Applications for the 2025 cohort of the Victory Instituteʻs Empowerment Fellowships for LGBTQ+ leaders of color and/or transgender leaders are due March 10. The Victory Empowerment Fellowship is a six-month fellowship for leaders who seek to expand their campaign skills and policy-making power and to join a strong cohort of movement leaders from across the country. … Continue reading Victory Empowerment Fellowships

Want to know more about how the "Trump 2.0" administrationʻs initiatives are affecting Hawaiʻi's transgender people and their families? Attend this free webinar on Thursday, February 13 from 5:30-7:00pm. Presented by the ACLU Hawaiʻi and the Hawaiʻi State LGBTQ+ Commission, featured speakers will include Shanda Brack, a primary care provider to trans people, state staff … Continue reading Transgender Rights in Hawaiʻi

ALOHA NŌ, the 2025 Hawaiʻi Triennial, is a call to know Hawaiʻi as a place of rebirth, resilience, and resistance; a place that embraces humanity in all of its complexities — with a compassion and care that can only be described as aloha. In the words of Kanaka ʻŌiwi (native Hawaiian) philosopher Dr. Manulani Aluli … Continue reading Hawaiʻi Triennial 2025

The 36th Annual Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival (HRFF) is now accepting film submissions as well as proposals for a website designer / content manager and an event coordinator for the 2025 festival. The deadline for film submissions, via FilmFreeway, is March 3, and proposals for the events and website positions are due by February 21. … Continue reading Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival: accepting submissions and proposals

Join us April 3, 2025 for a beautiful evening at the Hyatt Regency Waikīkī to honor visionary members of Hawaiʻi's LGBTQIA+ / MVPFAFF+ community. Spend an evening with friends old and new and enjoy delightful food and beverages, and special live performances. Hosted by the first openly queer Miss Hawaiʻi, Hayley Cheyney Kāne, the evening … Continue reading Vision Without Limits 2025 Gala: tickets and tables on sale

A Valentine's Day celebration for singles & couples alike, the LOVERGIRLS Cabaret is a showcase of talent and beauty featuring Oʻahu's most striking dance and aerial artistry in collaboration with the dancers, bartenders and bottle babes of Hawaii's largest gentlemen's club, Club 939. This is a strictly 21+ event, by the ladies and specially curated … Continue reading LOVERGIRLS Cabaret

Join queer hiking enthusiasts for this 2-mile botanical garden hike / walkabout. Due to the drier topography, this hike can get quite sunny and warm. Please bring hiking/comfortable shoes, at least 2 liters of water, sun protection / hat, a towel and snacks. Oʻahu Queer Hiking asks that participants be present, enjoy the hike, meet … Continue reading Oʻahu Queer Hiking Group: Koko Head Botanical Garden Walk

Rep. Jill Tokuda will be holding community town halls in Wahiawā, Oʻahu and Pāhoa, Hawaiʻi this month at Wahiawā Elementary School Cafeteria and Pāhoa High & Intermediate School Cafeteria. Sheʻll be on site offering assistance with federal issues, covering policies affecting Hawaiʻi, and answering questions and concerns from community members. RSVPs are welcomed, but not required. … Continue reading February 20-22: Rep. Jill Tokuda Town Halls

Hawaiʻi Islandʻs Hale Kū Ānuenue is a community of care for māhū and LGBTQIA2S+ people, and they host monthly support groups for youth at their space in Hilo. The organizationʻs mission: "We create and sustain space for and with māhū and queer people from keiki to kūpuna, their families and caregivers. We build a community … Continue reading Hale Kū Ānuenue Support Groups

Thereʻs been a flood of executive orders, memos, and other actions from President Trump and his new administration, but what do these actions mean for LGBTQ+ older adults and older people living with HIV? Join SAGE for an informative webinar featuring an array of experts who will break down these developments and discuss their implications … Continue reading Trump’s First 30 Days: What LGBTQ+ Older People Need to Know