In this FREE training, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division Safe Spaces Committee members, Kimberly Allen and Robin Lee will discuss insight into understanding the LGBTQ+ community, especially the transgender athlete. Learn how barring their participation from team sports harms their mental wellness, and ability to connect with their peers. The presentation includes a video … Continue reading Let Her Play: The importance of pro-social activities for LGBTQ+ people.

Right To Be (formerly Hollaback!) is a nonprofit working to end harassment -- in all its forms. They provide a range of training experiences and their June 22 webinar is a one-hour, interactive training on Right To Be’s 5Ds of bystander intervention methodology -- Distract, Delegate, Document, Delay and Direct -- as it relates to Transphobic … Continue reading Bystander Intervention to Address Trans* Equality

Submissions are open for the 42nd Annual Hawai‘i International Film Festival. HIFF encourages filmmakers to submit works from any genre, and is especially interested in feature films, documentaries, short films, series, Hawai‘i-themed films, and films by indigenous Pacific filmmakers. • Late Deadline – July 15 • Student Showcase (K-12) Deadline – Sept 19 • DKII … Continue reading Accepting submissions: 42nd Annual Hawai‘i International Film Festival

Lōkahi means unity, oneness, and harmony, and reflects the Hawaiʻi State Coalition Against Domestic Violence 2022 conference goal of bringing service providers together with the objectives of centering survivors in our work and building health and solidarity in our movement. This conference is primarily intended for Hawaiʻi State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (HSCADV) member programs … Continue reading Lōkahi: United in Purpose | The 2022 HSCADV Conference

Politics and Opinion Editor Chad Blair sits down with Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, also known as Kumu Hina, to talk about the new Bishop Museum exhibition “The Healer Stones of Kapaemahu,” her activism with transgender rights and Native Hawaiian issues, and to catch up with what else she has been involved in. This Civil Beat IDEAS Live virtual discussion will be held on … Continue reading Civil Beat Ideas Live: Kumu Hina

According to a 2021 survey from NGLCC Corporate Partner PWC, only 34% of small business owners have succession plans. To protect the future of LGBTQ+ bars and restaurants and other LGBTQ+-owned businesses, Absolut is partnering with NGLCC to make succession planning training more accessible to LGBTQ+ business owners. These succession trainings, hosted by NGLCC subject matter experts, will … Continue reading Out & Open

Do you know someone you'd like to talk with about their experience in or with the military? Would you like to help preserve their story? This June, Hawai‘i Public Radio is partnering with StoryCorps to gather two-person conversations as part of StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative. Whether it's stories of service... stories of being marginalized... or stories … Continue reading June 8 – 17: HPR / StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative

The Gay Agenda Collective is a queer, kānaka maoli, woman-run-and-owned wedding and event business on the island of ʻOahu. Theyʻve just released a new set of ʻŌlelo Postcards and a portion of sales will benefit the Hawai'i LGBT Legacy Foundation.  Each card has a Hawaiian language phrase on the front and an English translation on the … Continue reading ‘Ōlelo Postcards to benefit Honolulu Pride

The Hawai'i SGM Services Directory has been updated and the new 3rd Edition is the most comprehensive yet. Itʻs an opt-in directory of organizations and individuals (including but not limited to the healthcare sector) providing identity-affirming services for sexual and gender minorities. The Hawai'i SGM Services Directory connects sexual and gender minority clients with providers that … Continue reading SGM Service Directory: 3rd Edition

Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 10:00 AM HST is the next monthly meeting of the LGBT Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii. Visit the Stonewall Caucus Facebook page for more information. Click here. "The Stonewall Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i is organized to advocate for Hawaii’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, queer and … Continue reading May Meeting of the Stonewall Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii