic and Taming of the Shrew

Join Hawaii Queer Parents for an LGBTQIA+ families informal get together at Wet N' Wild Hawaii. Meet fellow Hawaii Queer Parents for a fun day of water activities, friendship and support.  Drop in anytime between 10:30am and 4pm. For more information and the location of the meetup at Wet ʻnʻ Wild, contact Toni Johansen or … Continue reading Hawaii Queer Parents Meetup at Wet ʻnʻ Wild Hawaii

The Healer Stones of Kapaemahu exhibition explores the past and contemporary meanings of four large stones that were long ago placed on Waikīkī Beach to honor four māhū, extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirit, who brought healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaiʻi. Although the stones have survived for centuries, the story behind them has … Continue reading Through October 16: The Healer Stones of Kapaemahu

Registration is open for the Hawaii Women in Filmmaking Fall 2022 Reel Camps for Girls. The programs are being offered in-person and online, and are for girls (cis/trans), femmes, non-binary, gender-fluid and gender-queer youth and any other youth outside the gender binary Ages 12-19. For more information, click here.  

The 2nd Annual Arts of Pride project is calling for artistsʻ submissions for the 2022 exhibition. Presented by Gay Island Guide and Dark Mirror Entertainment, the show at ARTS at Marks Garage will run from October 6 -29, 2022. Hawaiʻi-based LGBTQ+ artists working in any medium are encouraged to make an application now. For more … Continue reading Call For Artists: Arts of Pride

A special event to launch a new book by Noʻu Revilla at Ka Waiwai @ Mōʻiliʻili with pūpū, drinks and peformances. Revillaʻs ASK THE BRINDLED won the 2021 National Poetry Series, and her poetry has been featured in Ours Poetica, Beloit, ANMLY, Lit Hub, Poetry, and the Library of Congress. Revillaʻs work has also been … Continue reading Noʻu Revilla Book Launch Party

Join the Hawaiʻi Gay Flag Football League at Bacchus Waikiki on Sunday, September 4th from 1–6pm for a Beer Bust Fundraiser! Proceeds from the event will benefit the league's hosting of Gay Bowl XXII. $8 will get you a beer cup and your first tap beer, and all refills are just $3. There'll be Jell•O … Continue reading HIGFFL / GAY BOWL XXII Beer Bust Fundraiser

Willkommen to the ever-present Kit Kat Klub, Berlin’s seedy nightclub where everything is “beautiful,” even as Germany descends into the grips of the Third Reich. A bawdy and gregarious Master of Ceremonies leads us through the story, as we follow Cliff Bradshaw, a naive American writer, who falls in love with performer Sally Bowles. Cabaret … Continue reading Cabaret | Manoa Valley Theatre