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Criterion Channel celebrates Pride Month
Criterion Channel celebrates Pride Month during June with a host of extraordinary queer-themed films, including a new installment of their Queersighted series focusing on taboo-breaking artists. Criterion will also present a trio of outré underground classics from John Waters, and a retrospective dedicated to the nonfiction trailblazers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, whose films have … Continue reading Criterion Channel celebrates Pride Month
June 1 – 30: Out Leadership | Proudly Resilient
Last year Out Leadership celebrated Pride by creating Proudly Resilient, a unique month-long program of virtual events dedicated to LGBTQ+ equality. Almost 15,000 people joined in throughout June at 50+ events that featured more than 100 speakers. This year, Proudly Resilient is back, still virtual but bigger, bolder and better. Join our world-class LGBTQ+ leaders and … Continue reading June 1 – 30: Out Leadership | Proudly Resilient
Call for Submissions: Portraits of Gender Diversity in the Pacific
The creative team behind award-winning films Kumu Hina and Leitis in Waiting is partnering with the Berniece Pau’ahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu to curate an exhibition featuring a collection of portraits of gender diverse Pacific Islanders whose identity and expression are rooted in their cultural backgrounds. The concept stems from the fervent belief that visibility … Continue reading Call for Submissions: Portraits of Gender Diversity in the Pacific
CNBC / NGLCC: LGBTQ Small Business Owner Survey
CNBC and NGLCC (the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce) announce the results of the first LGBTQ Small Business Owner Financial Health Survey. The Survey took the financial pulse of LGBTQ entrepreneurs to learn more about how they manage their personal and business finances and the specific obstacles they face based on their sexual and gender … Continue reading CNBC / NGLCC: LGBTQ Small Business Owner Survey
The Pride of Sundance: 400 LGBTQ+ Films from Festival History
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
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Give Out Day
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
Comedy Showcase / Honolulu AIDS Walk Benefit
Comedy Showcase / Honolulu AIDS Walk Benefit
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
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July 1-3: Merrie Monarch Festival on KFVE
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
NGLCC Update: International Business & Leadership Conference
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
The Engagement: America’s Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same- Sex Marriage
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
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U.S. Census New Data Visualization: How Do People in Same-Sex Couples Compare to Opposite-Sex Couples?
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?
Summer Fling: A Burlesque Heatwave
Summer Fling: A Burlesque Heatwave
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
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Nomination deadline: 2021 Women Who Mean Business
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
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Applications Accepted | Rental & Utility Relief Program
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
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Now online: Engagement Party Rainbow Town Hall
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
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LGBTQ+ Youth Health Outcomes in Hawai’i
LGBTQ+ Youth Health Outcomes in Hawai’i
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
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Hawaii Queer Parents: Family Beach Meet-Up
Hawaii Queer Parents: Family Beach Meet-Up
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
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Application deadline: Fall 2021 Victory Congressional Internship Application
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
CMI Report: COVID-19 and LGBTQ Travel
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
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Non-Binary Peoples Day
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
Pride: Beyond A Logo
Pride: Beyond A Logo
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
Try Think: Hulihia
Try Think: Hulihia
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
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Trevor Project 2021 National Survey on LGBTQ Mental Health
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
Anthony Patrick Manieri: Arrested Movement | online exhibition
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
Civil Beat Reporters Roundtable
Civil Beat Reporters Roundtable
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
A Conversation on Race in Hawaii
A Conversation on Race in Hawaii
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
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Out Leadership 2021 LGBTQ+ State Business Climate Index
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
Application deadline: Honolulu Youth Commission
Applications are now open to serve on the first-ever Honolulu Youth Commission. This new panel was created after voters approved a City Charter amendment in November 2020. The commission will be comprised of 15 members, ages 14 -24, serving staggered two-year terms. The Honolulu Youth Commission will be voluntary advisers to the mayor and City … Continue reading Application deadline: Honolulu Youth Commission
Registration open: Social Justice Reel Camps for Girls
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
Now online: Rainbow Town Hall | History and Future of HIV/AIDS in Hawaii
The June 17 Rainbow Town Hall -- an important discussion about the history and future of HIV/AIDS in Hawaii -- is now online. Physicians, health care workers and community activists explore what HIV/AIDS has taught us over the years about addressing social and economic inequali ties, and creating effective responses to ongoing and future health … Continue reading Now online: Rainbow Town Hall | History and Future of HIV/AIDS in Hawaii
