KAULIKE NO NĀ MEA A PAU:
TOWARD QUEER JUSTICE IN HAWAIʻI1
This exhibition was curated and produced by the Lei Pua ʻAla team in collaboration with the King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center, and was displayed from October through November 2024 in the rotunda of Aliʻiolani Hale. It can currently be viewed in the 1913 Courtroom and is available for loan.
Laws and legislation both reflect social attitudes about and profoundly effect the lives of LGBTQ+ Māhū people. Due to discrimination and secretiveness, arrests and court cases are often the only surviving sources information about queer life in the past. This exhibition examines how Hawaiʻi developed a queer justice system shaped by its unique history, culture, and multiethnic population,
This public program at Aliʻiōlani Hale, held on the first day of Honolulu Pride month October 1, celebrates the journey toward marriage equality for all in Hawaiʻi's uniquely multicultural community. Professor Troy Andrade of the William S. Richardson School of Law moderates a panel discussion about the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court’s groundbreaking decision in Baehr v. Lewin (1993), in which Hawaiʻi’s Supreme Court was the first court in the United States, and the world, to recognize that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. Reflecting on the history and the challenges and opportunities ahead, are honorable and distinguished guests: Associate Justice Sabrina S. McKenna, former Associate Justice Steven H. Levinson, civil rights attorney and former Associate Judge Daniel R. Foley, and Dean Hamer, Co-Director of Lei Pua ʻAla Queer Histories of Hawaiʻi. The program coincides with the debut of a new traveling exhibit, “Kaulike No Nā Mea A Pau: Toward Queer Justice in Hawaiʻi,” a collaboration between Lei Pua ʻAla Queer Histories of Hawaiʻi and the King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center.