Hawaii LGBT Legacy Foundation

April 8 & 9: Easter Egg Hunt & Easter Sunday Service
2023-04-09 | Calvary By The Sea, 5339 Kalanianaʻole Hwy, Honolulu, 96821, United States
Calvary by the Sea invites LGBTQIA+ families to their 2023 Easter Egg Hunt and Easter Sunday Service. The Flashlight Easter-Egg Hunt on April 8 at 6:30pm is a free community family friendly event for children ages (0-10), celebrating life, joy, resurrection, rebirth and awakening. There will be hotdogs, snacks, drinks, candy, prizes, and a raffle of grand prize for golden eggs found. Register here.
The Easter Sunday Service on April 9 at 10:00am will be an oceanfront and intimate experience for the whole family, with choir and worship band leading inspirational songs and melodies. Sunday school is provided for children up to 5th Grade.
Calvary by the Sea is an inclusive, intentional, and involved community of diverse people serving the people of Hawaiʻi.
For more information, contact Associate Minister Grace Lee or visit Calvary by the Seaʻs website.

Hawaiʻi Women In Filmmaking Summer Reel Camps
2023-04-14 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Hawaiʻi Women In Filmmaking is getting ready for summer with three different camps running June 3 – July 28: Animation, Basic Reel, and Advanced Reel. HWFʻs Reel Camps are a brave, safe and creative space and time where girls (cis/trans), femmes, non-binary, gender-fluid and gender-queer youth and any other youth outside the gender binary, ages 12-19. Unleash your creativity, build confidence, and initiate a long-term individual transformational journey from passive recipients of content that others create, to active creators and makers of your own stories – stories that need to be heard and seen.
For more information, click here.

Hawaii Gay Flag Football League: Season 11 Week Two
2023-04-22 10:30 - 14:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Kapiolani Regional Park, 3840 Paki Avenue, Honolulu, HI, 96815, United States
The Hawaii Gay Flag Football Leagueʻs 11th season is off and running with games on Saturdays at Kapiʻolani Park at 10:30am and 12:30pm.

The HIGFFL 2023 championship games will be held on June 10th.

The 2023 season features 8 teams and 112 players, with tongue-in-cheek team names nodding to their “give-back” for the year – monthly food drives.

All are welcome to the games, and all are welcome to contribute to HIGFFLʻs food drives on April 22, May 13, and June 3.

For more information, visit the HIGFFL website.

Kūpuna Care Pair Family Support Seminars
2023-04-25
Kūpuna Care Pair is partnering with the Honolulu City & County Elderly Affairs Division to conduct a public presentation series to caregivers in the community. The 2023 series, through August 26, is funded by the Federal Older Americans Act, and provides support to family caregivers who currently care for kūpuna at home. Attendance is free and you can learn more and register here.

Town Hall Meetings with Mayor Blangiardi
2023-04-28
Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi is inviting members of the public who live and work in communities across the island of Oʻahu to participate in a series of town hall meetings, featuring the mayor and other top City officials, that are scheduled to begin on March 21, 2023.
The town hall meetings, which will be held over a ten-week period running through the end of May, are an opportunity for the mayor and other senior administration leaders to listen to concerns directly from the public, answer questions about the City’s top priorities and brief residents about upcoming projects in individual neighborhoods.
Mayor Blangiardi and representatives from more than 25 departments and City agencies will attend all 11 meetings.
The town halls will include an open question and answer session with Mayor Blangiardi and other city department directors and deputy directors. The public is encouraged to participate and make suggestions on how the administration can better serve the people of O‘ahu.
For the full schedule of meetings, click here.

