Lani Ka'ahumanu

Who is Lani Ka'ahumanu?

Lani Ka'ahumanu is a bisexual and feminist writer and activist. She is openly bisexual and writes and speaks on sexuality issues frequently.

In 1983 in San Francisco, Lani Ka'ahumanu, Autumn Courtney, Arlene Krantz, David Lourea, Bill Mack, Alan Rockway, and Maggi Rubenstein founded BiPOL, the first and oldest bisexual political organization.

In 1987 Lani Ka'ahumanu, Ann Justi and Maggi Rubenstein founded the Bay Area Bisexual Network.

Ka'ahumanu is the co-editor with Loraine Hutchins of Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out. It is considered one of the seminal books in the history of the modern bisexual rights movement. After this anthology was forced to compete in the Lambda Literary Awards under the category Lesbian Anthology, BiNet USA led the bisexual community in a multi-year campaign eventually resulting in the addition of a Bisexual category, starting with the 2006 Awards.

From 1992 until 1994, Ka'ahumanu served as project coordinator for an American Foundation for AIDS Research grant awarded to Lyon-Martin Women's Health Services. This was the first grant in U.S. history to target young high risk lesbian and bi women for HIV/AIDS prevention/education research. Ka'ahumanu also created "Peer Safer Sex Slut Team" with Cianna Stewart.