Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī Coalition, in partnership with ʻŌlelo Community Media, is proud to present the second Hawaiian History Month in 2021. In celebration of Queen Liliʻuokalani's 183rd birthday, Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī Coalition is holding five weeks of virtual events throughout the month of September. Kicking off the month is Queen Liliʻuokalani's Birthday program on Thursday, September 2, … Continue reading Throughout September: Hawaiian History Month with Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī Coalition

Faces Of Pride is a new Instagram project for 2021 Honolulu Pride curated by designer, photographer and creative Joshua Kamei. It explores the awesome diversity within Hawaii's LGBTQI+ community, sharing individual's past journeys, current passions, and hopes for the future. Joshua recently moved back to Hawaii after living and working in New York, where he … Continue reading Through October 31: Faces of Pride

Hawaiʻi’s growing transgender community is thriving, but continues to struggle with bias, discrimination and a lack of acceptance. Advocates say the best way to understand what being transgender is like is to talk with people in that community and to listen to their stories. Join the conversation. You can phone in a question during the … Continue reading Insights on PBS Hawaii: Hawaiʻi’s Transgender Community

What does it mean for someone to be both queer and Indigenous, and how do these and other identities intersect? In this Rainbow Town Hall, panelists Sha Merirel Ongelungel, Kumu Hina, Kamakakehau Fernandez and Phylesha Brown-Acton will explore the role of history, colonization, culture and how it has informed their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. … Continue reading Rainbow Town Hall: Queer Indigeneity

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Hawaii State Department of Health will present the webinar "Working at the Intersection of Mental Health and LGBTQ Identities" on Tuesday, October 5. For more information, and to register, click here.

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division and the Safe Spaces Committee invite you to a very special free clinical training series, led by Dr. Laura Anderson: WORKING WITH LGBTQ+ YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES EVERY FIRST TUESDAY (MAY TO OCTOBER),11:00 AM-12:30 PM VIA ZOOM (PLEASE REGISTER IN ADVANCE FOR EACH SESSION BY CLICKING ON THE … Continue reading Through October 5: Working with LGBTQ+ Youth and their Families

HANOCON is Hawaii's largest annual gathering of nonprofit professionals–as well as sector allies, supporters, and advocates–to network, learn, share ideas, collaborate, and partner. This year’s HANOCON conference theme is Shifting Paradigms, inspired by the Native Hawaiian concept of makawalu, a way of seeing and understanding more than just what is before us. It is the … Continue reading Virtual HANOCON 2021: Shifting Paradigms

After much deliberation the Hawaii LGBT Legacy Foundation has come to the difficult decision that this year’s Honolulu Pride Parade & Festival will not be an in-person event. In its place will be a Virtual Honolulu Pride with all the fun, educational and inspiring programs from last year, plus a few new surprises. 2021 Virtual … Continue reading October 1 – 31: Honolulu Pride Month

Celebrate the diversity of our LGBTQ+ community. Inspire others by coming out to share your story on National Coming Out Day. The Hawaii LGBT Legacy Foundation, along with the UH Manoa LGBTQ+ Center and the Hawaii Health & Harm Reduction Center, will host a special online project for National Coming Out Day on October 11 to … Continue reading Coming Out Day Video Stories & Resource Fair