International Workersʻ Day Rally & Celebration
2023-04-29 09:00 - 12:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | The Towers at Kuhio Park, 1475 Linapuni Street, Honoulu, 96819, United States
Join the Defend and Respect Hawaii’s Workers Coalition for a march and rally celebrating International Workers Day in partnership with the National Union of Healthcare Workers Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi State Teachers Staff Organization, Hawaiʻi Peace and Justice, Hawaiʻi Nurses Association and many others. Learn about the history of May Day, the international day commemorating the historic struggles and gains made by workers and the labour movement, hear about current workers’ struggles, and celebrate successes in the past year. And- it’s the Hawaiʻi Workers Center’s 3rd birthday.
For more information, click here.

Hawaii Gay Flag Football League: Season 11 Week Three
2023-04-29 10:30 - 14:30 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Kapiolani Regional Park, 3840 Paki Avenue, Honolulu, HI, 96815, United States

Kalani Peʻa May Day is Lei Day Concert
2023-04-30 16:00 - 17:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Hawaii Theatre, 1130 Bethel Street, Honolulu, HI, 96813, United States
Multi Grammy and Na Hoku Hanohano award winning artist Kalani Pe’a returns to the stage of the Historic Hawaii Theatre for his 5th Annual May Day is Lei Day in Hawai’i concert. Guest Artists: Nāpua Greig and Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka Mākena (Ho’okena and Moon Kauakahi of Mākaha Sons) with Kumuhula Nani Dudoit and Hālau Kaleilehuaikealoonālani) Liam Moleta Miss Aloha Hula Manalani English Kumuhula Leimomi Ho Mele Apana, MC.
Purchase tickets here.

Civil Cafe: Legislative Wrap Up
2023-05-03 13:30 - 15:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Hawaii State Capitol, 415 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI, 96813, United States
This is the final installment of the Civil Cafe series covering the 2023 Hawaii State Legislature will take place in-person at the Hawaii State Capitol in room 329. If you’re not able to join, register to receive the post-event recording. This discussion will be hosted by reporters Kevin Dayton and Blaze Lovell.
Panel:
Representative Nadine Nakamura – House District 15, House Majority Leader
Representative Dee Morikawa – House District 17, House Majority Floor Leader
Senator Chris Lee – Senate District 25, Senate Assistant Majority Whip
If you have questions for the panel, please use this form to submit them or email membership@civilbeat.org

2023 -2027 State Plan on Aging Presentation
2023-05-04 10:00 - 12:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Online
The Executive Office on Aging (EOA) is the designated lead agency in the coordination of a statewide system of aging and caregiver support services in the State of Hawai’i, as authorized by federal and state laws.
All are welcome to provide input on the goals, objectives, and strategies of the 2023 – 2027 State Plan on Aging at their presentation on Thursday, May 4, 2023 from 10am-12pm at Harris United Methodist Church, and online via Zoom.
If you have any questions, please contact the Executive Office on Aging at (808) 586-0100.

Walk Story at Kapo‘o (Sharks Cove)
2023-05-06 09:00 - 12:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Pūpūkea Beach Park, 59-727 Kamehameha Hwy, Haleiwa, HI, United States
Join the community on the Saturday, May 6 Walk Story at the ecological treasure known as Kapoʻo, or Sharks Cove, located within the Pūpūkea Marine Life Conservation District on North Shore O’ahu.
The Walk Story, hosted by the local nonprofit steward of the area Mālama Pūpūkea-Waimea, is expected to take approximately two hours. Gather at 9:00am in the grassy area at the northeast end of Pūpūkea Beach Park (away from the tide pools and restroom facility). Due to the environmental sensitivity of the conservation district, group size is limited to 30 participants. RSVPs will be accepted and confirmed on a first come, first served basis.
Check out the details and RSVP here: https://shorturl.at/dntAV Contact Joe Wilson of NSKDC with questions: (808) 629-9864 or QwavesJoe@yahoo.com

Learn more about the North Shore Koʻolau Diversity Collective which is working to raise visibility and ensure that our rural Oʻahu communities are welcoming and inclusive of māhū and LGBTQ+ folks and allies.

