Hawaii LGBT Legacy Foundation

White House LGBTQI+ Economic Impact Briefing
2022-11-02 06:30 - 07:30 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Online
Please join Senior Advisor to the President for Public Engagement, Keisha Lance Bottoms and Senior White House Officials for a LGBTQI+ Economic Impact Briefing on Wednesday, November 2nd at 12:30 PM Eastern Time.
This special event will bring together community leaders from across the nation to discuss the Biden-Harris Administration’s economic investments and impacts, with a particular focus on how these landmark achievements are creating lasting change for the LGBTQI+ community. Please note, these briefings will take place over zoom. This invitation is open to all stakeholders.
To confirm your participation, RSVP here: https://pitc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_aj8bCS0IQh-nt9pCfHQuUA

Hawaiʻi International Film Festival
2022-11-03 | IL
The 2022 Hawaiʻi International Film Festival will run from November 3 – 27 with online and in-theatre screenings. As the vanguard forum of international cinematic achievement in the Asia-Pacific region, Hawai‘i International Film Festival (HIFF) endeavors to recognize new and emerging talent, promote career development and original collaborations through innovative education programs, and facilitate dynamic cultural exchange through the cinema arts.
For more information, visit HIFF.org

HSO - Hapa Symphony - Beyond Hapa
2022-11-05 | Hawaii Theatre, 1130 Bethel Street, Honolulu, HI, 96813, United States
Come to expect the unexpected from your Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra in a magical evening of love, joy, and inclusion that IS Hawai’i. From a Mozart Piano Concerto to I’ve Got Rhythm, Ahe Lau Makani to Quando m’en vo, and featuring new music by Roslyn Catracchia, don’t miss an unforgettable night with your HSO, Lea Almanza, Starr Kalahiki, Lady Laritza La Bouche, special guest Brandy Lee, and hosted by the wonderous Miss Candi Shell.

Gregory House Programs - Kahu Mālama 2022
2022-11-05 18:00 - 21:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | IL
Gregory House Programs invites you to attend their Annual Fundraiser, Kahu Mālama Award and Silent Auction on Saturday, November 5, 2022. The event will feature heavy pupu’s, entertainment, award presentation, silent auction, and lots of time for socializing.
Gregory House Programs provides housing services statewide, and case management and nutrition services on Oahu to over 500 people living with HIV and their families each year.
Your support of this event will help them provide essential housing and nutritional services to those most in need.
To learn more, click here.

BACARDÍ Presents Cheers & Queers
2022-11-06 11:00 - 13:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Blue Note Hawaii, 2335 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI, 96815, United States
Toast the return of Hawaii Food & Wine Festival’s Drag Brunch and sashay your way to the Blue Note Hawaii, the Outrigger Waikiki Beach Resort’s location of the iconic New York-based jazz club.
Honolulu’s best drag performers, the Party Monsters, are ready to put on a show for you after two long years! The cocktails will keep flowing—because brunch without booze is just sad breakfast—while five local chefs step up their brunch bites game for the ultimate #SundayFunday!
Purchase your tickets here.

November 6-11 | LGBTQ+ @ HIFF42
2022-11-09 | Consolidated Theatres Kahala, 4211 Waialae Ave, Honolulu, 96816, United States
The 42nd Annual Hawaiʻi International Film Festival features several remarkable films exploring LGBTQ+ themes. From a documentary chronicling ground-breaking photographer and activist Nan Goldinʻs journey, to an exploration of BDSM, to a Moroccan genre-defying love story to an examination of the joy and heartache of an intimate childhood friendship.
Learn more about these films, and all the offerings of HIFF42 here.

The Inspection
2022-11-09 19:30 - 21:30 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Consolidated Ward Theatres, 1044 Auahi Street, Honolulu, HI, 96814, United States
The Hawaiʻi International Film Festival returns with this year’s Centerpiece Gala presentation, The Inspection, Wednesday, November 9, 7:30pm at Consolidated Ward 16.
In Elegance Bratton’s deeply moving film inspired by his own story, a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling routines of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community, giving him a hard-earned sense of belonging that will shape his identity and forever change his life.
Learn more.

Khruangbin
2022-11-09 20:00 - 22:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Neal S Blaisdell Concert Hall, 777 Ward Avenue, Honolulu, 96814, United States
RELIX says: “The Texas trio has made a huge impact over the last several years, performing at festivals and packing venues worldwide. Out bassist Laura Lee Ochoa is as much of a style icon as the low end of Khruangbin, donning flowing dresses and her trademark wig on-stage, providing added allure to the band’s already abundantly intoxicating allure.”
Khruangbin is a three-piece band from Houston, Texas, formed in 2009 with Laura Lee Ochoa on bass, Mark Speer on guitar and Donald Johnson on drums. Taking influence from 1960’s Thai funk – their name literally translates to “Engine Fly” in Thai – Khruangbin is steeped in the bass heavy, psychedelic sound of their inspiration, Tarantino soundtracks and surf-rock cool.
By the summer of 2019, the trio had been on tour for nearly three-and-a-half years, playing to audiences across North and South America, Europe, and southeast Asia behind its acclaimed albums The Universe Smiles Upon You, Con Todo El Mundo, and Mordechai.
Khruangbin has Garnered glowing praise from The New York Times, W Magazine, Billboard, The Los Angeles Times, and The FADER.
For more information, and to purchase tickets, click here.

