LGBTQ+ films have been a staple of the Sundance Film Festival for decades—since the Institute’s inception back in the early 1980s. The history of Sundance’s work nurturing and presenting stories from and about the queer community is deep and resonant, and during June they're looking back at that legacy. Click here to see their amazing … Continue reading The Pride of Sundance: 400 LGBTQ+ Films from Festival History

Support the Hawaii LGBT Legacy Foundation by participating in this year's Give OUT Day project--a month-long fundraising campaign culminating on June 30, the only national day of giving for the LGBTQ community. Since 2013, Give OUT Day has helped hundreds of LGBTQ nonprofits raise millions of dollars. Donations during all of Pride Month count toward … Continue reading Give Out Day

Blue Note Hawaii and Comedy U are presenting a special local comedy showcase to benefit the 20th Annual Honolulu AIDS Walk and the Hawaii Health & Harm Reduction Center. With Blue James, Blake Alexander, Lanai, Brandi Morgan and Jhonny Rox-Hollywood. Tickets are available at www.bluenotehawaii.com ⁠

Due to the ongoing pandemic, the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce will continue to assess conditions to determine if the NGLCC International Business & Leadership Conference will take place as scheduled for August, 2021. Fill out the FORM LINKED HERE to be the first to receive updates related to the 2021 event. Questions?  Email NGLCC at info@nglcc.org

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