This event is also sponsored by the Hawai’i & O’ahu Queer Hiking & Activities Group; Hawai’i Gay Kickball League; and Affirmation Hawai’i Chapter.

Hawaii Gay Flag Football League: Season 11 Week Four
2023-05-06 10:30 - 14:30 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Kapiolani Regional Park, 3840 Paki Avenue, Honolulu, HI, 96815, United States

Mimosas & Marys: Chicks In Space
2023-05-07 15:00 - 16:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Hula’s Bar & Lei Stand, 134 Kapahulu Ave, Honolulu, HI, 96815, United States
MIMOSAS & MARYS is a monthly, Sunday Funday, Daytime Drag and Variety Show starring the multitalented, singing drag queen and comedienne Candi Shell who has, among her comedy credits, opened for Joan Rivers and appeared in the prime time TV Show “Ugly Betty”. MIMOSAS & MARYS keeps you entertained and thirsty for more with a revolving cast of Variety, Drag, and Comedy acts including live vocal talent.
Fall in love with Candi and her cast of confections while enjoying refreshing cocktail specials. Seating starts at 2:00 P.M.

SMP Hawaii: Scam Free in 2023
2023-05-08 10:00 - 11:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Online
Join Senior Medical Patrol Hawaii for the final presentation of their web series on fraud and abuse and learn: The Dimensions of Fraud L x W x D; how to Protect Your Personal Identity, and how to move From Loss to Legacy: Changing Our Narrative Now.
Presenters include:
Brian Lee, General Investigator (GI) with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Randy Lawrence, Outreach Coordinator for the ID Theft Resource Center
Mona Terry, Chief Victims Officer at the ITRC, the Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council.
For more information, and to register, click here.

Hawaii Gay Flag Football League: Season 11 Week Five
2023-05-13 10:30 - 14:30 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Kapiolani Regional Park, 3840 Paki Avenue, Honolulu, HI, 96815, United States

Lesbian Events Hawaiʻi Meetup
2023-05-13 14:00 - 18:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Kailua Beach Park, 526 Kawailoa Rd, Kailua, Hawaii, 96734
Lesbian Events Hawaiʻi, a group helping to facilitate lesbian events and build community in the Hawaiian Islands, is getting together for a special Mothers Day celebration Meetup at Kailua Beach Park on Saturday, May 13th from 2pm – 6pm. Learn more about the group on Meetup.

Financial Wellness & Older LGBTQ+ People
2023-05-16 08:00 - 09:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Join SAGE, the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for a webinar on financial wellness for LGBTQ+ older adults.
Learn more about:
* SAGE’s financial wellness app, SAGECents, and how SAGE is creating a safe space for older LGBTQ+ people to learn more about their finances, as well as provide tools to save money, increase their credit scores and more!
* FTC’s new consumer education campaign – Money Matters: How to Spot, Avoid, and Report Scams at FTC.gov/MoneyMatters.
* CFPB’s resources for financial caregiving, scam prevention, recovery from elder financial exploitation, and financial wellbeing.
* NCEA’s resources for identifying suspected older adult financial fraud and how to seek support in your local community.
To register, click here.

LGB&T Cultural Humility - Knowing Our Place
2023-05-19 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
LGB&T Cultural Humility training is designed to increase knowledge and skills to effectively interact with LGB&T people, as well as support and provide affirming care and support.
This training integrates the unique viewpoints of local and Hawaii culture as related to māhū. Utilizing the unique viewpoints of our Hawaiian and local cultures, we aim to increase humility and capacity for understanding when engaging with our most vulnerable populations.
Learning objectives: At the end of this training, participants will:
1. Have an increased understanding about the culture, family values and place of our Native Hawaiian māhū community;
2. Have an increased understanding of the differences between cultural and western views of our LGB&T community;
3. Increased ability to tailor existing services and support to better meet the needs of our LGB&T and māhū communities.
Presented by Kunane Dreier, Director of Training and Program Development and Maddalyn Sesepasara, Kua’ana Project Manger at Hawaii Health & Harm Reduction Center.
Learn more and register here.

