Kagirinaki Ai To Jihi: Toward LGBTQ+ Equity; Inclusion in Hawaiʻi’s Japanese Communities will be a talk story and interactive panel discussion featuring leaders in Hawaiʻiʻs Japanese community.

The talk story will feature Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Justice Sabrina Shizue McKenna, Japanese American Citizens League – Honolulu Chapter leader Bill Kaneko, and Marsha and Aiden Aizumi, a mother and son who share their family’s journey as founders of the first PFLAG chapter for Asian & Pacific Islanders and Okaeri, a Nikkei LGBTQ+ community.

Camaron Miyamoto, UH Mānoa LGBTQ+ Center and Haylin Dennison of Spill the Tea Cafe will moderate the discussion.

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Jointly sponsored by Lei Pua ‘Ala Queer Histories of Hawaiʻi, Honpa Hongwanji Hawaiʻi Betsuin, Japanese American Citizens League Honolulu Chapter, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaiʻi, Honolulu United Buddhist Women’s Association, and Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaʻ’i Office of Buddhist Education.

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