After a search lasting nearly seven months, ACLU Hawaii has finally chosen a new executive director. Vanessa Chong, who has run the office since 1984, is retiring next year. Her replacement, ACLU Hawaii officials announced on Dec. 13, is Joshua Wisch, currently a Special Assistant to Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin. According to the ACLU Hawaii announcement, the position … [Read more...] about ACLU Hawaii selects Joshua Wisch as its new executive director
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‘Equal Means Equal’ – What to expect at the 2017 Maui Pride Festival
In the Brat Pack classic The Breakfast Club, students from diverse backgrounds come together to realize they share many common feelings and problems. In the iconic movie, the brain, the athlete, the basketcase, the princess and the criminal face similar judgments despite looking like they have nothing in common. Like the kids in the movie, the members of the LGBTQ+ community … [Read more...] about ‘Equal Means Equal’ – What to expect at the 2017 Maui Pride Festival
Maui Pride Weekend – Celebrating Maui’s LGBTQ Community with Film Fest, Awards and Scholarships, Dance
It's Maui Pride Weekend–Oct. 2-4–when the LGBTQ lifestyle is celebrated by the community. The Pride Festival's message this year is "Love is Love," which is meant to spread awareness of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same sex marriage. The Maui Pride Festival has activities all weekend. Friday night will feature a film festival screening of Kumu Hina, a film … [Read more...] about Maui Pride Weekend – Celebrating Maui’s LGBTQ Community with Film Fest, Awards and Scholarships, Dance
Readers Sound Off On Maui Pride Cover And Cane Burning
MAUI PRIDE COVER I am a loyal reader of the Mauitime newspaper. However, the Oct. 4, 2012 cover photo was extremely offensive. How sad that MauiTime would parody the famous Iwo Jima Memorial honoring fallen Marines. Not even Mauitime can spin this cover photo to be anything but what it is, an attempt to put the LGBTQ on equal footing with the tens of thousands of brave … [Read more...] about Readers Sound Off On Maui Pride Cover And Cane Burning
Celebrating Maui Pride And The LGBTQ Community
The term queer was once used as a very negative and offensive term to hurt or call-out someone who was not straight. These days, people (especially youth) who identify themselves as queer seem to balance the entire LGBTQQIAUP (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, Unsure and Pansexual) spectrum on their shoulders and have to stand up for … [Read more...] about Celebrating Maui Pride And The LGBTQ Community