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Our parade Chair Willie Sabel says we’re not having a parade down Kalakaua Avenue. We’re having a show!
Besides giving Hawai’i a united Pride, what other accomplishments has Legacy achieved in its first year? This year has been one of simply building the new and very cool loft type LGBT Center in Waikiki, putting together an amazing group of talented and hard-working board members and volunteers; and obtaining funding for eventual self-sustainability. If we accomplish this, we all have reason to be proud.
What are the biggest obstacles? Funding and broad-based community involvement are presently our biggest obstacles.
What do you say to people who believe that there is no longer the need for activism? Bigotry, ignorance, and homophobia did not end with the passage of same-sex marriage or this past legislative session’s passage of the transgender birth certificate bill. We also cannot look at Hawai‘i as an insular bubble. On the national front, there is still no protection for LGBT people in the areas of employment, housing, and places of public accommodation. The newest battle 10 | j un e 20 1 5 - E X PR E SSI ON808.C OM