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Auditions for #haoleboyfriend at Kumu Kahua Theatre
Auditions for #haoleboyfriend at Kumu Kahua Theatre
Kumu Kahua will hold auditions for #haoleboyfriend by Stephanie Keiko Kong and Tony Pisculli on: • Saturday July 17th from 2pm to 5pm • Sunday July 18th from 6pm to 9pm Director Jason Kanda is looking for actors to fill the following roles: • SHARISSA Female, straight, local mix. • VAI Female, queer, Polynesian-local mix. … Continue reading Auditions for #haoleboyfriend at Kumu Kahua Theatre
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2021 Goodwill Goes GLAM! Home Edition
The 2021 Goodwill Goes GLAM! Home Edition -- an evening of virtual shopping, fashion, and fun for a great cause, presented by Bank of Hawaii Foundation -- will premiere on Tuesday, July 20 on KFVE and HawaiiNewsNow.com. Hosted by McKenna Maduli, the show will feature a made-for-TV version of the GLAM! Fashion Show produced by … Continue reading 2021 Goodwill Goes GLAM! Home Edition
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July 21 – 22: Hawaii Business Leadership Conference
The 8th Annual Leadership Conference is Hawaii's largest professional development conference. Featured sessions will include: • How to Apply an Equity Lens to Your Initiatives • Indigenous Wisdom • How to Resolve Conflicts at Work • Shaping Our Future • Fostering Teamwork Across Distributed Teams • Strategies to Fight Burnout • Improve Your Workplace Communication … Continue reading July 21 – 22: Hawaii Business Leadership Conference
Through July 25: The Spongebob Musical
Hawaii Theatre Center in collaboration with Pacific Academy of Performing Arts presents The Spongebob Musical. The stakes are higher than ever in this dynamic stage musical, as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world. Chaos erupts. Lives hang in the balance. And just when all hope seems lost, a … Continue reading Through July 25: The Spongebob Musical
IDEAS Live: Global Perspectives on Tourism, Part I
IDEAS Live: Global Perspectives on Tourism, Part I
Join an internationally focused discussion on tourism management with Maori tourism strategist Andrew Baker, Dutch professor of New Urban Tourism Ko Koens, Hawaii tourism consultant Frank Haas and Cornell-based sustainable tourism advocate Megan Epler Wood, hosted by Civil Beat IDEAS editor, Julia Steele. For those unable to attend live, this event will be recorded and sent to everyone who registers. For more information, and … Continue reading IDEAS Live: Global Perspectives on Tourism, Part I
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Back To The Classroom: Looking Ahead To The New School Year
Back To The Classroom: Looking Ahead To The New School Year
Join Civil Beat's education reporter, Suevon Lee, for a discussion with Catherine Payne, Hawaii Board of Education Chair; Derek Minakami, Kaneohe Elementary School Principal and Dr. Stacey Bobo, Hawaii Technology Academy Executive Director. The conversation will cover: How are schools planning to bring students back? What kind of structural changes will there be? Will there be any distance-learning options? If you have questions … Continue reading Back To The Classroom: Looking Ahead To The New School Year
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Maui AIDS Foundation & Habitat for Humanity Car Wash Fundraiser
Maui AIDS Foundation & Habitat for Humanity Car Wash Fundraiser
Come get your car washed and support MAF and Habitat for Humanity on Friday, July 23rd 9:00am-1:00pm at the Habitat for Humanity Parking Lot, 1162 Lower Main Street, Wailuku. Only $10.00 per car! Join in the fun and help support the health and housing of our Maui community!
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Maui Equality Coalition / PFLAG LGBTQ+ Hawaii Series
Maui Equality Coalition / PFLAG LGBTQ+ Hawaii Series
Maui Equality Coalition is participating with PFLAG National as the new PFLAG chapter on Maui is being created, and they're presenting a series of online events from June 19 - July 24, 2021. The series will include a screening of A Place in the Middle and Kapaemahu following by a conversation with Kumu Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, … Continue reading Maui Equality Coalition / PFLAG LGBTQ+ Hawaii Series
IZIK Live at HoMA Summer Nights
IZIK Live at HoMA Summer Nights
Head over to HoMA for their Summer Nights live music series for a performance from Honolulu-based singer and songwriter IZIK in the Central Courtyard on Saturday, July 24. IZIK is an award-winning performer with multiple local, national and international tours under his belt. He credits his musical influences to artists like Mariah Carey, The Carpenters, … Continue reading IZIK Live at HoMA Summer Nights
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Dana Paresa: Hawaiʻi For Real
FLUX says, "Queer diasporic Kanaka artist, Dana Paresa presents a new exhibition ... monotypes and drawings from Paresa’s pandemic diaries, which offers a glimpse into the artist’s world, complete with self-effacing internal monologues, first-person contemplations on just about everything, and recurring characters, like her partner and their cat. "The exhibition title is borrowed from a … Continue reading Dana Paresa: Hawaiʻi For Real
The Better Care Better Jobs Act and the Disability Community
The Better Care Better Jobs Act and the Disability Community
There are 800,000 people with disabilities who are waiting — often for years — to receive care at home. Many more are going into institutions against their wishes. Learn about the Better Care Better Jobs Act and how it would transform Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS). This proposed $400 billion in funding will increase … Continue reading The Better Care Better Jobs Act and the Disability Community
H3RC Food Drop Kaka’ako
H3RC Food Drop Kaka’ako
In partnership with the Hawai῾i Foodbank and local farmers, the Hawaii Health & Harm Reduction Center is able to offer food drops each month. Please join them on July 28 at 1:00 pm either to volunteer or take advantage of this free program. Location: Nā Kūpuna Makamae Center located at 653 Ala Moana Boulevard in … Continue reading H3RC Food Drop Kaka’ako
IDEAS Live: Is Tourism Broken And Where Do We Go From Here?