Jordan Nassar: Lēʻahi
2022-11-10 | Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design
Out Palestinian artist Jordan Nassar has been in residency at Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture and Design since July 3, and you can now see the resulting installation–his first large scale tile mosaic– Lēʻahi (also known as Diamond Head), on view through May 27, 2023.

Nassar’s multivalent art practice engages the material varieties of craft to execute ideas centered on heritage and homeland. Through hand-embroidery, wood inlay, glasswork and expansive installations, he examines issues of identity, diaspora and cultural participation.

Learn more about the artist by reading OUT Magazineʻs “Fall Into This ʻFlamingly Gayʻ Palestinian Artistʻs Cross-Cultural Web”.

Purchase your tickets to Shangri La to see the exhibition here:

Aloha State Softball League: Season 1
2022-11-12 09:00 - 15:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Ala Wai Community Park, 2015 Kapiolani Blvd, Honolulu, HI, 96826, United States
The Aloha State Softball Leagueʻs first season continues through December 3rd, with games played every Saturday at the Ala Wai Community Park Softball Field. So come on out and root for your favorite team, and all the players, and join the fun!
The Aloha State Softball League is a co-ed community-minded group that strives to provide an inclusive, safe, and enjoyable atmosphere for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and the LGBTQI-friendly community. The league fosters sportsmanship, friendly competition and community building through the sport of softball and falls under the national organization of NAGAAA (North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance).

Growing Up Film Screening & Student Panel
2022-11-16 17:30 - 19:30 (Pacific/Honolulu) | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Campus Center, 2465 Campus Road, Honolulu, HI, 96822, United States
Created by Brie Larson and Culture House, Growing Up is an innovative hybrid docu-series that explores the challenges, triumphs and complexities of adolescence through coming of age stories. This special FREE event, presented by the UH Mānoa LGBTQ+ Center, will include a film screening, student panel and a light dinner.
Learn more here.

Lesbian Night at Atlas Honolulu
2022-11-19 18:30 - 23:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Atlas Honolulu, 2012 S. Beretania, Honolulu, 96826, United States
Donʻt miss this new Lesbian Night at Atlas Honolulu coming up on Saturday, November 19. “The L Word: Generation Q” Season 3 premiere will be broadcast at 6:30pm. Come grab a seat and watch with your friends, family, and partners. Then party with the Atlas oʻhana and headliner DJs Kay-ristin and Kaimi Asing starting at 9pm. All are welcome!
Learn more: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck_qEXXS5VX/?hl=en

PLFAG Connects: Military Community
2022-11-22 15:00 - 16:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Online
PFLAG Connects: Military Community, a virtual support meeting in partnership with Modern Military Association of America (MMAA), is a monthly support meeting for service members and military spouses with LGBTQ+ children and loved ones. The first meeting will take place on Monday, November 14, 2022 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 3pm HT.
Each meeting is facilitated by members of the community, offering guidance and support in a safe, affirming, private space. PFLAG / MMAA takes the opportunity to serve this community with the utmost seriousness and will do all we can to ensure you feel secure when you attend.
If this is a community you are part of — or you know someone who would benefit from attending — please visit https://pflagnation.al/PCMil111422 to register.

Gobble Wobble Softball & Kickball Potluck Social
2022-11-26 14:00 - 18:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Ala Wai Softball Field, 2015 Kapiolani Blvd, Honolulu, 96826, United States
Join fellow athletes and sports enthusiasts on Saturday, November 26 from 2 – 6pm for a potluck social jointly hosted by Aloha State Softball League and the Hawaiʻi Gay Kickball League! Come practice kickball and meet LGTBQ+ sports league players. Kickball will start after the softball games end at 4 PM. The event is BYOB. Please bring a pupu, dish or dessert.

For more information, click here.

Hulaʻs Celebrates 24 Years of The View
2022-11-29 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | IL
Come celebrate Hulaʻs 24th Anniversary at the Waikiki Grand Hotel on Tuesday, November 29. With entertainment by Mahi’ai & Kalau and DJ KSM, pupus by Hula’s Beach Bites by Ginniberries, beverages, lots of fun and Hulaʻs special brand of “Aloha for All”.
To learn more, click here.