Down and Derby
2023-05-20 | Atlas Honolulu, 2012 S. Beretania, Honolulu, 96826, United States
Pacific Roller Derby is Hawai’i’s first WFTDA league and the only WFTDA league located on O’ahu, and theyʻre having a fundraiser at Atlas Bar & Nightclubʻs Lesbian Night on Saturday, May 20 from 9pm-2am.
Donʻt miss Down and Derby: Atlas Honolulu & Pacfic Roller Derby Queens Go King for a great night of “Good Vibes Only” while supporting this womenʻs athletic league thatʻs always supported the LGBTQIA+ community as an inclusive space, where all bodies and all abilities are welcome.
And give a big “mahalo” to the Derby Queens who always rock the Balloons on Wheels at the annual Honolulu Pride Parade!
For more information, click here.

Hawaii Gay Flag Football League: Season 11 Week Six
2023-05-20 10:30 - 14:30 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Kapiolani Regional Park, 3840 Paki Avenue, Honolulu, HI, 96815, United States

Lesbian-Events-Hawaiʻi Bookclub
2023-05-21 16:00 - 18:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Whole Foods, 388 Kamakee Street, Honolulu, 96814, United States
A year ago the Lesbian-Events-Hawaii Bookclub started meeting once a month on Sunday evenings, and the first book discussed was The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. The group is bringing back Bookclub and returning to the beginning of their literary journey together by revisiting the book.
Lesbian-Events-Hawaii welcomes members of the community to join them. Meet at one of the large outdoor tables at Whole Foods Market Kakaʻako to discuss the book, share snacks and brainstorm ideas for other books to explore with the group in the future.
Questions or suggestions? Contact Lisa at 773-512-4982 or Maheshi at 808-430-6290.

LGBTQIA+ Kūpuna Survey
2023-05-24 | Online
Help the Hawaiʻi LGBT Legacy Foundationʻs new Kūpuna Project understand how we can better serve LGBTQIA+ elders in Hawaiʻi. If youʻre an older LGBTQIA+ adult living in Hawaiʻi, please take our short survey. And/or share it with your kūpuna colleagues, friends and family.
The Kūpuna Project is a new committee formed to help address the challenges LGBTQIA+ kūpuna face in Hawai’i. In 2023, the Kūpuna Committee will be focusing on participating in and learning from groups like the Kūpuna Collective and the Kūpuna Caucus, and on bringing greater awareness to, and gathering feedback from, our LGBTQIA+ kūpuna.
To take the survey, click here.

May 12-28: ARTXCHANGE
2023-05-25 | Royal Hawaiian Center, 2201 Kalākaua Ave, Honolulu, 96815, United States
The Hawai‘i Contemporary artXchange fundraiser features an online silent Art Auction, presenting a selection of works by notable visual artists from Hawai‘i, the Pacific, and beyond, who support Hawai‘i Contemporary and its mission. More than 50 artworks will be available for sale online, as well as on view at a weeklong Public Viewing in Waikīkī.
Complementing the Public Viewing are free public programming and Young Contemporaries, a student exhibition and art sale. Hawai‘i Contemporary is kicking off their first-ever artXchange with a special, ticketed Benefit Experience and looks forward to welcoming audiences at Royal Hawaiian Center in Waikīkī for a week-long viewing and public programming.
Hawai‘i Contemporary seeks to create an accessible gateway for contemporary art in Hawai‘i nei. Through community-backed collaboration, their work — including the Triennial, Art Summit, professional development opportunities, and year-round public programming centered around contemporary art and ideas — contributes to a vibrant visual arts ecosystem in Hawai‘i.
Learn more by clicking here.

