I Am a Rainbow
- hnakao6
- Jul 7, 2023
- 1 min read
Hawaiʻi Health & Harm Reduction Center (HHHRC) co-hosted hosted the “I am a Rainbow” event on Saturday, June 25, at the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum. The event was a partnership between HHHRC, The Hawaiʻi LGBT Legacy Foundation, Spill the Tea Café, and the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum. The event was a celebration of diversity and acceptance and featured readings from the book “I am a Rainbow” by Mark Kanemura, a local queer author and professional dancer.
The event was free, open to the public, and attracted a diverse crowd of families, children, and adults. It was also the premier of HHHRC’s new initiative, Drag Queen Story Hour Hawaiʻi. The readings from “I am a Rainbow” were followed by a dance party with Kanemura and drag performances by Marina Del Rey and the cast of Generation Next.
The event was a huge success, and HHHRC was happy to help organize the day. “We were so happy to see so many people come out to celebrate diversity and acceptance,” said HHHRC Executive Director Heather Lusk. “This event was a great way to show our community that we are all welcome here.”
In addition to the readings and performances, the event featured an opening cultural protocol by Pūnana Leo o Mānoa Hawaiian Medium Education Preschool and various cultural activities, arts and crafts, spoken word performances, and music by DJ Dez Aiko.
The “I am a Rainbow” event was a great way to celebrate diversity and acceptance in Hawaiʻi. It was a day filled with fun, laughter, and learning, and it was a reminder that we are all part of the rainbow.
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The partnership between HHHRC, the LGBT Legacy Foundation, and the Hawaii State Art Museum is a good model for community events — combining health advocacy with cultural programming in a public space brings in people who might not engage with either separately. DJ Dez Aiko and the Generation Next performances alongside the spoken word sets is a strong lineup for the format. For producers and DJs in Honolulu's queer arts community who put together sets for events like this and work with original recordings, tracklib samples are worth knowing about — clearance for commercial tracks handled in platform without the usual legal process. Wonderful event.
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