Community Marketing & Insights has completed and updated its research on LGBTQ Travel and COVID-19, covering topics including the financial impact of the epidemic, its affect on desire to travel in the future, and how new state legislation targeting voter registration and the transgender community is impacting attitudes toward various travel destinations. The report and … Continue reading CMI Report: COVID-19 and LGBTQ Travel

A message from OutRight Action International: This international #NonBinaryPeoplesDay, take some time to learn how to be a more effective ally to the Non-Binary people in your life. Non-Binary identities refer to people who do not identify as what is typically thought of as male or female. Non-Binary identities take many different forms and people … Continue reading Non-Binary Peoples Day

Companies and brands take part in LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations across the globe. While it’s meaningful to see allyship and support from their platforms, advocacy and showcasing authentic and diverse representation are important as well. There’s a fine balance between meaningfully celebrating Pride as an organization and performative marketing that falls short. FreeWheel invites you to a conversation about sustainable solutions for how organizations … Continue reading Pride: Beyond A Logo

Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities, in partnership with Value of Hawaiʻi: Hulihia, is hosting deep-dive community conversations on our ideas, wonderings, hopes, and challenges for our post-pandemic futures. Small groups of very diverse voices from across our islands will tackle different topics together, and spend time listening, sharing, imagining, and building new connections. Wednesday July  14 … Continue reading Try Think: Hulihia

The Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Advocate & Gochis Galleries are excited to announce a new online exhibition, Arrested Movement, featuring the photography of Anthony Patrick Manieri.  Arrested Movement is an inclusive portrait series and awareness initiative celebrating and promoting positive body image for men. What started out for professional photographer Manieri as a single photo … Continue reading Anthony Patrick Manieri: Arrested Movement | online exhibition

The past year has been incredibly difficult for so many, but we also know that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) youth have faced unique challenges. The Trevor Project’s 2021 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health sheds light on many of these challenges by capturing the experiences of nearly 35,000 LGBTQ youth … Continue reading Trevor Project 2021 National Survey on LGBTQ Mental Health

In a brief special session, the Hawaii State Legislature overrode six bills that Gov. David Ige had vetoed and amended three others. The governor has until July 22 to sign the amended bills or they won't become law. Among the bills that were overrode was one that would yank dedicated funding for the state’s tourism … Continue reading Civil Beat Reporters Roundtable

Join a panel discussion featuring leaders from all sectors of our community on a “Conversation on Race in Hawaii – History, Current Issues and The Future: We Must Respond." Opening remarks by Marissa Machida of NAPABA-Hawaii and Bank of Hawaii. Participants include: • Noelani Kalipi (Kalipi Enterprises) - Moderator • Camille A. Nelson (William S. … Continue reading A Conversation on Race in Hawaii

Registration is now open for Hawaii Women In Filmmaking's free 2021 Summer Social Justice Reel Camps for Girls. The Reel Camps are filmmaking programs to learn about environmental justice, reproductive justice, LGBTQ+ rights, mental wellness, and making media that matters. The programs are for all cis, trans girls, gender-expansive, and non-binary people who are comfortable … Continue reading Registration open: Social Justice Reel Camps for Girls

Out Leadership has released its State LGBTQ+ Business Climate Index for 2021 and accompanying U.S. State CEO Business Briefs. The 3rd annual “State LGBTQ+ Business Climate Index” is being published against a backdrop of sustained attacks on transgender and LGBTQ+ rights in state legislatures around the US. The State LGBTQ+ Business Climate Index gives each … Continue reading Out Leadership 2021 LGBTQ+ State Business Climate Index