HI SIS Trans Community Peer Support Groups
2023-05-27 | HI SIS
HI SIS is now offering community groups for Trans Folks on the second Saturday of the month starting May 13th and People living with PCOS on the third Saturday of each month starting May 20th. They are encouraging people to RSVP, although it is not required.
HI SIS was founded as an organization to fill in a specific gap to care–electrolysis–and offers services at reduced rates, as part of a broader public health movement to advance health equity.
Get more information at www.hisis.org.

Hawaii Gay Flag Football League: Season 11 Week Seven
2023-05-27 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Kapiolani Regional Park, 3840 Paki Avenue, Honolulu, HI, 96815, United States

Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaiʻi
2023-05-29 18:30 - 19:30 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Ala Moana Beach Park, 1201 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu, 96814, United States
Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaiʻi returns to Ala Moana Beach on May 29, 2023 as an in-person ceremony. “Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaiʻi is a ceremony of personal and collective remembrance, reflection, and offering gratitude to all who have supported us. We are strengthened as a community as we uncover our common values through supporting one another.”
In pre-pandemic years, Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaiʻi brought together an estimated 50,000 people at Ala Moana Beach who were joined by thousands from around the world via live streaming and telecast to honor of loved ones while generating collective hope toward the future.
Learn more about Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaiʻi, and how to participate, by clicking here.

HiSAM Queer Arts Festival
2023-06-02 18:00 - 21:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Hawaii State Art Museum, 250 South Hotel St, Honolulu, HI, 96813, United States
Head over to HiSAM on First Friday, June 2nd for their third QASI Fest / Queer Arts Festival with a drag tour of the museum galleries, a drag show, workshops, and live performances.
Featuring Lady Laritza “Lala” Labouche (T.J. Keanu Tario), a multifaceted composer, pianist, Hawaiian cultural practitioner by day, and ballroom vogue drag artist by night.
For more information, visit HiSAM on Instagram.

Maui Pride Month Kick-Off Party
2023-06-02 19:00 - 23:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | da Playground Maui, 300 Maalaea Rd, Wailuku, 96793, United States
Join Maui AIDS Foundation (MAF) to kick-off National Pride Month 2023 as a community. Come out to this 21+ celebration in your best Pride costume for a costume contest with prizes, dance with DJ Playfire Ono, and watch drag performances by ManCandy Productions in support of MAF programs. Meet the MAF staff for free swag and information on free resources!
Doors open at 7pm and entertainment starts at 8:00pm. Tickets are $15 presale and $20 day of show and at the door. Purchase your tickets here.
Check out mauiaids.org to learn how they are supporting our Maui community.

Hawaii Gay Flag Football League: Season 11 Playoffs
2023-06-03 10:30 - 14:30 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Kapiolani Regional Park, 3840 Paki Avenue, Honolulu, HI, 96815, United States
Join the fun at the Hawaii Gay Flag Football Leagueʻs Season 11 Playoffs at Kapiʻolani Park beginning at 10:30am.

The HIGFFL 2023 championship games will be held on June 10th.

The 2023 season features 8 teams and 112 players, with tongue-in-cheek team names nodding to their “give-back” for the year – monthly food drives.

All are welcome to the games, and all are welcome to contribute to HIGFFLʻs food drives on April 22, May 13, and June 3.

For more information, visit the HIGFFL website.

Community Forum: Youth Safety
2023-06-03 13:30 - 15:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Mililani High School, 95-1200 Meheula Pkwy, Mililani, HI 96789, USA, 94701 Meheula Pkwy, United States
Join the Keiki Caucus and hear from youth about what safety means for them and their families on O’ahu on Saturday, June 3rd from 1:30-3pm at Mililani High School’s Library. Attending to listen and answer questions will be Rep. Amy Perruso and Councilmember Matt Weyer. Kimberly Allen of the Department of Health will be presenting the newest data on “sexual and gender minority” groups across Hawai’i, particularly students.

For more information, visit the Keiki Caucus Facebook page.