IDEAS Live: Is Tourism Broken And Where Do We Go From Here?
Join Civil Beat IDEAS editor, Julia Steele, for a discussion about local tourism with HTA president John De Fries, Kauai mayor Derek Kawakami, UH Public Policy Center director Colin Moore and former Sierra Club Hawaii director David Kimo Frankel. For those unable to attend live, this event will be recorded and sent to everyone who registers. Click here.
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Volunteer on a Government Board or Commission
Hawaii Business Magazine says, "Volunteering on Government Boards yields emotional, intellectual and professional rewards. Volunteer to serve on a government board or commission and you will have a say in decisions involving land use, affordable housing, taxes or other important issues. In 2021, about 395 seats will need to be filled on state boards alone; … Continue reading Volunteer on a Government Board or Commission
Hawai`i Contemporary: Using Art to Explore Social (in)Justice
Hawai`i Contemporary: Using Art to Explore Social (in)Justice
Art inspires people to connect, explore new ideas, and address pressing social issues. With the recent rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, many have turned to creative outlets, such as art, to express their reaction in a safe manner. Join Hawai`i Contemporary as Taiji Terasaki, a Japanese-American artist based on Honolulu; Isabella Ellaheh Hughes, board chair of Hawai‘i Contemporary and … Continue reading Hawai`i Contemporary: Using Art to Explore Social (in)Justice
HŌʻEA – A Kanaka Maoli Film Showcase
HŌʻEA – A Kanaka Maoli Film Showcase
Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea and Waiwai Collective present the 4th annual HŌʻEA Kanaka Maoli Film Showcase -- an in-person event, including food, film, and live performances. This year features three award-winning short-films including the 2021 Oscar contender Kapaemahu, Sundance selected This is the Way We Rise, and the 2020 HIFF Best Made in Hawaii Short, Hawaiian Soul. Special … Continue reading HŌʻEA – A Kanaka Maoli Film Showcase
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Try Think: Hulihia
Try Think: Hulihia
Activist Genealogy: Visions and Enactments of Solidarity Across Black and Kanaka Maoli Movements—ʻIlima Long, Facilitator (Virtual Event) “When we do the work of justice together, when we answer one another’s call to join our several separate struggles, we learn justice from one another and we learn that those struggles are one. We discover that we … Continue reading Try Think: Hulihia
Keilana: The Face To Face Liveshow Series
Keilana: The Face To Face Liveshow Series
Keilana, whose beautiful, heartfelt performance of Shaka and Shine was a highlight of 2020 Honolulu Pride, is presenting the next in her series of "Face To Face Liveshows" at NextDoor on July 30. Keilana spent much of 2020 honing her presence with Virtual Livestreams Performances of variety of musical styles. Now she’s ready to celebrate … Continue reading Keilana: The Face To Face Liveshow Series
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Hawaii Gay Kickball League 2021 Playoffs
The Hawaii Gay Kickball League's 2021 Season wraps up with Playoffs on July 31 with the season's top teams including Nacho Average Squad, Super Big Gulps, Knock A Pitch Out, Frequent Flyers, Mismatched Sox, Balls Deep, Salty Pitches, Boozy Bitches, WAP: Wet Ass Pitches, Bangarang, Legally Brown and Sliiide In My DMs. Stay tuned for … Continue reading Hawaii Gay Kickball League 2021 Playoffs
Through July 31: Hanohano Kūhiō Events & Activities
Celebrate Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole and the 100th Anniversary of a key part of his legacy, the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1921. A prince of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi until it was overthrown by a coalition of American and European businessmen in 1893, Kūhiō later went on to become a representative in the Territory … Continue reading Through July 31: Hanohano Kūhiō Events & Activities
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