Making History
Justice Steven Levinson had no idea on his first day on Hawaii's Supreme Court in April of 1982 that he was about to change the history of the world. “It’s time for real aloha to be extended to the LGBT community" ... Read More

The Struggle For Equality
On Thanksgiving Day 2009, Valerie Smith and Nathalie Sowers, a couple for three years, traveled from their Honolulu home to marry in Victoria, Canada. Nathalie, a graduate of Maryknoll High School ... Read More

Circles Of Love & Support
After experiencing bullying, ridicule, and trauma all through grade and high school in the small, nearly all-white town of Ossian, Indiana, Don Bentz knows the importance of family as a bedrock of love and support ... Read More

A Life With Meaning
Kailua's DeDe Young still remembers when her intended husband Benji was told that he should "go back to Hawaii and marry one of your own kind." It was the early 1960s and Dede, born and raised in Georgia, had gone to Tennessee ... Read More

Real Family Values
Marc Tolliver is a professional hairstylist, educator and a life and business coach. He is the owner and manager of Lava 405 Hair Salon at Rutz Salon. He has been in the business for 30 years. He has cut and styled hair in Chicago ... Read More