TRANSFORMATION
BY CAMILLE FRIGILLANA
titions her future husband to immigrate from Tonga to Hawaii. Hamer and Wilson have been long time
advocates for the LGBT community,
having previously shot a documentary about a gay teen from a small
town in 2009.
For many years, we have been
working on the issue of how to raise
visibility of the LGBT people- youth
in particular- and find ways to overcome prejudice and discrimination
that they continue to face, Wilson
said.
While filming the documentary,
a mutual friend from Hawaii introduced Wilson and Hamer to Kumu
Hina, who quickly learned that she
was a respected and revered figure in
her community, despite seeing herself as mahu.
Hina just invited us to become
more involved in helping to share
A Unique Perspective
Sophomore biblical studies major Ashli Lomelis father came out
to her as transgender when she was
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transgender
adjective
of, relating to, or being a person who identifies with or
expresses a gender identity that differs from the one
which corresponds to the persons sex at birth.
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