#Gay Rights

National Coming Out Day is celebrated every Oct. 11 to raise awareness for individuals within the LGBTQ+ community, and champion the idea that homophobia thrives in silence.

“Legislators have been fighting for decades to ensure LGBTQ+ citizens have the same rights as everyone else, ensuring they can marry, raise children, access healthcare, and be treated the same as everyone else. Establishing this Caucus formalizes and reaffirms the state’s commitment to addressing ongoing issues of inequality and discrimination against LGBTQ+ citizens, taking the next step in Hawaii’s long tradition of recognizing prejudice and discrimination where it still exists, and taking action to end it,” says Senator Lee.

US Representative Tulsi Gabbard on Thursday released a public video voicing her regret for past offensive and hurtful statements against the gay community.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion upholding the dismissal of a challenge to the state’s Marriage Equality Act by plaintiff Kaui Amsterdam.

The Maui event included a scattering of flowers and messages from leaders in the Maui LGBT community.

Vigil participants on Maui will float flowers on the water in memory of each of the 50 precious humans who lost their lives in the Orlando night club massacre.

A group of gay marriage supporters on Maui plan to hold a demonstration today and tomorrow afternoon outside the Federal Courthouse on High Street in Wailuku.  The demonstration is being planned around the U.S. 9th Circuit Judicial Conference being held on Maui this week. Event organizers hope to remind visiting judges of the group’s stance […]