October is LGBTQ+ Pride Month

Buttons for UH West Oahu National Coming Out Day, Oct. 11, 2016.

Buttons for UH West Oahu National Coming Out Day, Oct. 11, 2016.

Honolulu Pride Parade

Celebrate Pride this Saturday, Oct. 22, in the Honolulu Pride Parade at Ala Moana Beach Park. The University of Hawaiʻi Commission of LGBTQ+ Equality invites all UH faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends to walk in the parade together. The UH group will meet at 9 a.m. at the Magic Island parking lot and will march in the parade through Waikiki. RSVP at http://bit.ly/uhpride.

The Commission is committed to fostering a shared responsibility for inclusiveness, equality, respect, and social justice throughout the UH system. For more information about the Commission, go to http://www.hawaii.edu/offices/op/lgbti.

Honolulu Pride™ brings together Hawaii’s diverse and vital LGBTQ+ community, our friends, families and allies. It’s two weeks of festivities celebrating our bonds of love, friendship and aloha.
LGBTQ+ Resources  

The UH West Oʻahu Library has amassed a terrific collection of LGBTQ+ resources at http://guides.westoahu.hawaii.edu/c.php?g=559933&p=3984908.

National Coming Out Day, Oct. 11

See photos from UH West Oʻahuʻs National Coming Out Day event: https://www.flickr.com/photos/uhwestoahu/30030705740/

UH West Oahuʻs National Coming Out Day festivities, Oct. 11, 2016

UH West Oahuʻs National Coming Out Day festivities, Oct. 11, 2016

Image courtesy of Chelsea Lugo