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The stakes of Super Tuesday are more profound than you may realize. LGBTQ+ leaders explain why.
"Our very democracy is at stake and the promise of basic human rights for LGBTQ+ people hangs in the balance."
Alaska bans trans girls from participating in high school sports
The Alaska School Activities Association approved the ban in a Monday vote.
Alaska Board of Education votes to ban trans girls from girls’ high school teams
The board's student representative was the only member to vote against the proposal.
Lauren Boebert viciously attacked Rachel Levine for something Boebert didn’t even understand
The senior Biden administration health official visited an LGBTQ+ clinic, which enraged Boebert.
High-profile drag queens are now touring with armed security and metal detectors
The increased security follows the Club Q shooting in Colorado, as well as months of virulent anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric aimed at drag performers.
Dr. Tracey Wiese started the first LGBTQ clinic in Alaska & she’s an LGBTQ Nation 2022 Hometown Hero
"I kept hearing her name everywhere. It's like this nurse, this person is like everywhere in town, doing so many different things."
Sarah Palin moves forward in Alaska’s primary. But her in-laws won’t be voting for her.
"I'm not sure what she brings to the ticket other than she's a woman and a conservative," Sarah Palin's mother-in-law said.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/08/sarah-palin-moves-forward-alaskas-primary-laws-wont-voting/
Sarah Palin’s campaign for Congress isn’t exactly taking Alaska by storm
Out of touch and unpopular, the former governor is struggling to connect with voters and make it into the runoff.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/04/sarah-palins-campaign-congress-isnt-exactly-taking-alaska-storm/
Sarah Palin is running for Congress to fight “namby-pamby wussy-p***y stuff”
Sarah Palin opposes marriage equality and says homosexuality is a choice. Now she says she deserves to be in Congress because she has "cajones."
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/03/sarah-palin-running-congress-fight-namby-pamby-wussy-py-stuff/
With the death of Rep. Don Young, Alaska’s lone Congressional seat is open. A gay Democrat wants it.
Christopher Constant is the first out gay candidate to run for statewide election in Alaska. And he has a shot.
Liberty University could lose tax-exempt status after president busted admitting to crimes
The president of Liberty University appears to have said he violated tax law for 30 years in his battles with "the homosexual community," and he's not stopping now.
A high-ranking state official called for a drag queen to be burned alive
State attorney Matthias Cicotte allegedly called a drag queen a "demon" who should "be burned to death" and called for "the death penalty" for people who support trans youth.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/07/high-ranking-state-official-called-drag-queen-burned-alive/
Lisa Murkowski’s GOP primary challenger is an anti-LGBTQ zealot opposed to medicine & vampires
She believes people can pray away their gay and pharmaceutical drugs are a product of witchcraft.
Gay couples win major victory after Alaska denied them benefits for years
The state's oil wealth fund refused to pay same-sex spouses benefits for years after marriage equality was legalized. That just ended.
Gay couple’s Black Lives Matter rainbow flag ripped apart by hateful vandal
The husbands said they got nothing but compliments about their BLM rainbow flag, until someone ripped it up.
Austin Quinn-Davidson to become Anchorage’s first gay & first woman mayor
The previous mayor resigned amidst sexual harassment allegations, but she's focused on the COVID pandemic and the economy.
Anchorage just became the first Alaskan city to protect kids from so-called conversion therapy
75 U.S. cities and 40% of U.S. states now ban conversion therapy for minors, but anti-gay forces are still calling it a form of religious speech.
This hilarious drag episode of “Golden Girls” makes it okay to laugh your way through a lockdown
Of course, there was a quarantine back in St. Olaf once. Yes, it involved a herring.
Librarian wins big court victory for transgender health coverage
The state argued they have a right to discriminate against transgender people. A judge said no.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/03/librarian-wins-big-court-victory-transgender-health-coverage/
Whistleblower reveals Alaska deliberately discriminates against same-sex couples
The state still distributes booklets that tell same-sex couples they aren't eligible for benefits because of the state ban on marriage equality.
A Christian homeless shelter is getting $100k in damages after they turned away a trans woman
The city was investigating them for anti-trans discrimination. So they sued the city for religious discrimination.
Sarah & Todd Palin are divorcing. He says it’s ‘impossible’ for them to live together.
Her husband is filing for divorce citing an "incompatibility of temperament."
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/09/sarah-todd-palin-divorcing-says-impossible-live-together/
Teen gets kicked in the balls after trying to invade women’s restroom to protest a trans student
Of course, the girl is the one who got expelled.
Fairbanks mayor vetoes LGBTQ nondiscrimination ordinance he co-sponsored
Jim Matherly was a co-sponsor, but "soul searching" caused him to veto the ordinance.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/03/fairbanks-mayor-vetoes-lgbtq-nondiscrimination-ordinance/
Two trans women have already won election in Alaska
Alaska's interior is an unlikely place to find big political gains, but two trans women have been elected to office - and that's a positive for our community.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/11/two-trans-women-already-won-election-alaska/