The just-announced $3 million scholarship endowment for the University of Hawaii at Hilo from an anonymous donor, the largest gift the campus has ever received, was welcome news to all Hawaii island campus students. It was an especially welcoming gesture to students in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community, with one of the three new scholarships dedicated to LGBTQ+ enrollees.

And it was particularly aptly timed, arriving in the midst of June, officially LGBTQ+ Pride Month.