Kagirinaki Ai to Jihi: Toward LGBTQ+ Equity & Inclusion in Hawai‘i’s Japanese Communities

Event details

  • Friday | October 25, 2024
  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
  • Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i 2454 S Beretania St., Honolulu HI 96826

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Kagirinaki Ai to Jihi:
Toward LGBTQ+ Equity & Inclusion in
Hawai‘i’s Japanese Communities

This event serves as a Nembutsu Seminar of Honolulu and Oahu Hongwanji Districts

Friday, October 25 | 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i
2454 S Beretania St., Honolulu, HI 96826

Sharing Stories & Interactive Panel Discussion with:

Justice Sabrina Shizue McKenna
Justice Sabrina Shizue McKenna
The first openly LGBTQ+ Asian American to serve on a state supreme court, she came out publicly to show that anything is possible.
Bill Kaneko
Bill Kaneko
As president of the Honolulu chapter of the JACL, he led the national organization to become the first non-LGBT civil rights organization to support marriage equality.
Marsha and Aiden Aizumi
Marsha & Aiden Aizumi
Marsha is an author (Two Spirits, One Heart), educator, & LGBTQ+ activist. She co-founded the first PFLAG chapter for Asian-Pacific islanders and founded Okaeri – a Nikkei LGBTQ+ community. Aiden, her transgender son and co-author of the book, lived as a female for the first 20 years of his life. In 2008 he came out as transgender & transitioned from female to male. He is the President of PFLAG, Pasadena Chapter.

 

Please RSVP: Deadline is Friday, October 18

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More Information

A community media adivsory (10/17/24) is available.

If you have questions, please contact Jon Matsuoka, Honpa Hongwanji Hawai‘i Betsuin, jmatsuoka@hawaiibetsuin.org, (808) 536-7044.

Sponsors

Jointly sponsored by:

  • Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawai‘i Office Buddhist Education
  • Honpa Hongwanji Hawai‘i Betsuin
  • Honolulu United Buddhist Women’s Association
  • JACL Honolulu Chapter
  • Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i
  • Lei Pua‘Ala Queer Histories of Hawai‘i