Go Hawaiʻi features LGBTQIA+ history section on popular website
Go Hawaiʻi, a visitor portal maintained by the Hawaiʻi Visitors and Convention Bureau with funding from the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority. has added a new LGBTQIA+ History section to its popular website.
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LGBTQIA+ History & Culture
Explore Hawaiʻi's unique traditions of gender and sexual diversity and inclusion, from an ancient monument honoring dual gender healers to the birthplace of marriage equality.
From the gender fluidity and acceptance of all forms of intimacy between genders within the Hawaiian culture, to those who then were suppressed by missionaries for their sexual nonconformity, to the queer experiences had by immigrants in the plantations be they Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Puerto Rican or other ethnicities; to the māhū entertainers who blazed the trail toward respect through their brave acts of defiance and visibility, to the gay physicians who fought HIV/AIDS with evidence based public health campaigns; to advocates and jurists who demanded more by fighting for marriage equality in a world that had yet to imagine it; these are just a sampling of the stories that continue to be gathered, restored, and shared through all forms of expression – through song, hula and dance, written and spoken word, immersive digital experiences and exhibitions, educational resources, public are installations, and monuments.