Since 1963, the Merrie Monarch Festival has contributed to a renaissance of Hawaiian culture, providing a platform for cultural practices and values that are honored and passed on from generation to generation. Traditionally, it's a week-long event held in Hilo, Hawaiʻi each spring, featuring a premier hula competition. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the 2021 Festival … Continue reading July 1-3: Merrie Monarch Festival on KFVE

Sasha Issenberg takes us back to Hawaii in the 1990s, when that state's courts first started grappling with the question, through the emergence of the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 that raised marriage to a national issue, to the first legal same-sex weddings in Massachusetts, to the epic face-off over California’s Proposition 8, and … Continue reading The Engagement: America’s Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same- Sex Marriage

A new data visualization from the U.S. Census Bureau allows users to explore characteristics of same-sex and opposite-sex married and unmarried couple households at the state level in 2019. Since the visualization is based on ACS data, only couples that include the householder are reflected. There were roughly 980,000 same-sex couple households in the United … Continue reading U.S. Census New Data Visualization: How Do People in Same-Sex Couples Compare to Opposite-Sex Couples?

Dark Mirror Entertainment and Gay Island Guide Presents “Summer Fling: A Burlesque Heatwave." The summer is about to get hot as The Aphrodisiacs return to the stage live at ARTS at Marks Garage for the first time this year! These ladies are bringing the heat for two burlesque performances that'll leave you sweating in your … Continue reading Summer Fling: A Burlesque Heatwave

Nominations close on Sunday, July 4, 2021 for the Pacific Business News 2021 Women Who Mean Business Awards. PBN is looking for outstanding women from public and private companies of varying sizes, nonprofits and startups who have made a difference in their businesses, their industries and their communities. Candidates should reflect the diversity of business … Continue reading Nomination deadline: 2021 Women Who Mean Business

The City and County of Honolulu encourages people and families who are experiencing hardship from the pandemic to apply for the Rental and Utility Relief Program at oneoahu.org/renthelp. The program will accept 10,000 applications this round and has received 6,000 as of June 10. “Helping struggling individuals and families to get back on their feet is … Continue reading Applications Accepted | Rental & Utility Relief Program

A recording of the May 25 Engagement Party Rainbow Town Hall, presented by the Hawaii LGBT Legacy Foundation, is now streaming on our website.  Watch this fascinating discussion about Hawaii's early, pivotal role in achieving marriage equality, featuring Sasha Issenberg, author of the new book "The Engagement: American's Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage". Joining Sasha were the … Continue reading Now online: Engagement Party Rainbow Town Hall

Join this presentation by the Hawai'i Department of Health's Gender and Sexuality Minority Working Group on LGBTQ+ youth health outcomes in the state. This session will look at how we tell stories to make improvements for our local SGM communities. Thaddeus Pham (he/him) from the Hawai’i Department of Health will share data that tells the … Continue reading LGBTQ+ Youth Health Outcomes in Hawai’i

Hang out at the beach for a few hours with some great people! Hawaii Queer Parents will be at Kailua Beach from 9am - 12pm on Sunday, July 11. Look for the green canopy with the HRC Love flag (see pin on map below). Hawaii Queer Parents is a space for LGBTQIA+ parents to connect, … Continue reading Hawaii Queer Parents: Family Beach Meet-Up

The LGBTQ Victory Institute’s Victory Congressional Internship is developing the next generation of out public leaders. Each semester, the Victory Congressional Internship brings outstanding LGBTQ college students to Washington, D.C., for an intensive leadership program and an internship with an LGBTQ-friendly member of Congress. Learn about careers in policy-making and engage with subject-matter experts in … Continue reading Application deadline: Fall 2021 Victory Congressional Internship Application